With a dearth of obvious candidates for song of the summer, Doja Cat boldly submits an 11th-hour entry with “Jealous Type,” the lead single from her forthcoming album, Vie, due September 26. Produced by Y2K and Jack Antonoff, the track finds the rapper-singer, in her own words, “trying to tough it out for a party boy,” a lyric she previewed for fans on X last week.
“Jealous Type” is a funk-pop workout that—following 2023’s darker, more hip-hop-centric Scarlet—moves Doja back toward the sunny disco-pop milieu of hits like “Say So” and “Kiss Me More.” Boasting squelchy synth stabs, a rubbery bassline, and copious vocal hooks, the song nods to early-’80s Prince and Madonna.
Doja flexes her versatile vocal chops throughout, from deep and sultry during the verses, to high and airy on the chorus, to full-on belting by song’s end. And, yes, she also raps—albeit only for a few bars. “When my eyes are green, I’m ugly,” she admits at one point.
Doja battles that green-eyed monster in the music video for “Jealous Type.” Directed by Boni Mata, the glam-centric clip sees her (and her doppelganger) modeling a series of era-faithful fashions—sequins, shoulder pads, and crimped hair galore—and makes a visual reference to the iconic water chair dance from 1983’s Flashdance.
Watch the video for “Jealous Type” below:
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Good for her. I’d like to see more of her brand of energy on charts or radio (in whatever form it exists now), instead of the shit I last heard was dominating- something about an influencer’s mountainside hetero wedding song / music video. And they floated in midair or something…