Doechii has shared a music video for her newest single, “Anxiety.” Directed by James Mackel, the visible follows Doechii via plenty of circumstances that escalate her anxious vitality, from a kitchen hearth to dwelling intruders to a flash mob. “Anxiety” samples Gotye’s 2011 collaboration with Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used To Know,” and the video features a enjoyable nod to the music.
“Anxiety” is Doechii’s first single to enter the highest 10 of Billboard’s Sizzling 100. First recorded in her bed room in 2019, “Anxiety” appeared on Doechii’s 2020 self-released mixtape Coven Music Classes. The rapper Sleepy Hallow sampled “Anxiety” on his observe of the identical identify in 2023. Doechii’s authentic model appeared in DSPs earlier this 12 months after gaining traction on TikTok.
In February, Doechii received a Grammy Award for Finest Rap Album for Alligator Bites By no means Heal, making her the third girl in historical past after Lauryn Hill and Cardi B to obtain the glory. The rapper’s third mixtape options the hit “Denial Is a River,” which Doechii carried out as a part of a medley through the Grammys ceremony. Mackel co-directed a music video for the music, which nods to traditional Black sitcoms like Household Issues.
Instantly after the Grammys, Doechii launched a brand new single titled “Nosebleeds.” The observe was written particularly for the event: “Everybody wanted to know what Doechii would do if she didn’t win,” she says on the observe. “I guess we’ll never—.”
Doechii’s 2025 is off to a robust begin. Billboard named the Florida rapper its 2025 Lady of the Yr. She now joins Woman Gaga and Ariana because the third girl to observe up profitable the publication’s Rising Star award with a Lady of the Yr win. In February, Doechii was named an excellent new artist on the 2025 NAACP Picture Awards.
Hearken to Alligator Bites By no means Heal now.
