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Doja Cat’s“Paint The Town Red” anthem caught Dionne Warwick by surprise as she didn’t know she had been sampled on the Grammy-winner’s Hot 100 topping hit.
Despited having her classic “Walk On By” sampled throughout the 2023 track, Warwick revealed that she didn’t even know who Doja Cat was during an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show earlier this week.
“I didn’t know it had been recorded by her,” she recounted. “My granddaughter called me and says, ‘Grammy, do you know you’re on a record with Doja Cat?’ I said, ‘Doja who?’
“Well, apparently, it’s a major hit for her. I’m thrilled. I hope ‘Walk on By’ is as good for her as it has been for me. They’re great songs, and finally [young people] are being exposed to some good music.”
“Paint The Town Red” ultimately landed on Doja Cat’s Scarlet album, released on September 22, and she’s currently touring the LP across the nation.
The Scarlet Tour came through Newark, New Jersey on Thursday night (November 30); but Doja ultimately had to apologize to her fans for a lackluster effort on stage.
“I’m so fuckin sorry New Jersey I don’t know what the fuck that was,” she wrote on her Instagram Story after the show. “I’m really not happy with my energy tonight.”
It’s to be noted, however, that she told the crowd she wasn’t feeling well the night prior at the Barclays Center.
According to Rolling Stone, she considered cutting the final song because she was sick, but ultimately powered through.
The show goes on for Doja Cat as she’ll bring the Scarlet Tour — which is supported by Ice Spice and Doechii — to Ohio, Nebraska and Minneapolis this week.
Lizzo has made it clear that she never abandoned her album Love in Real Life.
The “Juice” artist recently responded to rumors that the project had been cancelled after fans expected it to arrive last year. Rather than putting out the album at the time, Lizzo instead released the mixtape My Face Hurts From Smiling in June.
During a new conversation with Billboard, the “Truth Hurts” singer explained that the album itself was never scrapped and is still the same body of work she plans to release on June 5 under its new title, B**ch.
“I think the biggest misconception about my album is that I shelved Love in Real Life when I didn't,” she said. “(B**ch) is technically the same album. I just changed the name. The music is the same.”
Lizzo shared that the main difference between the earlier version of the project and the upcoming release was taking away the original title track, which eventually led to the album being renamed.
“When you change the name of something, it changes its destiny,” the singer explained. “Like, when I went from Melissa to Lizzo, it changed my destiny.”
“When this album went from Love in Real Life to Bch, it changed the trajectory of its past,” she continued. “I do think that I feel like I can express myself the way that I want to express myself right now through Bch. I think Love in Real Life was really sombre and a little bit more introspective, and I think B**ch is a little bit more empowered and self actualised and bold.”
Before the newly titled album arrives, Lizzo has already released the singles B**ch and Don’t Make Me Love U.
The artist had previously spoken about stepping away from Love in Real Life during an earlier interview with Vulture, saying the project “just wasn't what I was feeling right now”.
She also mentioned that much of the album had originally been written back in 2022.
“By 2025, I've changed, the world has changed so much, and so much has happened,” she said. “I was like, ‘I need to do s**t differently, and I don't know what it is, but I'm going to just start following my instincts.’”
