Doja Cat has decided to celebrate Halloween early with the release of her latest video “Demons” with actress Christina Ricci being right in the center of the ghoulish visual — watch below.
On Thursday (August 31), the “Vegas” rapper appeared in the video as an assortment of evil deities while scaring the living hell out of Christina Ricci.
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At the opening of the video, Doja crawls around a bedroom ceiling as an all Black demon, with red, piercing eyes while Ricci looks at her in despair.
As Ricci continues to try and escape Doja Cat’s demonic grasp, she runs into constant roadblocks that try to thwart her plans, including an assortment of other demons.
Christina Ricci is no stranger to appearing in scary projects, as she’s had iconic roles in cult-classic films such as The Addams Family and Casper.
“Demons” is the third single from Doja’s new album Scarlet which drops later this month.The Grammy-winning rapper/singer took to Instagram on Tuesday (August 29) to share the title, cover art and release date for her eagerly anticipated fourth LP, which is set to arrive on September 22.
Staying true to the creepy and somewhat morbid imagery of her recent music videos, social media posts and tattoos, the artwork depicts a purple spider in front of a blank white background, with a drop of purple liquid (possibly blood or venom) near its fangs.
“SCARLET 9.22,” Doja wrote in the caption next to a spider emoji.
But after the album announcement, Doja Cat was forced to change the cover on Thursday (August 31).
The previous album cover was revealed on IG in a since-deleted post, and featured just one red spider. The new album artwork, however, features two mother-of-pearl-colored spiders that seem to be locked in a battle with one another.
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It’s speculated — though unconfirmed — by Consequence of Sound that Doja’s cover art switcheroo was due to the fact that Of Doom, the new album by the German heavy metal band Chaver (which, incidentally, is also due to drop on the same day as Scarlet), features the same red spider on its cover, and there might be some confusion between the two albums.
Despite its sleek new design, Doja Cat fans weren’t feeling the new look and sounded off in the comments.
“Update it one more time bestie! almost there,” wrote one commenter snarkily, while another said: “Girl just use the original scarlet pic from the attention MV that u posted, that gave more of a vibe ngl.”
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A third wrote: “We meant change the cover to a sickening photo of yourself not make it a worse painting. i’m actually so upset rn [crying face emojis].”
There were, however, some fans that appreciated the new look. “Loving this era!!! I’ve loved Attention and Paint The Town Red!!!! Can’t wait for the album,” wrote one fan, while another added: “idgaf her music always gonna be a bop,” which suggested that they didn’t care about the controversy one way or the other.
