After a whirlwind February — which noticed her steal the present on the Grammys, launch a brand new single, and collaborate on a observe with JENNIE — Doechii is again with one other new tune, “Nervousness.”
Constructed round a pattern of Gotye’s timeless hit, “Anyone That I Used to Know,” the one sees Doechii muse on the titular feeling of hysteria, getting at it with candid, relatable traces like, “I simply really feel like this tightness in my chest/ Like an elephant is standing on me.” On the choruses, layers of her voice lap collectively to make a stirring wall of sound.
But when the opening traces of “Nervousness” sound acquainted, that’s as a result of the tune had develop into a recognizable hit on-line earlier than it was ever formally launched. As Doechii defined in a current video, she made the tune some time again and independently uploaded it to YouTube, the place it was heard and sampled by rapper Sleepy Hallow for his 2023 tune, “ANXIETY.”
Sleepy’s model options verses of his personal and omits Doechii’s full composition, which is now getting its time within the solar. Stream the tune under.
Doechii received the Grammy Award for Greatest Rap Album on the 67th Grammys final month for her 2024 launch, Alligator Bites By no means Heal. That very same night time, she celebrated the victory with the discharge of a brand new single, “Nosebleeds.” Later within the month, she and JENNIE collaborated on the one “ExtraL,” from the BLACKPINK star’s upcoming solo album, Ruby.
Doechii explaining why she is going to launch her solo model of “Nervousness.” pic.twitter.com/vE3ANZiGKr
— Doechii Updates (@doechiiupdates) March 4, 2025