Doechii has risen to stardom, and with that comes internet virality. Her songs are inspiring memes and trends, and a recent interview answer about her red flag in dating has inspired some interesting discourse.
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00:00Is this new rap star sabotaging her career? Rapper Dochi's meteoric rise to fame has turned
00:05her into a viral sensation, as her songs have been repeatedly inspiring memes and trends
00:10online. But a recent interview answer has inspired some contentious debate. Dochi, whose
00:14real name is Jayla Jamiah Hickman, gained prominence on TikTok and eventually signed
00:18with Capitol Records in 2022. Many of her early releases made the Billboard charts,
00:23and her 2024 mixtape, Alligator Bites Never Heal, recently won Best Rap Album at the Grammys.
00:28I put my heart and my soul into this mixtape."
00:32She's gone viral for her music as well as her fashion and her controversial hot takes.
00:36But most viral of all have been the memes that have evolved from her content. One major
00:40Dochi-inspired meme came from the viral success of the track Denial is a River. In the song,
00:45the music video for which was released in early January 2025, Dochi converses with a
00:50therapist alter ego about the state of her well-being, at one point confessing a list
00:54of her favorite things. And they're not whiskers on kittens.
01:08This portion of the song would become a viral sound on social media and had users sharing
01:12their own lists of things they liked, replacing her lyrics in the song. For example, this
01:16parody version, posted by TikToker imsadalex, earned over 4.1 million views in five days.
01:32Users on X would also edit a still of Dochi from the music video in various ways, like
01:37making her appear as other well-known characters and listing things that they might like. Recently,
01:41Betches reported on Dochi's impressive looks at Paris Fashion Week, even using the phrasal
01:46subheading, writing,
01:47I mean f**k, I like couture, I like boho chic, I like girls who can rap and strut.
01:52More recently, another Dochi-inspired trend is spiking on TikTok. On March 4, 2025, Dochi
01:57released the track Anxiety, which she had recorded in her bedroom back in 2019. Immediately
02:07after the release, viral use of Anxiety surfaced on TikTok. For instance, an early viral example
02:12was an edit to the song shared by TikToker ChaseVersion on February 22, which showed
02:17a compilation of characters breaking the fourth wall and looking to camera to literally acknowledge
02:21someone watching them. In the following weeks, creators would continue to use the sound in
02:25videos that described what gives them anxiety, videos showing people being watched, or in
02:30videos that intentionally induce a sense of anxiety in the viewer. On March 6, Dochi even
02:35used the viral Anxiety sound, seen lip-dubbing to it among a crowd of fans in Paris. The
02:39use of the sound even evolved into some interesting trends. One attempts to recreate a scene from
02:44The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, where a second person secretly jumps into frame behind the
02:48first, mirroring their dance moves until they're caught. The second involves a clever editing
02:52trick as it depicts the creator in front of a mirror until their reflection looks at them
02:56or stops mirroring them and smiles creepily. Dochi also posted a version of this trend
03:06only in hers, in keeping with the Fresh Prince theme, her reflection is played by Will Smith.
03:11But you can't achieve viral fame without stirring at least a little bit of controversy. For
03:15Dochi, this recently took the form of a bold answer given in a Hot Ones vs. video alongside
03:20DJ Miss Milan. In the interview, Miss Milan is prompted to guess Dochi's number one red
03:25flag in dating, which Dochi then reveals is a straight man.
03:28Surely, the openly bisexual artist meant this cheekily, but many viewers took offense, with
03:37the clip stirring online discourse. While many men felt attacked and claimed she was
03:46villainizing straight men, others came to Dochi's defense, saying as a queer woman she's
03:51allowed to have a preference. Even DJ Miss Milan jumped into the discussion, posting
03:55about the internet's quote, overreaction. Even with this small bit of controversy, Dochi's
03:59stardom seems on track to continue to rise, especially among women and queer communities.
04:12What do you think of Dochi and the viral attention she's been receiving? Let us know in the comments
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