Doja Cat stunned in a shoot for the fourth print issue of Present Space, an independent platform that focuses on art, culture and film – from Publisher AMILE, creative directors Nima Habibzadeh and Juan Duque.
The rapper, 28, looked incredible in a variety of looks snapped by pH๏τographer Daniel Shea, including a racy fit that only consisted of two leather belts covering up her bare chest.
She also dazzled in a sheer mesh beaded gown with matching heels while topless for another striking look – revealing her underwear.
The star was interviewed by fellow musician Jack Harlow, where they discussed her social media presence as well as her how she goes about making music.
Doja was asked by Jack about her Instagram and what she consumes on the app, with him noting that she has previously said that she doesn’t want to see people on a yacht somewhere.
‘I think that as people, we are not ready, or not fully prepared, or fully evolved, as far as the internet,’ Doja told Jack.
Doja explained that on the internet, ‘there’s things that we think we’re control of’ and things ‘we’re not in control of.’
She says people don’t realized or take into account what it does to a person’s brain ‘when we see people having a good time, but we’re bed rotting, not having the best day, and we scroll and see something that’s not an artistic expression’ and someone just ‘doing something we wish we were doing.’
Doja called those thoughts ‘negative, low vibrational thoughts’ and that she rather follow creative people who are mentally stimulating.
She said that following people like that is a ‘safe haven’ for her, adding that she doesn’t want to ‘use my phone in order to witness people’s happiness which I’d rather experience in reality.’
Doja added that she wants to go in a different direction ‘sonically’ with her music.
She explained: ‘There’s so much to life and it’s been a pattern of writing about those things for me [Sєxual themes or self medication], but now I want to stretch the canvas.’
Her most recent album was Scarlet, released on September 22, 2023..
She called it ‘simply, quite an angry project,’ and that the purpose of the album was to ‘showcase anger and how it processes through my mind.’
Doja added that it was also about ‘coming to your own defense and love.’
Explaining that the name Scarlet for the album was to represent vulnerability and the color red.
‘It’s sort of my Why I oughta! moment of squaring up with everyone and defending myself, telling myself that I’m here for me, and not just for everybody else’s enjoyment,’ Doja said.
Her interview comes just weeks after she seemingly confirmed her romance with Stranger Things actor Joseph Quinn.
The duo were seen packing on the PDA while out and about in London in late August.
They were seen enjoying a drink at a nearby London pub as well as walking and engaging in PDA.
Their sighting together comes two years after she got into a spat with Joseph’s Stranger Things co-star Noah Schapp, 19.
Noah had publicly shared a message from Doja asking to be set up with Joseph, 30.
In 2022, Doja slammed Noah for posting the messages, calling the move ‘snake s**t.’
In the DM he shared, Doja asked him: ‘Noah can you tell Joseph to hmu. wait no. does he have a gf?’
Noah had told her: ‘LMAOO slide into his dms,’ to which she responded: ‘idk his IG or twitter he doesn’t have a DM to slide into.’
During an Instagram Live, she called Noah ‘socially unaware,’ and said that while he is a kid, and that ‘you make mistakes’ and ‘do dumb s**t.’
‘You do dumb s**t, you say dumb s**t, you f***ing, f**k up relationships with people. You make mistakes,’ she added.
She said that she has had her ‘share of f**k ups’ and learned from her own mistakes but at the same time, it was ‘like weasel s**t’ to share the private messages publicly.
