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Amala (originally titled Baby and The Bundle) is the debut studio album by American singer and rapper Doja Cat. It was released on March 30, 2018, through Kemosabe Records and RCA Records. The album's deluxe version was released on March 1, 2019, and featured her breakthrough singles "Juicy", "Tia Tamera", and "MOOO!". Her first commercial release in four years, Doja Cat has expressed strong disdain towards the record for a number of reasons.

Upon its release, Amala was initially a critical and commercial failure and was largely ignored by critics. In August 2018, the album and Doja Cat gained attention when her novelty song "MOOO!" became an internet meme. As a result, songs "Candy" and "Juicy" became sleeper hits, and the album debuted on the Billboard 200 chart in August 2019. Amala would eventually peak at number 138 on the chart in November 2019, coinciding with the release of her second studio album, Hot Pink.

Background[]

Doja Cat started recording sessions for the album sometime around 2014, with the eleventh track "Down Low" recorded sometime before July 2014, which was even prior to her debut EP, Purrr!. However it’s more likely the song was cut from the EP. Recording sessions likely officially started in late-2014, working with producer Cambo, where in October 2014 they worked on the cut album tracks "You Know I Wanna" and "Walk Away".

On May 26, 2015, Doja Cat tweeted "EXCITED FOR THIS ALBUM U FUCKIN HOES" and "ALBUM IS 90% READY U FUCKIN EXCITED ASS PPL IF U DNT CARE U SHOULD SUCK MY BIKE SUCK IT. bich". However, the tweets have since been deleted. Weeks later on April 2, 2015, Doja tweeted "Finally back in this bih ass studio y'all happy yah bishis?", proceeding to share a snippet of a song that was also later cut from the album, "Handle It".

Throughout 2015, Doja Cat performed "Down Low" during multiple shows, including a then-new recorded track "Body Language" in August 2015 at the Echo Park Rising event. The song was performed again in February 2016 at the ASPB Winter SOULstice. Throughout 2016, Doja worked on more album tracks like “White Lie” and “Weather” (both scrapped) and often previewed songs on currently unavailable livestreams on Periscope, like “Kingdom” (also scrapped).

On September 8, 2016, Doja uploaded two of the albums' tracks, "Candy" and "Casual", to her SoundCloud account. "Candy" had an entirely different instrumental and was taken down a few days later. "Casual" is still available on her page and only features very minor differences, both later revamped for the album.

On December 8, 2016, Doja Cat uploaded "Roll with Us" to her SoundCloud account before shortly taking it down and becoming lost. This song would later become the albums sole promotional single.

On April 5, 2017, Doja tweeted "My album name will be called "The Bundle" feat. Tracks stay tuned <3". On June 2, 2017, the albums fifth track “Fancy” was recorded. During July 2017, Doja Cat would preview "Go to Town" during livestreams on Periscope, however no footage currently exists. The song would later be released as the first single from the album.

On October 20, 2017, Doja tweeted "My album is called "Baby"" and on October 22, 2017, she tweeted "January". However, all of these tweets have since been taken down.

Throughout November 2017, Doja Cat served as the opening act for Lizzo's Good as Hell Tour, where Doja performed majority of the tracks from Amala months before their release. She also played the songs during Periscope livestreams while getting ready prior to the shows.

Sometime around 2017-2018, Doja posted a working track list for the album, where some scrapped tracks can be seen.

On February 1, 2018, "Roll with Us" was released as the albums sole promotional single, also serving as her first official solo release since "So High" in March of 2014. On March 9, 2018, "Go to Town" was released as the albums lead single alongside its music video. On March 23, 2018, "Candy" was released as the albums second single.

On March 26, 2018, Doja Cat made an Instagram post revealing the albums cover artwork and release date, captioned "3/30". Alongside this, Doja's label announced the album via X (formerly known as Twitter). It was also likely the cover shoot was done in early 2018.

Artwork[]

Her label said that the album "unlocks a sweetly sexy world soundtracked by wild hip-hop, twisted pop, and smoked-out R&B. Asserting a feline-esque dominance, her unapologetic charisma, charm, and confidence immediately take center stage."

Singles[]

The album's lead single, "Go to Town", was released on March 9, 2018, along with a music video. The single "MOOO!" was released on August 10, 2018, along with a music video as a non-album single, but it was later announced that it was the first single of the deluxe edition of the album. Another single for the deluxe edition, titled "Tia Tamera", was released on January 31, 2019, as a collaboration with American rapper Rico Nasty and its music video was released on February 21, 2019. The third and final song of the deluxe edition, titled "Juicy", was originally released on March 1, 2019, for the deluxe edition of Amala, but on August 15, 2019, a remix of the song was released with American rapper and singer Tyga as a single along with a music video. The version with Tyga was included on Doja Cat's second studio album, "Hot Pink."

Promotional singles[]

"Roll with Us" was released as the album's sole promotional single on February 1, 2018,[1] and entered the Spotify's Global Viral 50 chart upon release.[2]

Spotify[]

Track listing[]

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Go to Town" Doja Cat, Yeti Beats, tizhimself, Rogét Chahayed. Rian Lewis Yeti Beats, tizhimself, Rogét Chahayed 3:37
2. "Cookie Jar" Doja Cat, Kurtis McKenzie, J Mills, Rogét Chahayed, Yeti Beats Kurtis McKenzie, Yeti Beats, Rogét Chahayed 3:19
3. "Roll with Us" Doja Cat, Yeti Beats, tizhimself, Rogét Chahayed Yeti Beats, tizhimself, Rogét Chahayed 3:00
4. "Wine Pon You" (featuring Konshens) Doja Cat, TROY NōKA, Konshens, Yeti Beats Yeti Beats 3:39
5. "Fancy" Doja Cat, Yeti Beats Doja Cat, Yeti Beats 2:59
6. "Wild Beach" Doja Cat, DeCarlo, Dezi Paige, Mike 100, TROY NōKA, Yeti Beats TROY NōKA, Yeti Beats 3:24
7. "Morning Light" Doja Cat, Cambo, Yeti Beats, Aaron Miller, Aaron Harmon, Jordan Reyes Yeti Beats, Cambo 3:59
8. "Candy" Doja Cat, Cambo, Budo, Yeti Beats Budo, Yeti Beats, Cambo 3:10
9. "Game" Doja Cat, Adrian X, Cambo, Yeti Beats Yeti Beats, Adrian X 3:15
10. "Casual" Doja Cat, Dezi Paige, Los Hendrix, TROY NōKA, Yeti Beats TROY NōKA, Yeti Beats 4:00
11. "Down Low" Doja Cat, Alizzz, Cambo Cambo, Alizzz 3:31
12. "Body Language" Doja Cat, Cambo, Richie Beatz Cambo, Richie Beatz 4:05
13. "All Nighter" Doja Cat, Yeti Beats Yeti Beats, Doja Cat 3:13
Deluxe Edition (Bonus Tracks)
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
14. "Juicy" Doja Cat, Lydia Asrat, Dr. Luke, Yeti Beats Dr. Luke, Yeti Beats 3:20
15. "Tia Tamera" (featuring Rico Nasty) Doja Cat, Kurtis McKenzie, Lydia Asrat, Yeti Beats, Rico Nasty Doja Cat, Kurtis McKenzie 3:32
16. "MOOO!" Doja Cat, Gangsta Boo, J-Bo, Jason Williams, Ricky Dunigan, Pharrell Williams, DJ Paul, Smoke DZA, Juicy J, Lil Jon, Mystikal, KLC, Chad Hugo, I-20, Yeti Beats, TROY NōKA Doja Cat, Yeti Beats, TROY NōKA 4:46

Scrapped tracks[]

Trivia[]

  • This is the longest album in Doja Cat's discography, excluding the Japan version of Hot Pink.
  • "Go to Town" is the only song from the standard album that received a music video.
  • The earliest songs recorded for this album include "Down Low", "Body Language", "You Know I Wanna" (unreleased), and "Naughty" (unreleased), all from 2014 - 2015.

Gallery[]

Outtakes[]

(over 300 outtakes not included)

"Candy" shoot[]

Shot by Jabari Jacobs, 2017

"Roll with Us" shoot[]

Shot by Jabari Jacobs sometime prior to May 2017

Videos[]

References[]

  1. ↑ "Roll With Us - Single by Doja Cat"
  2. ↑ "Doja Cat releases 'Go to Town'"

Navigation[]

v • e
Tracks Go to Town • Cookie Jar • Roll with Us • Wine Pon You • Fancy • Wild Beach • Morning Light • Candy • Game • Casual • Down Low • Body Language • All Nighter
Deluxe
tracks 		Juicy • Tia Tamera • MOOO!
Scrapped
tracks 		Book • Call Me • Get On My Level • Handle It • Jerry (Intro) • Kingdom • Like A Lot • Love Letter • MAGIC PINK CAPSULE / MPC • Magic • Naughty • Real Fake • Walk Away • Weather • White Lie • Win or Lose • You Know I Wanna
Related
tracks 		Gypsy Woman
Artists Doja Cat • Konshens • Rico Nasty
Tour Amala Tour
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