Doja Cat's music video for her song "Demons" came out Aug. 31, but it has all the vibes of something that came out Oct. 31.
The video takes place in a house with a for-sale sign, flickering lights, levitating kitchen items, and children watching TV static. Basically, all the classic elements of horror movies.
Christina Ricci stars in the video as a woman being tormented by Doja Cat and two other people in demonic form. Ricci sells her performance even when she's stuck in a state of sleep paralysis, and she further cements it when she explores the house in a terrified state.
Ricci finds a less demonic version of Doja Cat while exploring the attic with a large camera and then runs out of the house with her two children, eventually running over the for-sale sign on her way out.
There are plenty of stunning visuals with Doja Cat too, both in her demonic form and in other instances such as when she sits in a tub of black goo or when she's sassily typing the song's lyrics on a typewriter in the attic.
The video is a great slice of the horror genre, and I especially like the design of the demons because it reminds me of a darker version of the demonic design in Panic! at the Disco's "Emperor's New Clothes" video.
Despite my enjoyment of the video, the song itself doesn't immediately capture me. While I respect the effort that went into making the song and addressing haters, something about it just doesn't do it for me.
Maybe it's because she sings in a higher than usual tone that sounds like falsetto. Also, while it is funny, I'm not really feeling the lyrics from the bathtub scene, particularly, "We are enemies, we are foes / Who are you and what are those? / You are gross / Percocet got you playing with your nose."
The lyrics aren't bad, per se, and I'm definitely not much better with that kind of writing, but something about it just feels like when you're trying too hard to rhyme something.
That said, I think the song will grow on me over time. In the handful of times I've replayed "Demons" to accurately review it, I've started to like it more and more. Listen to it and see what you think.
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