Paint the Town Red (Doja Cat song)

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"Paint the Town Red"
Cover art for "Paint the Town Red": a painting of a red sky, with a silhouette of a skyline in the bottom right corner
Single by Doja Cat
from the album Scarlet
Released August 4, 2023 (2023-08-04)
Genre
Length 3:51
Label
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s) Amala Zandile Dlamini
Producer(s)
  • Earl on the Beat
  • Rubin
  • Jean-Baptiste
  • DJ Replay
Doja Cat singles chronology
"Kill Bill"
(2023)		 "Paint the Town Red"
(2023)
Music video
"Paint the Town Red" on YouTube

"Paint the Town Red" is a song by American rapper and singer Doja Cat from her upcoming fourth studio album, Scarlet (2023). It was released on August 4, 2023, through Kemosabe and RCA Records as the lead single from the album.[1] The song was written by Doja Cat and produced by Earl on the Beat, Rubin, Jean-Baptiste, and DJ Replay. It is a hip hop and pop rap track with a jazz-influenced beat that samples Dionne Warwick's song "Walk On By" (1964)[2]. In the lyrics, the rapper dismisses her critics and asserts her own identity following arguments with fans on social media.

"Paint the Town Red" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Doja Cat's second number-one single, and her first as a solo artist. Outside of the United States, "Paint the Town Red" topped the charts in 15 countries, including Australia, Canada, Ireland, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Slovakia, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, where it became the first solo female rap song to top the chart in history. Elsewhere it peaked within the top ten of the charts in a further 10 countries. It made history by becoming the first solo female rap song in Spotify history to top the platform's Global and US Top 50 chart,[3] and the fastest to amass 100 million streams.[4]

Background and composition

A 2-second preview of the song was shared by Doja Cat on April 17, 2023, along with other tracks from her upcoming album.[5] Doja would tease the song by continuously using the blood drop emoji, as well as putting a red filter over thumbnails of her previous music videos and album covers.[6] She played the song in full length on July 18, while painting a white canvas in red. The painting would later turn out to be the single cover.[7]

Upon release, the lyrics were interpreted by some as a reference to her previous behaviour on social media, including the disapproval of a name used by a significant amount of her fanbase, and the subsequent arguments she had with some of them, in the weeks leading up to the release.[8] Sampling the Dionne Warwick hit "Walk On By", the song is backed by a "bouncy production" that sees Doja Cat rapping over a "subtly brassy, finger snap-laden beat", constituting an "contrast to the comparatively laid-back" "Attention".[9]

Commercial performance

"Paint the Town Red" broke a number of streaming records on Spotify, making history as the first solo female rap song to top the platform's US Top 50 daily chart,[3] and the Global Spotify 200 daily chart, and the fastest solo female rap song to amass 100 million streams.[4][citation needed]

The song peaked atop the Billboard Global 200 chart.[10]

North America

In the United States, "Paint the Town Red" debuted at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the chart issue dated August 19, 2023.[11] Two weeks later it reached number five, after moving 21.1 million streams, 5,000 digital downloads sold, and 22.6 million airplay audience that week, a 49, 81, and 37 percent increase from the previous week.[12] The song gained traction on the video-sharing app TikTok, with its audio soundtracking over 618,000 videos on the platform.[13] The surge in popularity online fueled the song's performance; after moving to number three, it reached number one on the Hot 100 on the issue dated September 16, 2023. It became Doja Cat's second leader, her first solo US number-one, and the first rap song to top the Hot 100 in over a year since Nicki Minaj's "Super Freaky Girl" (2022).[14] The song also topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for three weeks as well as their streaming and digital sales component charts.[14][15][16]

Europe

"Paint the Town Red" debuted at number 20 on the UK Singles Chart on August 17, 2023. It rose to number 15 the following week before entering the top ten on August 31, 2023.[17] It reached number four, becoming Doja Cat's fourth top ten hit in the UK and outpeaking its sample "Walk On By", which hit number nine.[18] On August 27, 2023, the Official Charts Company announced that the song was leading the race to hit number one that week, with only 1,000 units separating "Paint the Town Red" from its competitors.[19] The song then reached number two, blocked by Olivia Rodrigo's "Vampire" from the top spot.[20] The following week, "Paint the Town Red" rose to number one, becoming Doja Cat's first chart-topper in the United Kingdom.[21]

Music video

An accompanying music video was released on August 4, 2023, and was directed by Nina McNeely.[22] It features Doja Cat peeling out her eyeball which then falls into hell. Doja is later seen keeping company with death and the devil. Other scenes show her throwing bloody chunks of meat and riding on a green creature through the sky.[7]

Live performances

Doja Cat performed "Paint the Town Red" for the first time at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards as part of a medley with the tracks "Attention" and "Demons". The performance featured the singer dressed in a grey suit and glasses, and "trailed by blood-soaked dancers". Writers praised the performance as one of the best moments of the night and compared Doja's "preppy" outfit to those worn by Joan Cusack in School of Rock and Britney Spears in the "...Baby One More Time" music video.[23][24][25]

Accolades

Awards and nominations for "Paint the Town Red"
Organization Year Category Result Ref.
MTV Video Music Awards 2023 Song of Summer Nominated [26]

Charts

Chart performance for "Paint the Town Red"
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[27] 1
Australia Hip Hop/R&B (ARIA)[28] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[29] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[30] 25
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[31] 11
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[32] 1
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[33] 16
Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[34] 39
Croatia (Billboard)[35] 15
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[36] 1
Denmark (Tracklisten)[37] 5
El Salvador (Monitor Latino)[38] 16
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[39] 7
France (SNEP)[40] 5
Germany (Official German Charts)[41] 2
1
Greece International (IFPI)[42] 1
Hong Kong (Billboard)[43] 23
Hungary (Single Top 40)[44] 6
Iceland (Plötutíðindi)[45] 5
India International Singles (IMI)[46] 3
1
Italy (FIMI)[47] 32
Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard Japan)[48] 17
Latvia (LAIPA)[49] 1
Lithuania (AGATA)[50] 1
Luxembourg (Billboard)[51] 1
Malaysia (Billboard)[52] 7
Malaysia International (RIM)[53] 5
MENA (IFPI)[54] 5
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[55] 17
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[56] 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[57] 1
Nigeria (TurnTable Top 100)[58] 44
Norway (VG-lista)[59] 2
Panama (Monitor Latino)[60] 18
Philippines (Billboard)[61] 9
Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100)[62] 7
37
Romania (Billboard)[63] 7
Singapore (RIAS)[64] 4
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[65] 1
South Africa (Billboard)[66] 7
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[67] 77
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[68] 4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[69] 1
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[70] 1
UK R&B (Official Charts Company)[71] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[72] 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[73] 1
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[74] 11
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)[75] 17
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[76] 3

Certifications

Certifications for "Paint the Town Red"
Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[77] Gold 5,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[78] Gold 7,500

xunspecified figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Release history and formats for "Paint the Town Red"
Region Date Format Label(s) Ref.
Various August 4, 2023
[79]
United States August 8, 2023 Contemporary hit radio [80]
Rhythmic radio [81]
Urban radio [82]
Italy August 25, 2023 Radio airplay Sony [83]

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