We're living in the age of Doechii. She just got her very first Grammy (Best Rap Album) for Alligator Bites Never Heal (which was on our top 100 albums of 2024 too) and has seen a skyrocketing well-deserve worldwide success.

Before the album, the Grammy, and all that though, there was this notorious YouTube video made in her bedroom performing a song called "Anxiety" which sampled the universe-known Gotye's hit "Somebody That I Used To Know” (2011). The song was never released, but was sampled by Sleepy Hallow for a track on his 2023 album Boy Meets World.

Fast-forward to today, we get an official streaming platform for the release of the original "Anxiety" from the original video above. Here is an explanation of this seemingly complicated story, yet an awesome story told from Doechi's perspective.

Obviously the sample of Somebody That I Used To Know” is legendary - who doesn't love that melody, but adding Doechi's flair on top of this just makes this sound very wholehearted and inspiring at the same time. Time for an endless repeat.

posted by Ivo
19 h ago