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Fans react to Tyler, the Creator, Doja Cat, Janelle Monáe, and Killer Mike's Outkast tribute – and André 3000 not performing
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Fans react to Tyler, the Creator, Doja Cat, Janelle Monáe, and Killer Mike’s Outkast tribute – and André 3000 not performing

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Performances from Tyler, the Creator, Doja Cat, Janelle Monáe, and Killer Mike for last night’s OutKast tribute at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have drawn mixed reactions.

  • READ MORE: Listen to Romy and Sampha team up to cover André 3000’s ‘Me & My (To Bury Your Parents)’

Back in April, it was announced that the hip-hop duo were set to be inducted alongside names including The White Stripes, Cyndi Lauper and Soundgarden. At last night’s (November 8) ceremony, André 3000 and Big Boi were introduced by Donald Glover, who lauded them for their part in creating a “music Mecca” in Atlanta.

Despite being in attendance at the ceremony, André 3000 didn’t perform. Instead, Doja Cat, Killer Mike, J.I.D., Tyler, the Creator, and Janelle Monáe joined Big Boi for a medley of the duo’s classic hits, which has proved divisive on social media.

The performance kicked off with ‘ATLiens’ with Big Boi joined by J.I.D. This was followed by Doja taking on ‘Ms. Jackson’, however, as many X/Twitters users have pointed out, she appeared to lose her thread halfway through the song and miss lyrics.

“Absolutely disrespectful to show up to someone’s tribute and not know their verse,” one viewer wrote. Many seemed to be in agreement, saying Doja had “messed up the best part”.

However, some leapt to her defence, instead blaming the DJ. “Whoever that DJ is who has the nerve to be rapping super loud and the wrong fucking lyrics at that… he completely ruined a legendary moment,” added one user. “So,” asked another, “did she not know the words, or was he just rapping over her?”

While Tyler’s rendition of ‘B.O.B.’ went down well, Monáe’s take on ‘Hey Ya’ – in particular her choice to take on a strange vocal affectation and crawl across the floor. One highly unimpressed viewer later took to social media to write: “Put Janelle Monae in jail for what she did to Hey Ya.”

The medley continued on with ‘The Way You Move’ featuring Sleepy Brown, and closed out with Killer Mike joining all other artists on stage for ‘The Whole World’. You can check out more social media reactions to the tribute performances below.

Meanwhile, last December, André 3000 said that OutKast were “further away” from making new music together “than we’ve ever been”.

“I’ll say maybe 10, 15 years ago, in my mind, I thought an OutKast album would happen,” he said. “I don’t know the future, but I can say that we’re further away from it than we’ve ever been.”

“It’s hard for me to make a rap, period, you know? And sometimes I’m in the belief of, ‘Let things be’”, he told Rolling Stone.

He continued: “[OutKast] was a great time in life, and our chemistry was at a certain place that was undeniable,” he said, brushing against the notion that “something has to last forever”.

In May this year, he released a surprise solo EP ‘7 Piano Sketches’, a series of improvisations on piano mostly recorded at a house in Texas.

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Olivia, Elton, Doja Cat Set For Rock Hall Appearances
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Olivia, Elton, Doja Cat Set For Rock Hall Appearances

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Without specifying who is doing what, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has revealed the roster of presenters and performers for its 2025 induction ceremony, which will be held Nov. 8 at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater and will be streamed live on Disney+. Among them are Olivia Rodrigo, Elton John, Doja Cat, Missy Elliott, Brandi Carlile and Iggy Pop.

Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Soundgarden and the White Stripes will be enshrined this year. Beyond the core inductions, Salt-N-Pepa and the late Warren Zevon will receive the Musical Influence Award, while hit-making R&B producer Thom Bell and studio musicians Nicky Hopkins and Carol Kaye will be honored with the Musical Excellence Award. The Ahmet Ertegun Award for impactful, non-performing industry professionals will be presented to former Warner Bros. Records president/DreamWorks co-founder Lenny Waronker.

Pundits are speculating that Carlile and Taylor Momsen will handle the late Chris Cornell’s vocals during Soundgarden’s performance segment, while David Letterman is a logical choice to induct his longtime friend Zevon. Atlanta rappers Killer Mike and Sleepy Brown seem like slam dunks to be involved in honoring Outkast, which hasn’t performed live since 2014, while Maxwell could be a perfect interpreter of Bell’s storied catalog.

Also set to appear are Beck, J.I.D., Questlove, RAYE, Teddy Swims and Twenty One Pilots. Additional guests will be announced later, and a highlight special is set to air Jan. 1 on ABC.

Passing through the Rock Hall’s ancestral home of Cleveland? Stop by the museum beginning Oct. 31 to see guitars played by Cornell, Andre 3000’s outfit from Outkast’s “Hey Ya” video and other nominee-specific memorabilia.

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Doja Cat’s 1980s Extravagance Is Remarkable on ‘Vie’ » PopMatters

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Doja Cat is an all-or-nothing pop star. In 2023, the rapper tweeted to fans, “I don’t love y’all cos I don’t know y’all.” Extremes are her medium. When Doja Cat, whose real name is Amala Dlamini, attended Schiaparelli’s Spring/Summer 2023 fashion show, she wore a red body paint look covered in head-to-toe crystals. With her song “Paint the Town Red”, the absurd look captured Doja’s refined brand of camp. At that show, when the singer crossed paths with beauty mogul Kylie Jenner, who wore a lion’s head on her chest, the pair exchanged a cursory ‘Good to see you’ with each other. Their outlandish costumes were not acknowledged. 

Doja’s fifth album, Vie, French for “live”, is an about-face from its predecessor, 2023’s Scarlet. On that record, Doja sought to prove herself as a rapper, perhaps in response to a 2022 comment from Remy Ma on the podcast Drink Champs: “I don’t think [Doja Cat] is a rapper,” Remy said. While Doja did not respond directly, she tweeted, “The truth is I do tell stories, use punchlines regularly, and prioritize world play frequently. This is what rapping is by definition.”

In response, Scarlet crusaded for rap dominance, but critics said it lost the charm of Doja’s pop-infused early hits. This criticism became the jumping-off point for Vie, which rejects the notion that a need for rap credentials is the singer’s primary motive and establishes Doja as the type of star whose credibility as an artist does not rely on album-by-album critiques. Mixing 1980s pop and R&B on Vie, Doja remains an elusive, genre-bending savant. 

The record’s standout tracks fully embrace 1980s synthpop. The lead single “Jealous Type” bears no trace of another genre, giving Doja room to experiment on the other tracks, while proving the album’s thesis about versatility. The familiarity of 1980s pop brings Doja dangerously close to validating the criticism that she’s not a real rapper. However, by repackaging a maximalist genre in her seductive image, Doja turns herself into an enigma, immune to accusations of pastiche. 

A modern pop star paying homage to the 1980s is not a new idea. Taylor Swift received a synthpop makeover with 1989, and Dua Lipa tried disco on Future Nostalgia. Why does pop keep going back to that decade? During that time, the genre became glamorous. The rock stars of the 1960s were larger than life, and the singer-songwriters of the 1970s were open-hearted and intriguing, but the 1980s made music opulent. As a result, modern celebrities are cartoonish fashion muses. At the 2023 Met Gala, in honor of Karl Lagerfeld, Doja dressed as a cat and “Meow” -ed during interviews. 

While Vie’s main throughline is the 1980s, other elements surface. In “Acts of Service”, Doja Cat’s sultry vocals glide over a laconic R&B soundscape, while dreamy synths allude to the album’s central motif. A psychedelic guitar riff opens “Make It Up”, a trap-inspired plea for forgiveness where indifference becomes a means of seduction. In the irreverent “AAAH MEN!”, Doja recounts a litany of lovers’ shortcomings, but does not wallow. The ease of her delivery over a rapid bassline suggests that any former pain is no longer worth considering. 

The rap verses and catchy chorus of “Gorgeous” tie the album together, reconciling Doja’s nature as a hip-hop provocateur and pop hitmaker. The song’s music video is a parody of a cosmetics commercial, starring Doja alongside models Alex Consani and Anok Yai. The video is sumptuous and luxurious, featuring panoramic shots of glistening bottles of product and close-ups of the stars’ faces.  

The video accomplishes several purposes. Firstly, it continues the album’s 1980s references by depicting the over-the-top beauty trends of that decade. Secondly, it examines Doja’s place in pop. A frequent front-row presence at fashion shows, Doja Cat embodies the marriage of fashion and pop culture. Similarly, her celebrity stemmed from the union of music and the internet. By satirizing commercialized beauty, Doja Cat portrays herself as glamorous while upholding the cultural change that produced her: beauty must be contextualized to have meaning. 

Unlike other celebrities, Doja does not set boundaries with the public to create a mystique. Instead, she critiques the absurdity of her platform. “I got surgery ’cause of the scrutiny,” she admits in “Gorgeous”. “Vegas”, a song Doja recorded for the 2022 biopic Elvis, embodies the main accomplishment of Vie by interpolating the melody of Elvis’ “Hound Dog” over a trap beat. By referencing pop so overtly, Doja finds her own place within the genre. 

At the 2024 Met Gala, Doja Cat and Kylie Jenner crossed paths again, this time in a not-so-polite manner. Instead of a courtesy greeting, red-carpet footage showed Jenner cast a judgmental up-and-down glance in Doja’s direction. Pop culture is like an arena where celebrities utilize various creative media to further their self-expression. As a title, Vie does not have a clear thematic connection to the album’s contents. Is it meant to imply that Doja Cat is living her best life? Given the star’s inscrutable persona, pulling off an extravagant album is a remarkable accomplishment. No matter what criticism she is responding to, Doja Cat lands on all fours. 

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Watch Bad Bunny Host, Doja Cat Perform “Aaahh Men!” and “Gorgeous” on Saturday Night Live
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Watch Bad Bunny Host, Doja Cat Perform “Aaahh Men!” and “Gorgeous” on Saturday Night Live

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Earlier this year, Bad Bunny helped to close out Saturday Night Live’s 50th season as its finale musical guest. The Puerto Rican superstar returned to NBC last weekend to host the show’s Season 51 premiere. He starred in sketches throughout the evening as a sperm donor hopeful, a fan of the Netflix original film KPop Demon Hunters, and the inventor of the Spanish language, and led the SNL cast in a recreation of the ’70s Mexican sitcom El Chavo del Ocho. Joining Bad Bunny was musical guest Doja Cat, who made her Saturday Night Live debut performing “Aaahh Men!” and “Gorgeous” from her new album Vie. Check out those performances and sketches below.

During his opening monologue, Bad Bunny discussed his recent 31-show concert residency in Puerto Rico and the news that he’ll be performing the halftime show at Super Bowl LX this February. He also noted that the evening marked his fourth appearance on Saturday Night Live, joking “I think Marcello [Hernandez] is getting nervous that Lorne has a new favorite Latino.”

Bad Bunny previously hosted SNL in 2023. In November, he’s set to embark an international tour in support of his new album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos. Doja Cat’s Tour Ma Vie World Tour also kicks off that same month.

This week’s episode of Saturday Night Live will be hosted will be hosted by Amy Poehler alongside musical guest Role Model. Then, on October 18, Sabrina Carpenter will pull double duty as host and musical guest for the first time.

See where Bad Bunny’s 2020 album YHLQMDLG falls on Pitchfork’s new list of “The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time.”

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Watch Doja Cat Perform ‘Gorgeous,’ ‘Aaahh Men!’ from New Album

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The rapper-songwriter debuts on SNL by performing two singles from her new album, Vie

Doja Cat made her musical guest debut on Saturday Night Live—the season 51 premiere—with performances of a pair of singles from her new album, Vie.

After an introduction from SNL host Bad Bunny, the rapper-songwriter opened with the Jack Antonoff-produced “Aaahh Men!”

On Vie, Doja Cat’s fifth studio album and the follow-up to 2023’s Scarlet, the Los Angeles native “devotes an entire album to the pop and R&B sounds of the Hair Decade, an album full of pastels and neon and mega-cheese sax solos,” as Rolling Stone‘s Rob Sheffield wrote in a review. That was reflected in the set design for “Aaahh Men!” and the attire of the six others on stage, including the two bassists for the bass-centric song.

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Doja Cat’s second performance was of “Gorgeous,” one of the several tracks on Vie that incorporates the saxophone.

Last week, Doja Cat announced her 50-date Tour Ma Vie World Tour, which begins in New Zealand next month. She’ll begin the U.S. leg next October in Detroit, and will wrap up at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Dec. 1.

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Bad Bunny, Doja Cat Team Up in Season Premiere Promo
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Bad Bunny, Doja Cat Team Up in Season Premiere Promo

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Bad Bunny and Doja Cat purposely don’t vibe with Chloe Fineman’s humor in the silly promo spot for this weekend’s Saturday Night Live episode.

The clip, shared by NBC on Thursday (Oct. 2), features three takes from the trio previewing what’s to come on SNL‘s season premiere on Oct. 4, when Bad Bunny will host and Doja Cat will appear as musical guest. Fineman is among the regulars on the show, though several castmates departed ahead of Season 51.

“Hi, I’m Bad Bunny, and I’ll be hosting the season premiere of SNL this week with Doja Cat,” Benito says in the first take. Fineman cuts in to quip, “Bad Bunny. Doja Cat. And I’m Chloe Salamander.”

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In take two, Bad Bunny hypes up the Super Bowl — on which he’ll headline the halftime show — and shrugs off the excitement of being on SNL.

And in take three, Doja Cat puts her trust in Bad Bunny (instead of cast member Fineman) when it comes to expertise on being in front of the SNL camera. “Chloe, he’s done this before,” she says.

Following the Oct. 4 season premiere, this season’s lineup so far includes SNL veteran Amy Poehler as host with first-time musical guest Role Model on Oct. 11, and Sabrina Carpenter as host and musical guest on Oct. 18. Though it’ll mark Carpenter’s debut as host, she’s no stranger to the Studio 8H stage, having performed on Saturday Night Live in 2024 and during the SNL50: The Anniversary Special earlier this year.

Watch the promo video for this weekend’s episode of SNL below.

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Doja Cat - One More Time Song Lyrics | Glamsham.com
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Doja Cat – Come Back Song Lyrics | Glamsham.com

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Song Name – Come Back
Singer – Doja Cat

Check out Come Back Song Lyrics by Doja Cat

Changin’ the way that you act to me (Come back, come back)
Can’t switch the tone while I’m ’bout to leave (Come back, come back)
I worked it down till the atrophy (Come back, come back)
You missed the mark and her majesty (Come back, come back)
Beggin’ me, “Baby, come back to me” (Come back)
Beggin’ me, “Baby, come back to me” (Come back)

Come back to me (Come back)
Come back to me (Come back)
Come back to me (Come back)
Come back to me (Comе back)
Come back to me (Come back)
Comе back to me (Come back)
Come back to me (Come back)
Come back to me (Come back)

It turned you on when I told you off
I’m pleased I ain’t the b*tch you was hopin’ for
If we keep this up, and you hold my doors
And you take my bag, and you hold me more
I don’t think that would make up for the hope I lost
You don’t think, that’s why I need you to cope some more
C-c-cope and get your coat and get off my floor
Baby, you’re overselling to who you know you lost
It’s an open sore (Yeah), gotta seal the deal (Yeah, come back)
Gotta heal the wound (Yeah), gotta be for real (Come back)
Realize we learned a lesson from lovin’ on one another (Come back)
Nothin’ shows more strength than gunnin’ for ex-lovers (Come back)
Maybe we’re best friends, maybe we’re goin’ under (Come back)
Maybe the world’s endin’, but baby, I still love ya (Come back)
Gone ’til November, gone ’til you wanna (Come back)
I can’t be your woman, but trust you’ll find someone (Come back)

Changin’ the way that you act to me (Come back, come back)
Can’t switch the tone while I’m ’bout to leave (Come back, come back)
I worked it down till the atrophy (Come back, come back)
You missed the mark and her majesty (Come back, come back)
Beggin’ me, “Baby, come back to me” (Come back)
Beggin’ me, “Baby, come back to me” (Come back)

Come back to me, come back (Come back)
Come back to me, come back (Come back)
Come back to me, come back (Come back)
Come back to me, come back (Come back)
Come back to me, come back (Come back)
Come back to me, come back (Come back)
Come back to me, come back (Come back)
Come back to me, come back (Come back)

Changin’ the way that you act to me
Can’t switch the tone while I’m ’bout to leave (Come back to me, come back)
I worked it down till the atrophy (Come back to me, come back)
You missed the mark and her majesty (Come back to me, come back)
Beggin’ me, “Baby, come back to me” (Come back to me)
Beggin’ me, “Baby, come back to me” (Come back to me)

Come back, come back
Come back, come back
Come back, come back
Come back, come back
Come back, come back
Come back, come back
Come back, come back
Come back, baby, don’t you come back

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Doja Cat Co-Hosts 'Tonight Show' With Jimmy Fallon: Exclusive Photos
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Doja Cat Co-Hosts ‘Tonight Show’ With Jimmy Fallon: Exclusive Photos

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Is there enough room behind The Tonight Show desk for two hosts? On Wednesday night’s (Oct. 1) episode, Jimmy Fallon makes room for Doja Cat to join him as co-host, and Billboard has exclusive photos from her appearance.

And it looks like a fun one: In addition to two pics of the duo behind the famous late-night desk — one of which has each co-host holding up a vinyl copy of Doja’s just-released fifth studio album Vie — we also have a pic of the pop star teaching Fallon how to dance. (It looks like she might be giving him step-by-step moves to New Kids on the Block’s “The Right Stuff” dance here.) Watch a clip from the dance lesson below:

Doja’s ’80s-inspired ‘fit for the episode is a shimmering silver tunic paired with metallic tights and matching silver pumps, finished with lavender leather gloves.

Elsewhere during her co-hosting gig — her debut behind the desk — Billboard is told that Doja does a dramatic Real Housewives re-enactment alongside Tarik Trotter of The Roots.

But Doja isn’t the only special guest visiting Studio 6B on Wednesday night: Social superstar Druski will sit down for an interview and Blood Orange is the night’s performer.

Doja joins an elite group of stars who have co-hosted The Tonight Show, also including fellow musicians Ed Sheeran, Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B and Shawn Mendes.

The Tonight Show airs at 11:35 p.m. ET/PT on NBC and streams next day on Peacock, but you can check out our exclusive photos right now.

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Doja Cat: Vie Album Review
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Doja Cat: Vie Album Review

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Doja, born in 1995 and influenced by 2000s radio, doesn’t have a deep attachment to the era. There are no explicit tributes to ’80s idols, although she has cited Nina Hagen as an inspiration. (Hagen is “a hot girl who isn’t trying to just be a hot girl,” Doja told The New York Times. “She has layers to her.” Preach.) The rapper’s main idea about the decade is essentially that it was a time when girls just wanted to have fun—a message very compatible with the Doja Cat experience. Swinging synth-funk cut “Take Me Dancing,” another team-up with SZA, presents clubgoing as the perfect post-coital digestif. “You’re so raw, boy, and you’re so romantic/When you fuck me right, and then you take me dancing,” Doja sings on the hook, skipping across the roller-rink-ready beat in her airy upper register. She’s just as loose and fun-forward on the slow jam “All Mine,” cooing and harmonizing with herself over gleaming synths and keys. For Doja, the ’80s is a whole vibe.

That fuzzy connection to the decade mostly makes for a breezy listen, but Doja runs into trouble when the pastiche boxes her in. Her singing and rapping are uncharacteristically binary on most songs, notably “Jealous Type” and R&B track “Acts of Service,” where the cool melodies mostly keep time until Doja spits. This has never been a problem in her music before, but here when she switches from rapping to singing, it can feel as if she’s featuring herself rather than changing direction. All her expression and color seems to get reserved for the rhymes.

That’s the case on the groovy “Couples Therapy,” which features some of her deftest singing but really erupts with personality once she starts rapping. “Cussing you out, you the one I resent/Cussing you out, I delete and re-send/Sorry, I got three selves, one’s 12/Sorry, you gave me hell once felt/Sorry, honeymoon phase over now,” Doja raps, her repeated pauses and phrases mirroring a back-and-forth with a partner. She’s worked to close the distance between her rapping and singing, but Vie’s retro framework sharpens the disparity; the emphasis on homage seems to discourage Doja from filling these songs with the constant transitions that propel older tracks like “Need to Know” and “Talk Dirty.” Where on previous Doja Cat records every little melody and tic and punchline felt memorable, here it’s always the rap that stands out.

The exception is highlight “Make It Up,” which notably departs from the album’s retro aesthetic. Gliding across keys and bass kicks, Doja swings between melodic rapping and crooning while ad-libbing in both modes, the constant motion culminating in a quiet countermelody that accents the final hook and becomes the outro. It’s not an accident that it’s one of the stickiest songs. Although Doja clearly envisions Vie as her poppiest album, with ’80s pop as her aesthetic of choice, the record is most interesting when she’s ignoring such distinctions rather than embracing them. Pop rap has never been the oxymoron the heads want it to be; it’s just one of the genre’s infinite permutations. Doja could use the reminder.

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Doja Cat - One More Time Song Lyrics | Glamsham.com
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Doja Cat – Silly! Fun! Song Lyrics | Glamsham.com

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Song Name – Silly Fun
Singer – Doja Cat

Check out Silly Fun Song Lyrics by Doja Cat

Wouldn’t it be fun if we went to a party?
Wouldn’t it be fun to fall deep for somebody?
I know it could be a blast to just pop out a baby
And we’re so very silly getting married in Vegas

Yeah, wake up, smell the coffee
Get a grip, boy, this life here ain’t no vacation
Put the grapes down in the palm leaf
When you call me wife, you don’t mean that
Dedication and anointing
That ain’t no small thing to me
Don’t try to play now, you’re annoying
(Yeah, yeah, yeah) Medicate yourself
I’ma keep him outside if he got that dog in him
Boy, I swear, if you don’t get your ass back here, I’m locking you out
He could hit the club and get fucked up ’cause there’s no stopping him
Don’t you come back crying, talkin’ ’bout you know what you lost, boy, just get lost again

Wouldn’t it be fun if we went to a party?
Wouldn’t it be fun to fall deep for somebody?
I know it could be a blast to just pop out a baby
And we’re so very silly getting married in Vegas

Said, oh, oh, oh, oh, you’re too perfect, yes, you’re perfect
I’m not nervous, I’m so drunk, can you stop swerving?
You’re my person, this my first time, I’m in (Love)
Those men were practice in my past, don’t be dramatic, let’s have (Kids)
And buy a mansion and three cats and two garages worth of whips
This ain’t delusional, impulsive, don’t be rude, that’s so insulting
Clock is ticking, I got goals and I got dreams
And I thought love was about trust
But you don’t trust me, ew, don’t touch me
You’re too comfy, don’t get money?
Man, I’m glad for that prenup we signed last Monday

You’re so unserious, you blow my mind
You’ve got me furious, no, I’m not fine

Wouldn’t it be fun if we went to a party?
Wouldn’t it be fun to fall deep for somebody?
I know it could be a blast to just pop out a baby
And we’re so very silly getting married in Vegas

Oh, oh-ooh-oh, oh-ooh-oh
We’re so very silly
We’re so very silly
Oh-ooh-oh, oh-ooh-oh
Silly
Oh, oh, oh-ooh-oh

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