“She higher win each Grammy”
Hayley Williams has reacted to Doechii citing Paramore as an affect on her work, saying she desires the singer to win “each Grammy”.
Earlier this week, the ‘Denial Is A River’ rapper opened up concerning the influence that the pop-punk band have had on her as an artist, pointing to her days as an art-school teenager.
“Paramore was my first introduction to rock music,” Doechii stated in an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald. “I do know that rock music is fashionable however the place I grew up within the South, in my tradition and my radius, it wasn’t so fashionable. However she sort of modified my life and my perspective, and I discovered about various kinds of music by way of Paramore. It made an enormous impression on me and my type.”
Now, Williams has returned the praise, replying to Doechii’s feedback on an Instagram Tales replace on her social media.
Over a freezeframe of the rapper’s quotes, Williams wrote: “That is my laaaadyyyyy. Don’t ever harm her. We go all the best way again even tho we solely ever met one time. She higher win each Grammy too.”
Again in 2020, Doechii sampled Paramore’s 2010 single ‘The Solely Exception’ in her viral TikTok hit monitor ‘Yucky Blucky Fruitcake’ – with the musician rapping “Singing karaoke whereas my mother was on the retailer (you’re) / Scared that she would stroll in on me singing Paramore (the one exception)”.
Doechii’s newest launch was her 2024 Mixtape ‘Alligator Bites By no means Heal‘. The mixtape was nominated for Greatest Rap Album on the 67th Grammy Awards which is about to happen on February 2 2025 on the Crypto.com enviornment in Los Angeles, California. The mixtape’s lead single ‘Nissan Altima’ additionally earned her a nomination for Greatest Rap Efficiency and he or she herself earned a nomination as Greatest New Artist.
In a four-star overview of ‘Alligator Bites By no means Heal’, NME shared: “At first, Doechii will get into the nitty gritty on this launch, however – by the top – she finds solace and power, making the mixtape really feel extra like a sonic diary of her emotional journey. It’ll take time to see if it turns into a standout in her discography, however this boldly brazen report undoubtedly makes a press release.”
In different information, ‘Nissan Altima’ was named as one in every of NME‘s 50 Greatest Songs Of 2024 listing, with author Seth Pereira sharing: “From the primary second on, ‘Nissan Altima’ is a white-knuckled experience of braggadocious brilliance from High Dawg Leisure’s inheritor to the throne. Infantile Main’s minimalist manufacturing is an ideal playground for Doechii to showcase why she’s undeniably prime of the category in 2024.”
Elsewhere, Doechii was one of many acts that was featured on BBC Radio 1’s longlist for his or her Sound Of 2025 artists alongside the likes of Mk.gee, Chappell Roan, Kneecap and extra.