Doja Cat Tells Jack Harlow She Doesn't Think People Are Not 'Ready' or 'Prepared' for How the Internet Impacts Us
She added that she doesn't think people "take into account what [it] does to our brains."
In an interview with Jack Harlow for Present Space, Doja Cat suggested that people aren't "ready" or "prepared" for how the internet, especially social media, impacts us.
The 28-year-old rapper and singer-songwriter was asked by Harlow about her openness about her decision to heavily curate who she follows on social media, or as he put it, making it so her timeline "strictly inspires and educates." Doja has explained in the past that she doesn't like getting involved in politics on social media or using it "to affirm friendships," and she told Harlow she doesn't care to see "someone's picture from a yacht in the Mediterranean."
"I think that as people, we are not ready, or not fully prepared, or fully evolved, as far as the internet," she replied. "So when we see things on the internet, there’s things that we think we’re in control of, that we’re not in control of. And when we see people having a good time, but we’re bed rotting, not having the best day, and we scroll and see something that’s not an artistic expression, but somebody doing something we wish we were doing, I think that we don’t take into account what that does to our brains."
She decided to curate what she sees online more carefully because she used to feel "negative, low vibrational thoughts" such as "Why isn't that me right now" when she saw the content of, say, someone on a yacht partying.
"I know that I just shouldn’t follow people who aren’t going to be creative, because that’s more mentally stimulating to me in a positive way, to follow people who are creating something new," she continued. "It’s a safe haven for me as opposed to a place where I am watching people either pretend to be happy or genuinely be happy. I don’t want to use my phone in order to witness people’s happiness which I’d rather experience in reality."
Doja Cat has been open about her complicated relationship with social media, especially fans who have been overfamiliar when it comes to interacting with her. Earlier this year, for instance, she called out fans who unfavorably compared the texture of her hair to pubes. That same month, she decided to deactivate her Instagram account.
She's since reactivated her account, which boasts over 24 million followers. With that many people watching her every move, it's not surprising that she has made an effort to readjust her approach to social media.
Elsewhere in the interview, she spoke with Harlow about her taste in fashion and noted that she tries to balance between two extremes.
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"I like to be understated, but I have this need to be a little campy and a little crazy when it comes to fashion," she told Harlow, who noted her approach to fashion is similar to her music, in which she showcases a lot of range. "It’s been fun! I do kind of wish I could just have a uniform that I wear every day so I don’t have to think about anything. It’s not easy, sometimes getting dressed in the morning."
She also expressed a desire to "stretch the canvas" of what she's capable of when it comes to music, incorporating more genres.
"I want to start going in a different direction sonically that isn’t supposed to just protect my pockets necessarily, and isn’t just supposed to woo the younger fans or the people who only want to hear sexual themes or self-medication or stuff like that," she shared. "There’s so much to life and it’s been a pattern of writing about those things for me, but now I want to stretch the canvas."