{"id":307595,"date":"2025-11-25T11:29:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T11:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/307595\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T11:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T11:29:12","slug":"doja-cat-american-performer-hails-perth-as-the-s-in-bizarre-tiktok-tribute-following-aus-tour-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/307595\/","title":{"rendered":"Doja Cat: American performer hails Perth as \u2018the s***\u2019 in bizarre TikTok tribute following Aus tour launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">It\u2019s difficult to imagine higher praise of <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perthnow.com.au\/wa\/perth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Perth<\/a> from a touring musician than American performer Doja Cat\u2019s simulated French kiss of the entire city to support her claim this town is \u201cthe s***\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Yes, you read that right.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Early Sunday morning, in the hours following the Grammy winner\u2019s RAC Arena show to launch the Australian leg of her Ma Vie World Tour, the singer proclaimed her love for the West Coast city in a dimly lit, yet bizarrely authentic video shared to TikTok.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">With Doja\u2019s face scraping into the bottom left corner of the screen, the star presented herself sans any of the brightly coloured wigs or flashy accessories that underpin her wild stage persona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cHey, what\u2019s up y\u2019all. I just wanted to say thank you for last night, that was f****** amazing and you\u2019re very cool, and when you support me it feels very good,\u201d she said modestly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI want to do a show like that night every night, and better&#8230; so I will be on vocal rest, and will be taking care of whatever the f*** happened to my throat last night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cAnd&#8230; you (Perth) are the s***.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The 30-year-old \u2014 real name Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini \u2014 rocked an 80s-inspired number on stage in Perth that featured big blonde hair, a leopard print body suit and purple leggings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Facing recent heat from fans in Auckland for opting not to change her outfits mid-show like other touring pop stars, Doja addressed the backlash by snatching a sign from a fan in the mosh pit that read \u201cF***k costume changes\u201d and proceeded to briefly chew on it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/7244f88c83ab4943b760c4669a68c06ad76d33ce.jpg\" alt=\"Doja Cat performs at RAC Arena in Perth on November 22.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconDoja Cat performs at RAC Arena in Perth on November 22. Credit: Supplied\/Doja Cat\/Doja Cat<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Continuing her oddly romantic love letter to Perth on Sunday, the unpredictable act had further niceties to say about her first Aussie tour stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cYou looked so good today, did you get a haircut? &#8230; I love you,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The Paint the Town Red singer then closed her eyes and began to simulate a tongue kiss before catching herself and teasing, \u201cjust kidding\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cBut I just wanted to say that was really fun and I can\u2019t wait, I think we\u2019re going to Brisbane next,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThank you, Perth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Doja Cat is due to perform in Melbourne on Tuesday night at Rod Laver Arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s difficult to imagine higher praise of Perth from a touring musician than American performer Doja Cat\u2019s simulated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-307595","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}