{"id":15067,"date":"2025-09-14T03:57:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T03:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/15067\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T03:57:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T03:57:16","slug":"doja-cats-vmas-lipstick-stunt-drives-2-8m-in-media-exposure-for-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/15067\/","title":{"rendered":"Doja Cat&#8217;s VMAs Lipstick Stunt Drives $2.8M in Media Exposure for MAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/pop-culture\/culture-news\/doja-cat-mac-ambassador-vmas-2025-1238122880\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/pop-culture\/culture-news\/doja-cat-mac-ambassador-vmas-2025-1238122880\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Doja Cat<\/a> sent the internet into a frenzy on Sunday night when she took a bite out of \u2014 what looked like \u2014 one of <a href=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/tag\/mac\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mac\" data-tag=\"mac\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MAC<\/a> Cosmetics\u2019 Lady Danger lipsticks on the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/pop-culture\/culture-news\/gallery\/gothic-style-mtv-vmas-2025-1238120807\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/pop-culture\/culture-news\/gallery\/gothic-style-mtv-vmas-2025-1238120807\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MTV Video Music Awards<\/a> red carpet. The unexpected stunt drove $2.8 million in media impact value for the makeup brand, according to a new report from Launchmetrics.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/pop-culture\/culture-news\/pete-davidson-reformation-photoshoot-tattoo-free-1236931687\/\">MIV<\/a>\u00a0is a proprietary metric that assigns an actual monetary value to marketing strategies across print, online and social media to calculate return on investment.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-wwd-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/P1025DUJ-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Doja Cat at the MTV Video Music Awards 2025 held at UBS Arena on September 07, 2025 in New York, New York.\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"1024\" width=\"767\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/tag\/doja-cat\/\" id=\"auto-tag_doja-cat\" data-tag=\"doja-cat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Doja Cat<\/a> after she bit into a <a href=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/fashion-news\/fashion-scoops\/mac-viva-glam-elaine-welteroth-birthfund-maternal-health-1238031070\/\" id=\"related_article_link_mac\" data-tag=\"mac\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MAC<\/a> lipstick at the MTV Video Music Awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMAC Cosmetics later revealed the \u201cmakeup product\u201d was actually an edible, chocolate-coated replica made by world-famous pastry chef Amaury Guichon. The theatrics were planned to tease the 29-year-old\u2019s new ambassadorship with the brand. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWelcome to the MAC family, Doja,\u201d said A\u00efda Moudachirou-Rebois, MAC Cosmetics senior vice president and global general manager, in the official press release. \u201cMAC has always been a platform for artists, performers and creatives who shape culture. Not only is Doja one of the most exciting voices of her generation, we love her creativity, unique artistry and fearless spirit, which resonate around the globe. We could not think of a more perfect partner to help us write the next chapter of MAC\u2019s story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-wwd-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GF2_1730-Medium-res-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Doja Cat at the MTV Video Music Awards 2025 held at UBS Arena on September 07, 2025 in New York, New York.\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"857\" width=\"642\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/footwear-news\/shoe-trends\/doja-cat-pleaser-shoes-vmas-2025-1238120774\/\" id=\"related_article_link_doja-cat\" data-tag=\"doja-cat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Doja Cat<\/a>\u2019s makeup was comprised entirely of MAC products. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn an email sent exclusively to WWD, Nicola Formichetti, MAC\u2019s global creative director, said: \u201cDoja is fearless, subversive and completely original, which is everything MAC stands for.\u00a0She doesn\u2019t just wear makeup; she uses it as an art form. Together, we\u2019re going to create campaigns that feel disruptive, joyful and unapologetically MAC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe \u201cStreets\u201d performer\u2019s new partnership with MAC Cosmetics will see her star in several campaigns for the brand\u2019s hero products in the coming months, some of which were used in to create her visage at the annual awards show. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Doja Cat sent the internet into a frenzy on Sunday night when she took a bite out of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[3999,146,85,46,4082,409,3963],"class_list":{"0":"post-15067","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-doja-cat","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-mac","13":"tag-music","14":"tag-trending"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}