{"id":508644,"date":"2026-10-26T19:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T19:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/508644\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T19:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T19:06:08","slug":"review-doja-cat-concert-tour-hits-chase-center-after-valkyries-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/508644\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Doja Cat concert tour hits Chase Center after Valkyries delay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doja Cat<\/a> was worth the wait.<\/p>\n

The hip-hop\/pop star\u2019s concert on Sunday night (Oct. 25) at Chase Center in San Francisco, which was pushed back six days due to a scheduling conflict with the Golden State Valkyries Finals game 3, was a thrilling spectacle filled with plenty of intriguing theatrics, great musicianship, top-notch vocals and \u2014 of course \u2014 plenty of sensuality and sexuality.<\/p>\n

This is Doja Cat<\/a>, after all.<\/p>\n

Taking the stage right around 8:45 p.m., following an opening set by Atlanta hip-hop star Latto (best known for the hit \u201cBig Energy\u201d), Doja Cat delighted a packed Chase Center<\/a> of 10,000-plus fans as she performed 32 songs over the course of her fast-paced two hour set.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old Los Angeles native, hailed by millions as \u201cThe Queen of Pop-Rap,\u201d<\/a> opened the show with \u201cCards\u201d \u2014 which is also the track that kickstarts her latest album, 2025\u2019s \u201cVie\u201d \u2014 and then stuck with the new material for \u201cAAAHH MEN.\u201d In all, she\u2019d devote about a third of the setlist on this Tour Ma Vie World Tour stop to the new album, a highly entertaining \u201980s-pop-inspired outing that plays down Doja\u2019s<\/a> regular brand of 21st century hip-hop while pumping up the retro disco, funk and dance-pop grooves.<\/p>\n

Yet, the more things change, the more they stay the same, right? And despite this change\/detour in musical direction, it\u2019s Doja\u2019s mind-blowing rapping abilities that really stood tall in the mix, as she showcased her deft wordplay on such past triumphs as \u201cAgora Hills\u201d (from 2023\u2019s \u201cScarlet\u201d) and \u201cWomen\u201d (from 2021\u2019s \u201cPlanet Her\u201d). She\u2019s simply one of the best MCs in the business \u2014 male or female \u2014 over the past eight or so years.<\/p>\n

The star worked a two-story stage in front of an funk-tastic live band that included a three-piece horn section. There was also a (Doja) catwalk that extended out into the audience. The vocalist was joined by several dancers, who contributed to the steady stream of erotically charged theatrics taking place\u2014 lots of grinding, bumping, rubbing, etc. to match the lyrical themes of the night.<\/p>\n

And the crowd was definitely buying into the sexual energy, reserving some of its loudest cheers of the night for when Doja would stop the music and turn away from the crowd, allowing the cameras to project closeups of her backside onto the huge overhead screens.<\/p>\n

Her wardrobe choice was also a huge talking point, as the singer \u2014 who is famed for her revealing and daring outfits \u2014 wore a tiger-print leotard that went from ankles to just above her belly. She then added a leopard-print G-string (worn over the leotard) and matching micro-brasserie and belt. (Question to readers: Is it a fashion faux pas to mix big-cat prints in the same outfit? I don\u2019t know how these things work. Feel free to ping me and let me know.)<\/p>\n

The crowd also dressed to impress, getting an early start on Halloween with some wild costumes and outfits as well as plenty of other provocative garb. It wasn\u2019t quite as over-the-top as when Doja Cat last performed at Chase Center<\/a> \u2014 which actually happened on Halloween night 2023 \u2014 but San Francisco definitely still showed up ready to party hardy.<\/p>\n

The other thing that has changed since that Halloween show, which served as the kickoff to the Scarlet Tour, is that Doja Cat has gotten better in so many ways. And that even seemed true in comparison to Doja\u2019s more recent outing in San Francisco<\/a>, as one of the headliners of the 2025 Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Her singing voice has grown stronger and more versatile, easily conveying the Madonna-like \u201980s-pop-music vibe that the \u201cVie\u201d material calls for. She\u2019s an even more commanding presence on the concert stage, ruling over the crowd with a mix of sheer charisma, sensuality and attitude. And she\u2019s handling all the key details quite nicely \u2014 from properly pacing the show and staying firmly in character during the varying theatrical elements to setting the tone for everyone else on the stage.<\/p>\n

In all, she\u2019s looks like someone who has now fully grown into the role of arena-headliner \u2014 and may be on her way to stadium headliner.<\/p>\n

Plus, the show just kept getting better as it went on, with Doja Cat managing to shift into an even higher gear about midway through the night with a powerful version of the \u201cScarlet\u201d favorite \u201cPaint the Town Red.\u201d She\u2019d bring Latto back to the stage so that the two women could re-team up for \u201cOkayyy,\u201d the recent single featuring both vocalists, and then went into a fiery version of the 2019 \u201cHot Pink\u201d number \u201cStreets\u201d that featured plenty of pyrotechnics as well as a Slash-style guitar outro.<\/p>\n

She then made the rare misstep with \u201cWet Vagina,\u201d falling out of her lyrical flow and asking for a do-over of this \u201cScarlet\u201d offering.<\/p>\n

\u201cRun that (expletive) back,\u201d she demanded.<\/p>\n

The theatrical effects amped up as we approached the finish line \u2014 with fireworks generously being shot off like the crew really didn\u2019t want to pack them up and bring them along to the next tour stop in San Diego. And there were enough pyro effects\u00a0 happening during the likes of \u201cTia Tamera\u201d \u2014 from the 2019 debut \u201cAmala\u201d \u2014 to impress a Rammstein fan.<\/p>\n

\u201cSan Francisco, i am only going to tell you this once,\u201d Doja Cat warned the fans as the show neared its final moments. \u201cJump!\u201d<\/p>\n

Jump they did, matching Doja Cat\u2019s energy and helping to fuel the concert toward its close with \u201cBoss Bitch,\u201d \u201cStranger,\u201d \u201cOne More Time\u201d and other favorites.<\/p>\n

Doja Cat Setlist:<\/p>\n

1. \u201cCards\u201d
2. \u201cAAAHH MEN\u201d
3. \u201cKiss Me More\u201d
4. \u201cGet Into It (Yuh)\u201d
5. \u201cGorgeous\u201d
6. \u201cTake Me Dancing\u201d
7. \u201cWoman\u201d
8. \u201cActs of Service\u201d
9. \u201cAgora Hills\u201d
10. \u201cMake It Up\u201d
11. \u201cCyber Sex\u201d
12. \u201cYou Right\u201d
13. \u201cAll Mine\u201d
14. \u201cShutcho\u201d
15. \u201cAin\u2019t (Expletive)\u201d
16. \u201cPaint the Town Red\u201d
17. \u201cSilly! Fun!\u201d
18. \u201cOkayyy\u201d
19. \u201cJuicy\u201d
20. \u201c97\u201d
21. \u201cBalut\u201d
22. \u201cNeed to Know\u201d
23. \u201cStreets\u201d
24. \u201cWet Vagina\u201d
25. \u201cWYM Freestyle\u201d
26. \u201cDemons\u201d
27. \u201cTia Tamera\u201d
28. \u201cBoss Bitch\u201d
29. \u201cStranger\u201d
30. \u201cOne More Time\u201d
31. \u201cSay So\u201d
32. \u201cJealous Type\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Doja Cat was worth the wait. The hip-hop\/pop star\u2019s concert on Sunday night (Oct. 25) at Chase Center…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[184,7,8256,2644,9864,1533,181,330,3743,395,8257,27967,101,396,103,102,104,106,105,94685,420],"class_list":["post-508644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-chase-center","tag-concerts","tag-hip-hop","tag-keywee","tag-latest-headlines","tag-music","tag-nightlife","tag-peninsula","tag-pop-music","tag-rap","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-county","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-social-alert","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}