Released in September, Scarlet contained 17 songs with production provided by D.A. Got That Dope, Jay Versace, London On Da Track, Beat Butcha, Mayor Hawthorne, and more. The album debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with 72,000 album-equivalent units sold, making it her third consecutive top 10 placement on that chart. Scarlet‘s biggest standout, the opening cut “Paint The Town Red,” peaked at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and broke a number of streaming records on Spotify.
As REVOLT previously reported, Doja explained how, for her, having a deep meaning behind an album title isn’t as important “as the word being a cool word.” “I thought Hellmouth was cool ’cause it meant something. I forgot what it meant. If we Google it… it’s like the gates of hell. But that felt so aggressive to me after a while, and I don’t know if I even like it anymore,” she explained. “I changed my mind constantly, and Scarlet felt like the right thing to do because it’s kind of an ode to Hot Pink.”
