“Will she ever lose? Man, I guess we’ll never know.” This line comes from Doechii’s latest single. And it’s the exact question that audiences have been left asking.
Doechii, the 26 year old rapper from Tampa, Fla., released a new song entitled “Nosebleeds” on February 3, 2025. This was hours after her mixtape, “Alligator Bites Never Heal,” won Best Rap Album at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.
Doechii became the third woman in history to win the prestigious award. She follows Lauryn Hill, who won the award with the rap group The Fugees for their album “The Score” in 1997 and Cardi B, who won with her debut album “Invasion of Privacy” in 2019.
To celebrate her historical win and her first ever Grammy win, Doechii surprised fans with “Nosebleeds.” The two minute and 15 second song gave the uncensored, boastful version of her acceptance speech. The single is high energy and proud, which is precisely what a song about winning your first Grammy should be.
The chorus of the song is an homage to Kanye West’s 2005 Grammy acceptance speech, when his album “The College Dropout” won Best Rap Album. “Everybody want to know what I would do if I didn’t win… I guess we’ll never know,” West told the Grammys audience. Doechii nearly directly quotes West, which is a bold but deserved move for the emerging artist.
Doechii also uses the song to thank her supporters and taunt her rivals. “I thanks you God, I thank you Top God Entertainment–Oop, Top Dawg Entertainment,” the Florida rapper shouted out her record label, which signed her in 2022. Top Dawg Entertainment, also known as TDE, is most known for their work with Kendrick Lamar until 2022.
Doechii mentions SZA, Isaiah Rashad, who Doechii calls Zay and TDE co-president Moosa in her thank-you. SZA and Zay are both signed to TDE, and are known to be close with Doechii both in the industry and as friends.
The song also shouts out her “Mommy, Blake High School and all the b—-s I surpassed.” To win her Grammy, Doechii beat out nominees Eminem, Future, J Cole and Common. But at the end of the day she takes it back to her Tampa roots with the mentions of her mother and high school.
The production of the song adds even more to Doechii’s well deserved brag. From a dramatic baseline to hi-hats made to sound like clapping, the instrumentals of the song compliment Doechii’s extravagant lyrics. Her smooth flow communicates the pride in her work and the excitement for what’s to come next in her career.
Doechii really does look good from the nosebleeds. In just two days, the surprise single has already garnered almost 500,000 listens on Spotify. The song was a fantastic response to a first Grammy win. If Doechii’s next project sounds anything like “Nosebleeds,” fans have a lot to look forward to.