Behind the Scenes of Doja Cat’s ’80s-Inflected Tour Ma Vie World Tour

[crowd] Doja, Doja, Doja, Doja, Doja!

Doja, Doja, Doja, Doja!

[Girl] Mexico loves you, Doja!

[softly singing]

[upbeat electronic music]

We are in Mexico City, Mexico.

I am finishing this leg of the tour.

I'm working with Brett Alan Nelson.

He's my creative director.

I still love the mask, but it is superhero.

I would do the mask with this

It was the belt with the mask, with the gloves

Yeah, and the gloves

I think the hair is gonna be, like, the focal point.

Like, it needs to be like, unbelievable.

[upbeat music]

[Doja] Brett pulls a lot of the clothing

and we kind of spitball,

like day of.

[Woman] Are we ready to go to, then?

Yeah, I'm ready Yeah, I don't think I am.

Can we take this off now?

or do you wanna show it to them?

Um, yeah.

Or just take a picture. We'll take a picture.

[atmospheric music]

I like to be involved a lot

with my glam,

and it's kind of a joke at this point.

I will do some of my makeup.

And then it's more of a collaborative thing,

but me and my makeup artist will be like,

'I'll let you do it today.'

That's all I wanted to do is just the inside here.

Yeah. Yeah.

Oh, okay.

Everything else you killed.

It looks really good.

Okay, I know. Thank you.

It's okay.

Unless you think we should do a Nude, like Nudie,

to make it big.

No, I like it like [imitates flash]

Because then we can do the lashes like [imitates pop].

How does that feel?

That feels nice, perfect. Okay.

What do you think? Purple?

Nudie Glow? Nudie Glow?

Purple, like eggplant?

Like Nudie Glow?

I don't know if I like that one, yeah?

This one?

I like that one, but what about eggplant?

[man] All I can think of is her whipping that head around

Oh yeah, yeah it won't be like this.

This is the most fun because

when it's coifed and like, sophisticated like that

it looks cooler.

[upbeat music]

Yes.

Ow!

Sorry

We're done with glam

and I think we're getting moving on to the next step.

I'm so excited. [Doja laughing]

There you go, cheers.

[Woman] You want shoes?

What shoes for what?

[woman] On Your feet?

For what?

[woman] Sound check?

Sound check? Sound check.

[upbeat jazz]

♪ Boy, let me know if this is careless, I ♪

♪ Could be torn between two roads ♪

♪ and I just can't decide ♪

♪ Which one is leading me to Hell or paradise? ♪

♪ Baby, I can't hurt you, sure ♪

♪ But I'm the jealous type, I'm the jealous type ♪

♪ He loves me ♪

♪ But he can't hold this above me ♪

[Doja] I was really deeply inspired by Gary Newman

for the set.

He had a show where there was these beautiful cubes

or blocks of light.

It was so simple

and it allowed the viewer to kind of see him.

I felt having more space to work and move,

it just worked out really well.

♪ Never seen you cry. You're mine. ♪

♪ Boy, let me know if this is careless, I ♪

♪ Could be torn between two roads ♪

♪ and I just can't decide ♪

So I have keys, Rosati's on guitar

and then I've got drums and

two backup singers

and horns.

[upbeat music]

♪ Come on! ♪

I see them as another entity

because I've worked with my band for a long time,

but we added horns to the whole tour

because the album was very dominant

of sax and things like that, so

I didn't think that my team could get more lovable,

But they came in and they're just like,

they rock. They're hilarious.

They're so sweet and I, I feel very comfortable around them.

[upbeat music]

♪ I'm jealous ♪

♪ Oh, I'm jealous ♪

♪ Baby I'm the jealous type ♪

[woman] Explain like this decision

[Doja] Oh, my gap?

When I sat in the chair, we knew what the outfit kind of was

and then we did the makeup and we had the blonde wig.

I was like, 'he's a speedboat salesman.'

Glam was kind of like, 'oh my god,

it's a speedboat salesman.'

And I was like, yeah, I look like the mom from Matilda.

Can we put this on your eye?

Hi. Passed out.

[Stylist] Can we pull up that... pull that up.

Chantelle, are these earrings too good?

[Chantelle] I love the earrings.

What about these? Look at these.

[man] The ones you have are best

[woman] Yeah, the ones you have on are,

literally perfect.

It's just like, kind of more interesting than black

It works.

Makes it like an outfit and not a costume

To me.

I'm really inspired by Nina Hagen, Grace Jones, and

those are the two main women of the Eighties.

They just are latched to my brain.

Let's double stick it to something here.

[woman] Yeah.

I want you to stitch it to the neck.

[woman] Yeah, if you wanted to keep...

Just stitch it to the shoulders

I think that's, Yeah. I love these.

Fabulous.

[crowd cheering]

Doja, Doja, Doja, Doja, Doja, Doja!

Doja, Doja, Doja, Doja!

[electronic music]

[Doja] We kind of powwow right before stage.

We give like a big shrieking, you know, 'Cheers'

right before we go on

[upbeat dance music]

1, 2, 3.

This is the biggest show of this live.

I love it here.

I love the fans and I love the enthusiasm.

I'm excited and I feel like the crowd's gonna be great.

[crowd cheering]

Thank you, Vougue. I love you

and uhhh... bye!

This is the last song!

Thank you!

[saxophone playing]

♪ Boy, let me know if this is careless, I ♪

♪ Could be torn between two roads ♪

♪ and I just can't decide ♪

♪ Which one is leading me to Hell or paradise? ♪

♪ Baby, I can't hurt you, sure ♪

♪ But I'm the jealous type, I'm the jealous type ♪

♪ He loves me ♪

♪ But he can't hold this above me ♪

♪ When my eyes are green, I'm ugly ♪

♪ You're vain and hip to rushing ♪

♪ I'm so over-tired ♪

♪ I will not wait in this lane ♪