Doechii commemorated her big Grammy moment in decisive, immediate fashion. Hours after her 2024 release Alligator Bites Never Heal was honored as Best Rap Album at the Grammys—and just minutes after the ceremony ended—the Florida rapper released “Nosebleeds,” a triumphant new single celebrating her big win.
Doechii wrote and recorded “Nosebleeds” with producer Jonas Jeberg specifically for the occasion, with Top Dawg Entertainment execs Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith and Anthony “Moosa” Tiffith Jr. serving as executive producers. “Everybody wanted to know what Doechii would do if she didn’t win,” she says on the track. “I guess we’ll never—.” She goes on to shout out TDE associates like SZA, former classmates who she “surpassed,” and others, before declaring, “I look great from the nosebleeds, bitch!”
In the Best Rap Album category, the self-proclaimed Swamp Princess was up against releases from Common and Pete Rock, Eminem, Future and Metro Boomin, and J. Cole. She is the third woman to win the award following Cardi B, who presented Doechii with her Grammy on Sunday, and Lauryn Hill. Doechii was also nominated for Best New Artist and Best Rap Performance (for “Nissan Altima”), and Kaytranada’s remix of her JT collaboration “Alter Ego” was up for Best Remixed Recording.
During the Grammys telecast, Doechii took the stage to perform two songs from Alligator Bites Never Heal, “Catfish” and “Denial Is A River,” in an attention-grabbing medley cited by Stereogum as the best performance of the night.
Doechii’s Grammys breakthrough continues a run of enthusiastic acclaim for Alligator Bites Never Heal. Upon its release last year, the project was widely celebrated as one of the best releases of 2024. “Her limitless vision is fully harnessed on her long-awaited debut TDE full-length, Alligator Bites Never Heal, a dominant showing that feels like blowing straight past the next step in an evolutionary process,” wrote NPR‘s Sheldon Pearce in a glowing review. “Billed as a mixtape for what seem like strategic reasons, it is imbued with the madcap energy of a rapper on a promo run, but it is far too meticulous and hyper-competent to be anything other than a completely mapped-out statement of purpose — not a showcase, but a ribbon-cutting.”
Listen to Doechii’s “Nosebleeds” now.