“Agora Hills” by Doja Cat

"Agora Hills" arrived with Doja Cat's fourth album, Scarlet, on September 22, 2023, and followed "Paint the Town Red" as the record's second and last single, out through Kemosabe and RCA. It's named for Agoura Hills, the California city, minus a letter.

This is a slow jam that folds hip-hop, pop and R&B over a trap beat, with Doja singing about wanting to show off her partner even as fame pushes them toward secrecy, and critics praised her one-of-a-kind delivery when they put it on their year-end lists. On the Hot 100 it got as high as number seven, and it went all the way to the top of the Rhythmic Top 40. Hannah Lux Davis directed the 1990s-styled video, a trek that sends Doja across an apocalyptic California with a supernatural girl gang.

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