Jealous Type

Album

Vie

Label

Kemosabe Records

Genre

Disco

Composer(s)

Amala Zandile Dlamini;Ari David Starace;Jack Antonoff

Entered Chart

Sep 6, 2025

Peak Date

Sep 6, 2025

Jealous Type" is a synth-pop track where Doja Cat confesses to being jealous of her romantic interest. The guy is vain and impatient, and he loves to bask in the attention he gets from other women. The song starts with the chorus, where Doja details being caught in a relationship that could tilt either toward bliss or disaster. In the verses she admits she's green with envy, and though she tries to talk herself out of these jealous instincts, she can't ignore the fact that he never seems to want her around when he's with his friends - always a red flag. By the end, the decision is made. Doja simply isn't built to date someone who treats affection like a toy. "Jealous Type" grew out of therapy sessions and reflections on past relationships when Doja confronted uncomfortable truths about vulnerability, insecurity, and her own youthful naivety in love. She told Apple Music that jealousy was often her instinctive reaction, but writing songs like "Jealous Type" allowed her to turn those raw feelings into something useful; music that doubles as self-exploration. Doja wrote "Jealous Type" with: Y2K (Ari Starace), the LA producer who hit #55 on the Hot 100 with "Lalala" in 2019 and later supplied beats for Doja's Planet Her and Scarlet albums. Jack Antonoff, the fun. alumnus turned pop architect behind Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, and Sabrina Carpenter. They crafted a disco-tinged bop, which fans called a return to "Hot Pink Doja." "Jealous Type" appeared in the Marc Jacobs Summer '25 pre-fall campaign, called "Staycation." Released in early May 2025, the campaign finds Doja Cat both starring in and soundtracking the promotional video, where she walks through city scenes in Marc Jacobs' new collection. The campaign gave fans an early preview of the song well before its official single release. Doja debuted "Jealous Type" during her headline set at the 2025 Outside Lands festival on August 8, 2025. She released it two weeks later as the lead single her fifth album, Vie (French for "life"). The music video, directed by Boni Mata, plays like a fever dream of 1980s pop culture: campy outfits, water sprinklers drenching her mid-dance, and visual nods to the movies Flashdance and 9½ Weeks. The Vie album is drenched in retro synths and lo-fi textures, in what Doja called in a V interview a "swim back upstream" to her pop roots. She told the magazine she wanted to capture the half-remembered nostalgia of childhood - sounds that echo the '80s without being pastiche. Vie, Doja explained, is about relationships in all their messy forms: with lovers, with the self, and with the future she hopes for. Here's a sentence we didn't think we'd ever write: Doja Cat performed this song with Kenny G to open the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards. Kenny gave the song one of his signature soprano saxophone intros before ceding the stage to Doja, who was lowered down on a couch. The performance had a very '80s vibe, complete with keytars and breakdancing, which explains Kenny G's appearance (it was his first time performing on MTV). "Jealous Type" was nominated for Song Of The Summer but lost to Tate McRae's "Just Keep Watching." The creative shift from Doja Cat's previous album, Scarlet, to Vie reflects Doja's emotional growth. "Scarlet was about fear, pain, and anger," she told iHeartRadio. "Vie is about joy, romance, and feeling sexy in a different way."

Boy, let me know if this is careless, I
Could be torn between two roads that 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
Never seen you cry
You're mine

Boy, let me know if this is careless, I (let me know)
Could be torn between two roads that I just can't decide (just can't decide)
Which one is leading me to Hell or paradise? (Oh)
Baby, I can't hurt you, sure, but I'm the jealous type
I'm the jealous type

Oh, I'm jealous, baby, yeah, I'm jealous
Oh, I'm jealous, baby, I'm the jealous type

Oh, I'm jealous, baby, yeah, I'm jealous
Oh, I'm jealous, baby, I'm the jealous type

I said, "You wanna do what now with who?"
I don't need a pin-drop or a text tonight
I ain't even coming out with you
You don't wanna show me off to your ex or your friends tonight
Nigga, you must be on molly
'Cause y'all ain't kick it when we started up
And if she really was a friend like you said she was
I would've been locked in, but I called your bluff, ha
No girl enjoys trying to tough it out for a party boy
Everyone wants you, and you love all the noise
You want what you can't have, but I made a choice
I'm not your toy (boy, let me know)

Boy, let me know if this is careless, I
Could be torn between two roads that I just can't decide (I 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

Oh, I'm jealous, baby, yeah, I'm jealous

Oh, I'm jealous, baby, I'm the jealous type
Oh, I'm jealous, baby, yeah, I'm jealous
Oh, I'm jealous, baby, I'm the jealous type