Doja Cat Says She Hopes to ‘Take 3 Years Off’ From Music: ‘I Want to Just Do Whatever’

Doja Cat is ready for a break. After five studio albums and numerous Billboard Hot 100 hits, the rapper revealed in an Elle UK cover story published Wednesday (May 13) that she’s toying with the idea of spending a few years away from making music.

When discussing her busy schedule with the publication, Doja explained that in general, she prioritizes taking breaks to have time for her other passions, such as painting. “I demand time from my team,” she began. “They’ve helped me to find pockets between the really busy moments.”

“I think I want to take three years off,” she continued. “I want to just do whatever.”

On her to-do list at the moment are working on another mural and furnishing the upper level of her house, because she says “there’s been nothing in here for four years or five.”

Doja last dropped an album in 2025, reaching No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with Vie. She’s currently touring in support of the project, with her Tour Ma Vie World Tour kicking off in November and scheduled to last through the beginning of December.

After about a monthlong break, she’s gearing up to get back on the road with a show in Kigali, Rwanda.

Elsewhere in her conversation with Elle, Doja opened up about her signature sense of humor in her music. “Nicki Minaj, Drake, Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, these people are not comedians, but they are,” she explained. “They could write a stand-up set if they wanted to, but music is much more fun … I learned that from Jay-Z. I watched an interview where he said irony is incredibly important when it comes to hip-hop and rap.”

She also spoke about how her borderline personality disorder diagnosis — which she shared with fans for the first time this past March — affects her dating life. “If I have a boyfriend, and he leaves just to run
errands, my brain thinks he’s breaking up with me,” she told the publication. “And this is because my dad left me when I was little … I have to scrape against it and teach myself that that’s not happening to me. I’m safe.”

See Doja on the cover of Elle and photos from the shoot below.