{"id":7521,"date":"2025-12-19T14:13:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/song-of-the-year-doechiis-anxiety\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T14:13:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:13:56","slug":"song-of-the-year-doechiis-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/song-of-the-year-doechiis-anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Year: Doechii\u2019s \u2018Anxiety\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/12\/leadGettyImages-2221862933.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Doechii performs at the Glastonbury Festival in 2025. (Credit: Oli SCARFF \/ AFP)\"><figcaption>Doechii performs at the Glastonbury Festival in 2025. (Credit: Oli SCARFF \/ AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You know that overwhelming feeling of uneasiness you\u2019ve been experiencing lately? That sense of dread and uncertainty, as if you\u2019re waiting for the next bad thing to happen? Perhaps you\u2019ve felt an unexplainable tightness in your chest, followed by a shortness of breath, and thousands of \u201cwhat if?\u201d thoughts invading your head. If so, you and countless others are feeling this way. That\u2019s 2025 in a nutshell.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So, it\u2019s only appropriate that we chose Doechii\u2019s \u201cAnxiety\u201d as 2025\u2019s Song of the Year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/11\/2026-grammy-nominees\/\">Kendrick, Lady Gaga Top Grammy Nominee Field<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/08\/doechii-plots-fall-headline-tour\/\">Drain The \u2018Swamp\u2019: Doechii Plots Fall Headline Tour<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/04\/all-things-go-washington-dc\/\">Update: Doechii, Lucy Dacus Assemble For All Things Go<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"riCP9x31Kuk\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>There\u2019s a reason this song and its video became a viral sensation this year, with billions of streams across platforms, propelling the Florida rapper to hit more than 57 million listeners on Spotify and scoring her first Top Ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100. While it\u2019s an extremely catchy and danceable track, featuring samples of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8UVNT4wvIGY?si=5KL_WL3DPkoRl9FW\" target=\"_blank\">Somebody That I Used to Know<\/a>\u201d by Gotye, a song that itself samples a 1967 instrumental called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qPsYRy9HHsc?si=xXwLF_jANGUm4DgR\" target=\"_blank\">Seville<\/a>\u201d by Luiz Bonf\u00e1, Doechii\u2019s lyrics are absolutely relatable, such as \u201cI get this tightness in my chest \/ Like an elephant is standing on me \/ And I just let it take over,\u201d tapping into the stress we\u2019ve all been facing this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though she originally self-released it on YouTube in 2019, the song went viral on TikTok earlier this year, thanks in large part to a video mashing \u201cAnxiety\u201d with a dance scene from \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@d3lux35_\/video\/7478401973595802902?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7571558596833658382\" target=\"_blank\">Fresh Prince of Bel Air<\/a>,\u201d prompting Doechii to release a new version.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the song\u2019s immense popularity, Doechii launched \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anxietyiswatchingme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anxiety is Watching Me<\/a>,\u201d an online resource hub inspired by her own experiences that provides tools for those who struggle with anxiety, stress, or other mental health conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2222665625.jpg\" alt=\"Doechii headlines at the Glastonbury Festival in 2025. (Credit: Leon Neal\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-650608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2222665625.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2222665625-340x227.jpg 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2222665625-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2222665625-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2222665625-498x332.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Doechii headlines at the Glastonbury Festival in 2025. (Credit: Leon Neal\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Like seemingly everything else this year, however, the song has created a divide among music fans. While more than 80,000 TikTok users uploaded their own videos inspired by their love of the song, thousands of others on social media posted their hate for it, for varying reasons. Many complained about fatigue from the song\u2019s oversaturation on video platforms. Others complained about the song being gimmicky and lazy, and not a true showcase of Doechii\u2019s artistic talent. And still others felt the song made light of mental health issues.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you love it or hate it, you can\u2019t deny the grip \u201cAnxiety\u201d has had on the cultural collective in 2025. And as we look forward to 2026, remember that you\u2019re not alone in your stress and feelings of uncertainty about the future. We\u2019re all in this together, with Doechii leading the charge.<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doechii performs at the Glastonbury Festival in 2025. (Credit: Oli SCARFF \/ AFP) You know that overwhelming feeling of uneasiness you\u2019ve been experiencing lately? That sense of dread and uncertainty,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[467,134,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anxiety","category-doechii","category-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}