The Grammy-winning artist unveiled her visually striking new music video for “Anxiety” on Friday, April 18, delivering a powerful homage to Gotye and Kimbra’s iconic 2011 hit “Somebody That I Used to Know” while crafting her own deeply personal narrative.
The 26-year-old rapper and singer plunges viewers into her psychological landscape through surreal, anxiety-inducing imagery that mirrors the song’s visceral lyrics.
In the gripping visual, Doechii navigates a nightmarish domestic space where chandeliers shatter, intruders climb through windows, and unseen forces rearrange furniture – all while she drifts through rooms in various states of distress. The video crescendos with the artist dancing defiantly in her underwear, embodying both vulnerability and resilience.
Her real-life twin sisters make a chilling cameo as eerie doppelgangers reminiscent of The Shining’s Grady twins, while a direct visual callback to Gotye’s kaleidoscopic wall painting anchors the homage.
The production cleverly incorporates autobiographical elements, recreating the bedroom where Doechii first recorded the track in 2019 for her self-released mixtape Coven Music Sessions Vol. 1. The song gained unexpected traction after Sleepy Hallow sampled it for his own viral “Anxiety,” driving fans to rediscover Doechii’s original version on YouTube and TikTok.
“Anxiety, keep on trying me/I feel it quietly, tryna silence me,” she repeats in the haunting refrain, her lyrics giving voice to the invisible weight of mental health struggles.
The video concludes with a meta twist – Doechii watching herself in an endless loop, perfectly encapsulating anxiety’s cyclical nature. This artistic choice transforms the personal into universal, reminding viewers that these battles often play out entirely within one’s own mind.
