Doechii Performed ‘Persuasive’ And ‘Crazy’ at 2023 Billboard Women in Music

Doechii became Billboard’s 2023 Women in Music Rising Star at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles. She also went on to perform two of her hits, a sultry rendition of ‘Persuasive’ and a ferocious take on ‘Crazy’. She was later presented with her award by Celesia Moore, her mother. 

“Girl, I done danced my shoe off,” she said while accepting her award. She walked onto the stage with a broken shoe for the remarkable moment. She has now joined the likes of singers who have previously received the award including Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga and Janelle Monáe.

In a recent interview, she spoke of her five-year plan saying, “By year five I want to be at my peak. I want to be in my Sasha Fierce era, the top of my game with still a long way to go — but I want to reach my prime and never leave it.”

Doechii also revealed that she will release her debut full-length project this year. “It’s my pop era,” she said. “Usually I’m alone in the studio, but these days I’ve been inviting people in. Usually I like people to send me beats and I’ll just listen through, but recently I’ve been working with producers like J White in person, which is cool. So my vibe is kind of changing; it’s a lot of energy. It feels like a party.”

– Riya Sohini