Doja Cat collaborated with Marc Jacobs in May 2025, and previewed a snippet of "Jealous Type" in the campaign's ad. On the same day she attended the Met Gala, where she stated in an interview that "Jealous Type" would be a single from her upcoming album.[4][5] In August 2025, Doja headlined Outside Lands, where she performing several songs from her discography and a preview of "Jealous Type".[6][7] On August 7, the pre-save link for "Jealous Type" was made available through her official website, where she also officially announced the song's release date as August 21, 2025, and revealed the cover art on August 13 via Instagram.[8][9]
Critical reception
"Jealous Type" received positive reviews from critics. Michael Saponara of Billboard described the track as feeling "like a return to Hot Pink Doja", and noted it's disco-pop sound.[10] Writing for ELLE, Samuel Maude praised the track's '80s influences, and described it as a "great start for [Vie's] album cycle".[11]Rolling Stone included "Jealous Type" on their best new music list for the release week dated August 22, 2025.[12]
Commercial performance
In the United States, "Jealous Type" debuted at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100, for the chart week dated September 6, 2025. Additionally, it reached number three on the Hot Dance/Pop Songs chart.[13] In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart dated August 29, 2025 as the highest new entry of the week, earning Doja Cat her nineteenth top-40 single in the country.[14]
Elsewhere, in Australia the song debuted at number 28[15], while reaching the top forty in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand[16], Singapore[17] and the Netherlands[18]. Additionally, it reached the top sixty in Lithuania[19] and Switzerland. On the Billboard Global 200, "Jealous Type" peaked at number 22.[13]
Music video
Directed by Boni Mata, the '80s inspired music video for "Jealous Type" was filmed in Los Angeles and released on August 22, 2025, alongside the song.[20] Doja opens the video by pouring herself a glass of Patron while flicking on a hifi stack system, and then proceeds to sit down and watch a home movie, of herself, played on a film projector. Later in the video, Doja comes face to face with a second version of herself. Both wearing '80s attire, they begin dancing on opposite sides of a limousine window, before coming together on the hood of the vehicle.[21]
Live performances
"Jealous Type" was performed for the first time at the 2025 Outside Lands festival, alongside two unreleased songs, "Cards" and "Take Me Dancing".[22][23] At the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, Doja Cat performed "Jealous Type" with Kenny G, as the opening performance of the show. Writing for Billboard, Jason Lipshutz stated "Doja Cat showed off her choreography skills, vocal theatrics and seasoned rap flow throughout the performance, which culminated in a dance breakdown with the pop star flanked by a guitarist and keytar player strutting with her step by step".[24]
↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 37. týden 2025 in the date selector. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
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