American singer-songwriter and actress Lady Gaga, 39, has openly expressed her profound admiration for the 26-year-old American rapper and singer Doechii. This praise comes months after Gaga herself presented the “Abracadabra” hitmaker with the Innovator Award at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles.
In a British Vogue cover story published on Thursday, July 10, Gaga shared her sentiments about Doechii, stating, “You don’t often see someone come out of the gate with a pen that feels immediately legendary. That’s Doechii to me.”
The Oscar winner further revealed that she “fell in love” with the “Oh The Places You’ll Go” crooner’s music and “her raw, deeply personal perspective.” Gaga remarked with an admission, “The power in her words, her vulnerability, the way she rhymes with this wild mix of audacity and emotional precision – it struck me to the core.”
For those unfamiliar, Doechii presented the “Mayhem” songstress with the Innovator Award at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards in March of this year. During her introduction for Gaga, the 14-time Grammy winner, Doechii quipped, “Growing up, I was nothing like most of the people I was around and everything about me represented a community of alternative kids that were under-represented in my environment.”
Doechii continued, “I was considered weird, but it’s OK, because things worked out. As a kid that identified as an artist, as queer, and as a Little Monster, Lady Gaga wasn’t just a pop star, she was a lifeline. Gaga taught us that it was OK to be our real selves, to try new things, to try anything, to speak out, and to create.”
