Doja Cat released her fourth studio album “Scarlet,” after months of teasing it; however, it seems what she initially promised was not delivered — leaving many fans with a bad taste in their mouths.

Doja began going on rants this summer about how she is tired of being known for pop music and how her last two albums were “cash grabs.”

Eventually, she got to where she said she would no longer be doing pop and just focus on hardcore rap.

Many fans, including myself, expected an album that was fully hardcore rap, just as Doja had promised. In reality, this promise was not kept and this album can be considered just another Doja album.

This album is just a typical Doja record with nothing that separates it from her other works.

As much as Doja’s rants made me angry, I was very excited for “Scarlet” because Doja can throw down a solid rap.

However, it seems like she did all of this false promotion for an album that can be categorized sonically the same as her previous.

“Paint The Town Red” starts off the album, and this song is just bad. It’s another classic pop Doja track that has no depth, making it a poor opener for an album that promised to differ from her past music.

Track two brings some of the rap that Doja promised to the album with her third single “Demons.”

Now, I can appreciate that the beat for this song goes hard, but Doja’s baby voice rapping about how much money she has is an immediate turnoff and a wasted opportunity to showcase her real rap talent.

I mean, isn’t that what she promoted the album as?

The second verse of the song shines apart from the rest, as Doja does a good job of ending the track with a good note, reminiscent of Kendrick Lamar’s style of rapping.

The album takes off with more of a rap-dominated pop theme after this track, but not the hardcore rap fans Doja teased.

The rap in this album can be best described with the word: “cute,” as in, it’s really cute that she tried to give us something new, but in reality, it’s just her regular pop-rap album.

Most of the songs on this album have some pleasing rap beats and verses from Doja, but it’s just not what fans expected this album to be.

One track, “Agora Hills,” stands out from the rest and promises to be the only one I will come back to listen to. Surprise though, — it’s just another pop Doja record.

The song sounds like her previous work, but the beat and the flow make it one of the best off the album, so at least there’s something positive to take away from “Scarlet.”

The rest of the tracks are not awful, but they have no substance for listeners, which will cause this album to be forgotten when compared to her more popular ones.

It’s depressing to see an album that I assumed would show a new side to Doja to just be a generic pop record with nothing to show for it.

As of a few days after its release, “Scarlet” is projected to only sell 55,000 units in the first week while her third studio album “Planet Her” doubled that.

“Scarlet” has done more harm than good for Doja’s reputation and not just because of the demonic imagery she used to promote it.

“Scarlet” is available to stream on all platforms.