"Doechii has been striving for stardom for years. Evidence of the Florida rapper/singer's ambitious come-up is peppered across the internet in the form of earnest vlogs on YouTube, which is where Doechii's original Swamp fanbase first heard the artist's uber-popular single. Doechii initially recorded "Anxiety" in 2019, for her self-released mixtape Coven Music Sessions, but the original version was never released to DSPs."
"In order to be submitted, recordings and music videos must fall within the eligibility window for the 2026 award show, which means work released between August 31st, 2024 and August 30th, 2025. Doechii re-recorded "Anxiety" - which features a prominent sample of 2013 Record of the Year winner Gotye and Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used to Know" - and released it on March 5th of this year."
"New recordings are defined as "material that has been recorded within five years of the release date and not previously released." The prerequisite for eligibility in the Grammy Awards isn't strictly year of first recording, but rather when it was officially released commercially, or made broadly available, within the eligibility window. In September 2023, New York drill rapper Sleepy Hallow released his own song called "Anxiety," which included vocals from Doechii's original 2019 demo recording."
Doechii initially recorded 'Anxiety' in 2019 for her self-released mixtape Coven Music Sessions, but that original version was never released to DSPs. Doechii re-recorded 'Anxiety', incorporating a prominent sample of Gotye and Kimbra's 'Somebody That I Used to Know', and officially released it on March 5, 2025. Grammy eligibility requires commercial release or broad availability within the window August 31, 2024 to August 30, 2025. New recordings qualify if recorded within five years of release and not previously released. A 2023 release by Sleepy Hallow that used Doechii's demo vocals prompted her official release.
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