The self-proclaimed swamp princess has returned. After a quiet 2026, Doechii dropped a surprise track, “BOMBS”, on October 12 .
The song marks the return of her Swamp Sessions series: short freestyle snippets (just over a minute long) that she first started posting weekly in the run-up to her debut mixtape, Alligator Bites Never Heal. “If you care about rap music or hip hop as a whole go listen to BOMBS by Doechii thank you.
Have a nice day,” Doja Cat posted on X.
As the rapper continues to work on her highly anticipated debut album, the new track acts as a teaser, whetting our appetites with an accompanying music video. Directed by Doechii herself and styled by longtime collaborator Sam Woolf , her outfit is as explosive as the track’s title.
Throughout the video, she wears a cyborgian bikini that shoots flames from the breasts. It’s a look cut from the same cloth (or the same chrome-plated metal) as Mugler’s 1995 robot suit, but the artist behind this version is Japanese designer Sho Konishi.
Now based in New York, Konishi was born and raised in Kōchi, the capital city of Japan’s Shikoku island. He moved to the US to study fashion at Parsons, graduating in 2019.
“I fell in love with fashion when I was able to buy my first Fred Perry polo shirt as a teenager,” he says. “I felt like I became cooler when I wore it, it made me feel special.” Today, his work is a far cry from Fred Perry polo shirts.
Crafting pieces from metal, he creates armour-like breastplates, gauntlet gloves and stiff, sculptural gowns – worn by the likes of JT, Clairo and Julia Fox.
It’s the type of robot-alien styling that aligned perfectly with Beyoncé’s Renaissance era; Konishi was able to dress her for her 2022 British Vogue cover story, a moment he cites as his greatest achievement (as well as designing the costumes for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games’ Opening Ceremony).
As for Doechii’s look, it all started with a phone call from Woolf. He had two instructions: it had to be futuristic, and the bra had to shoot fire.
Konishi immediately started sketching and, after one week of conversations and two weeks of production, the heavy-duty bikini was ready. “It made me smile,” says the designer, recalling seeing the video for the first time.
“She slayed.” With some of the biggest names in music already on his CV, there’s one artist he’d love to design for more than any other: “Lady Gaga. People think I have already dressed her, but I actually never have.” Watch this space.
Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.
Amelia Ritthaler and Evan Lazarus, of the Girls Rewatch podcast, share their guide to Lena Dunham’s groundbreaking and ‘charmingly problematic’ TV show