April Cover Star Doja Cat on Taxidermy, Touring, and Therapy
The Run-Through with Vogue
Vogue
4.1 • 764 Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
On this Wednesday’s episode of The Run-Through, Doja Cat—Vogue’s April cover star and the host of the second annual Vogue Vintage Market—calls in from her dining room in Los Angeles.
Accompanied by her cat Axel, the 30-year-old rapper shares behind-the-scenes moments from her cover shoot with photographer Willy Vanderperre and Vogue’s contributing style director, Carlos Nazario; gets into her interest in taxidermy (she recently acquired “the ass of a bovine”); and describes what her life looks like during breaks from her Tour Ma Vie World Tour: “Downtime for me is, I put on a heating blanket and play Fortnite, or I watch Judy Justice.”
But she is also thinking ahead—about various tour logistics; about the one major outfit she wears per performance (she keeps staring at sketches for next week’s look without quite knowing what they’ll become). She’s also on the Met Gala host committee this year, but has yet to decide what she’ll turn up in.
Elsewhere in the episode, Doja shares some of the revelations she’s had during her twice-weekly therapy sessions, along with her (surprisingly understated) go-to brands when she’s not onstage.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Chloe Mel, and I am so excited to tell you all about the spring issue of Vogue, my first as head of editorial content. |
| 0:07.9 | It is full of so many examples of what Vogue does best. |
| 0:12.2 | There is a spectacularly romantic cover shoot with Rosalia, a beautiful and moving remembrance of Valentino Garavani by Hamish Bowles, |
| 0:21.5 | the quest for the perfect pillow with a beautiful oil painting illustration |
| 0:25.7 | inspired by the Simone Roche at runway show, |
| 0:28.9 | a tribute to shoes that pack a punch, |
| 0:31.4 | starring some of our favorite staff doggs. |
| 0:34.3 | It's an issue I'm so proud of. |
| 0:36.7 | I'm so excited for everyone to see it and to touch it and hold it and keep it. And if you're not already a subscriber, this is the moment to join. You can get unlimited access at vogue.com slash spring issue. |
| 0:56.7 | This is the run-through. I'm Chloe Mal. |
| 0:57.9 | And I'm Liam Hess, Senior Lifestyle Editor here at Vogue. |
| 1:01.3 | Today we have our incredible cover star, a true superstar among us, Doja Cat. |
| 1:07.5 | She is Vogue's April cover, and she is touring for her album V right now. |
| 1:14.6 | She's heading to Rwanda this week. |
| 1:17.6 | And she's also on the Maggala host committee this year and co-hosting our upcoming Vogue |
| 1:23.6 | Vintage Market. |
| 1:24.6 | And we got to speak to Doja about her mental health journey. |
| 1:28.3 | She does therapy twice a week. |
| 1:29.9 | Very exciting. |
| 1:31.0 | What she's watching. |
| 1:32.4 | Oh, it was such a thrill to meet her beautiful Maine Coon Cat, Axel. |
| 1:37.4 | Very handsome way. |
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