The tickets are sold out; the fans are lined up outside the Palacio de los Deportes, chanting, “DOJA! DOJA! DOJA!”; and Doja Cat herself—Vogue’s April 2026 cover star—is just backstage, figuring out her styling and getting her glam done before showtime in Mexico City.
Doja puts her one-of-a-kind looks together with the help of creative director Brett Alan Nelson. “We kind of spitball day of,” Doja says of her and Nelson’s process, admiring her retro blond bouffant and bangs. Aesthetically, the show is filled with callbacks to the heady 1980s; Doja cites Gary Numan, Nina Hagen, and Grace Jones as some of its key inspirations.
Soon enough, it’s time for sound check, and Doja launches into a rendition of “Jealous Type”—the lead single from her 2025 album, Vie—sounding for all the world like she’s already playing to an audience of thousands. Now that’s what we call (cover) star power.
Director: Nina Ljeti
Director of Photography: Jonathan Glendon
Editor: Michael Suyeda
Executive Producer, Violeta Films: Renata Bernot
Senior Producer, Vogue: Bety Dereje
Producer, Violeta Films: Luz Celeste
Associate Producers: Lea Donenberg, Natalia Vadillo
Steadicam: Axel Langmaack
1st Assistant Camera: Fernando Muñoz
2nd Assistant Camera: Chris Muñoz
Camera Technician: Xavier Antoine Rios Vera
Gaffer: Jesus Duron
Audio: Hector Arroyo
DIT: Sebastián Sedas
Production Coordinator: Tanía Jones
Production Manager: Kristen Helmick
Line Producer: Natasha Soto-Albors
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
Post Production Coordinator: Holly Frew
Tour Audio Engineer: Aaron “YS” Dales
Tour Front of House Engineer: Kyle Hamilton
Tour Audio Mix: Darion Dean
Supervising Editor: Kameron Key
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Entertainment Director: Sergio Kletnoy
Executive Producer, Vogue: Rahel Gebreyes
Senior Director, Video: Romy van den Broeke
Senior Director, Programming: Linda Gittleson
VP, Video Programming: Thespena Guatieri
Filmed on Location: Palacio de los Deportes