Rapper Doechii has responded directly to ongoing “industry plant” rumors with the release of her new single “girl, get up.” featuring SZA, dropping Dec. 30, 2025 as a surprise end-of-year release. The track arrives with a music video showing Doechii and SZA in striking settings, including on a yacht and atop a stadium, and finds Doechii confronting critics who’ve questioned her legitimacy and success in hip-hop.

On “girl, get up.” Doechii delivers pointed verses that address the online chatter about her being an “industry plant,” a term used to suggest an artist’s success is artificially manufactured by the music industry. In her lyrics she calls those claims “whack,” and challenges doubters by asserting that critics can’t “fathom that I work this hard” or that she “earned this chart.” She also references misogyny in the culture and doubles down on her own achievements while SZA provides an uplifting hook throughout the song.

The release marks a follow-up collaboration to their 2022 remix of “Persuasive,” and arrives after Doechii’s breakout 2025, during which she won the Grammy for Best Rap Album for Alligator Bites Never Heal and earned multiple nominations for the upcoming 2026 ceremony. In interviews and on social media, fans and commentators have reacted to both the song and the debate around her career narrative, with many highlighting her long-term work prior to mainstream success and others discussing broader online discourse surrounding female artists in rap.

In “girl, get up.” Doechii also plants seeds for future music, suggesting that she will address deeper themes, including industry bias and her own experiences, on an upcoming album, signaling that her creative output will continue into 2026.