Doja Cat has long a history of online outbursts and sharp words for even her fans . But on Sept. 23, her response to online criticism of her newly debuted Vie cover was measured and, dare we say, pretty empathetic.

The “ Jealous Type ” rapper’s fourth album is set to arrive this Friday , though she began rolling out the LP this summer. On Aug. 20, she started advertising pre-orders with a close-up photo of herself laying in a bed of roses that certainly looked like it could be the LP’s cover art. But on Sept. 23, Doja shared a new photo on Instagram that she declared was the actual Vie cover.

The visual shows her suspended in an ocean-blue sky, hanging from a yellow parachute stuck in the branches of a tree. Serving face, she grips the parachute’s white ropes as she dangle

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