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\n\tDitching the formula<\/span> was essential for Doechii<\/a> while she was in the studio cooking up her latest mixtape, Alligator Bites Never Heal<\/em>.<\/a> She knows the appeal of a big commercial hit, something palatable and only barely creative \u2014 something almost anyone could do. But her musical interests are more deeply connected to delivering unique stories that find humor in dark situations. On the latest episode of Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2018s The Breakdown<\/a><\/em>, the Florida rapper explains how moving away from any preset expectations and carving out her own path led her to \u201cDenial Is a River.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI was really afraid of how raw and honest I was being in that record,\u201d Doechii explains. \u201cAnd I know that a lot of my fans really, really love that record because I made it humorous, but it actually is very, very dark.\u201d The song was inspired by a journal entry and the chronological flow of Slick Rick\u2019s classic \u201cA Children\u2019s Story.\u201d Doechii locked in with her engineer Jayda Love and created a gripping story <\/a>about finding out her ex-boyfriend cheated on her with a man.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThis song is really just like people hearing how I am, the inner dialogue that I\u2019m having with myself. Like, OK, maybe you should really unpack that,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is an inner dialogue that I\u2019m having with the voices in my head. It just seems like I\u2019m less crazy because I do it with a funny voice.\u201d The approach gave her structure, but didn\u2019t take away from her strengths as a lyricist.<\/p>\n \n\tLove, who watched the record pour out of Doechii in the studio, shares: \u201cI wasn\u2019t surprised to hear how honest she was. The only surprising factor of it was just how quickly it came about. But the contents of the song were not surprising at all.\u201d<\/p>\n