"The Wave", alternatively titled "WAVE", is a song by Pregnant Boy featuring Doja Cat and Left Brain. It serves as the tenth track on his debut studio album, 1st Trimester. The song and its video were recorded in 2015 before getting officially released on January 1, 2016.
Lyrics
[Intro: Pregnant Boy, Doja Cat]
Waaaaave
Waaaaave. (Wave, wave)
Waaaaave, (Wave, wave)
[Chorus: Pregnant Boy]
Hope you can swim, jump in the wave
Don't get seasick when you jump in the wave
I take my durag off, She in the wave
I let her water flow, now i'm out in her wave
[Verse 1: Pregnant Boy]
Life can be a bitch [?] Jump in the wave
And when I saw that bitch, yeah you know I had to wave
You know I had to wave
You know I had to wave so I did the cannonball and I jumped in the wave
I'm in that stadium, (ah), I see the wave
Here it comes, (ah), here goes the wave
Put your hands up, (uh), And do that wave
'cause we ridin' so clean and I wanna see ya with Doja on
[Verse 2: Doja Cat]
He bring the woods, he come to blaze
Kiki hit three times now i'm seeing waves
It's hot in L.A. Sun got the waves
Remy, or Yaki, go back down the wave
We make them jump like a [?]
Cocky as fuck, 'cause yo shorty don't fave
No filter in my twister, all my n*ggas that's the wave
Goggles on with flippers like, bitch you gotta wave
[Chorus: Pregnant Boy]
Hope you can swim, jump in the wave
Don't get seasick when you jump in the wave
I take my durag off, She in the wave
I let her water flow, now i'm out in her wave
[Verse 3: Left Brain]
Hope you can swerve, oh what's the word?
This is for hundreds, Smoke [?] bending curbs
Hope you can swim, ho don't pretend
I be at Venice Beach wearing my Timb's
Hop out a [?] into a 90's Escalate
Radio on: 94.7 The Wave
Take my chains off, I feel like a free slave
I'm hopping off the slave ship, into the wave
[Chorus: Pregnant Boy]
Hope you can swim, jump in the wave
Don't get seasick when you jump in the wave
I take my durag off, She in the wave
I let her water flow, now i'm out in her wave
[Outro: Doja Cat]
Wave, Wave, Wave, Wave
Wave, Wave, (Yuh) Wave. Wave
Background
On August 5, 2015, Doja Cat posted a behind-the-scenes photo of the music video to her Instagram account, captioned "swammin x filmin w/ Go Dreamer n Left Brain at video shoot 4 "THE WAVE"🌊". The post has since been deleted.
On September 9, 2015, the song was uploaded to Go Dreamer's SoundCloud account, months before its official release.[1] The music video was also released around this time.
On September 14, 2015, Doja posted a clip of the music video to her Instagram account. The Instagram post has since been deleted, along with the music video.
The song was later officially released on January 1, 2016, as the tenth track on Pregnant Boy's debut studio album, 1st Trimester.
On August 18, 2018, the music video was reuploaded online, likely because of Doja's increase in popularity after releasing her viral meme hit "MOOO!" a week prior.
Behind the scenes
Photography credits: Diane Apabo
Trivia
- This is Doja Cat's second music video, following "So High" in 2014.
- The music video was filmed in downtown Los Angeles.
- It was directed by Phil Stockbridge and Grant Duncan.
- It was edited by Rare Utilities and Go Dreamer.