About this song
- “DENIAL IS A RIVER,“ whose title references a popular Wendy Williams video where she states “Denial is a river in Egypt, your husband is gay” is about Doechii reflecting on a time in her life when an ex lover cheated on her with someone of the same sex. “So this character is actually in continuation of my first EP, called Oh The Places You’ll Go. The concept was I was enrolled in some creative school and this teacher took a particular interest in me. She was coaching me through healing my inner child on that EP. She’s been gone for a while, so I brought that character back because I felt like I needed her to talk through some things now. With ‘Denial Is a River,’ I felt some fear there because it’s really me being extremely literal and vulnerable about my situation. It is a very vulnerable thing, especially as an artist. Just a little backstory, I went through a period where I was afraid to be vulnerable in my music, which is odd for me because that’s all I usually do. I was saying to my engineer, ‘I don’t want to talk about my feelings because right now all I feel is negativity. All I feel is sadness. I feel anger. I’m upset with everything and everybody. And my fans don’t want to hear that.’ But my engineer was like, ‘It’s not for them, it’s for you. You need to talk about it.’ So, it was very scary for me to be that vulnerable on ‘Denial Is a River,’ which is why I think that I made it funny; so that it could be a bit easier to process the darkness of that record.“ —via Rolling Stone . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. — lastfm
- "Denial Is a River" (stylized in uppercase) is a song by American rapper Doechii from her second mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal (2024). It was released to pop and rhythmic contemporary radio as the mixtape's third single on January 28, 2025. It was produced by Ian James, Joey Hamhock and Banser. — wikipedia
Chart history
Peak position and weeks on chart across Australian community countdowns.
| Chart | Peak | Most recent | Weeks on |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARIA Top 50 Singles | #13 | 2025-04-07 (#37) | 11 |
| Triple J Hottest 100 | #68 | 2024-01-26 (#68) | 1 |
