Long before she linked up for the feature on girl, get up. (feat. SZA), the R&B superstar first signaled her admiration for the rising talent behind the track when she dubbed Doechii’s Eurodance-inspired hit “Alter Ego” the craziest song she had heard all year. That early co-sign from one of her generation’s most respected voices foreshadowed the collaborative energy that animates girl, get up. (feat. SZA), a pop recording hailing from the Philippines that sits within the sprawling, unfiltered scope of Doechii’s hip-hop/rap mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal, the project that captures the rare, one-of-a-kind talent in her rawest form to date, unfolding across 19 distinct tracks that distill every layer of her artistic identity into less than an hour of music.