After a whirlwind February — which saw her steal the show at the Grammys, release a new single, and collaborate on a track with Jennie — Doechii is back with another new song, “Anxiety.”

Built around a sample of Gotye’s timeless hit, “Somebody That I Used to Know,” the single sees Doechii muse on the titular feeling of anxiety, getting at it with candid, relatable lines like, “I just feel like this tightness in my chest/ Like an elephant is standing on me.” On the choruses, layers of her voice lap together to make a stirring wall of sound.

But if the opening lines of “Anxiety” sound familiar, that’s because the song had become a recognizable hit online before it was ever officially released. As Doechii explained in a recent video, she made the song a while back and independently uploaded it to YouTube, where it was heard and sampled...