JavaScript – convert text from API response to JavaScript array

I’m receiving some text from an API with JavaScript.

I need to convert this text into a JavaScript array to use it. Currently I can get the text but I need an extra step to convert it into a JavaScript array so I can console.log() it.

// API response. Note there are no quotes around it, it is exactly as is below
//["hi ",["hi medicaid","hi mama","hi in french","hi in spanish","hi in japanese","hi there","hi mom","hi in chinese"],"search"]

const response = await fetch("/autocomplete.php", {
     method: "POST"
});

const data = await response.text();
        
// Breaks down here
console.log(data[1]); // This logs: "