CATTY is Wales' next great pop star, new single '4am (Back in His Bed)' is proof
CATTY teases forthcoming project with new single
'4am (Back in His Bed)'
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"Striking comeback tunes fuelled by raw pop-rock spirit"
NME (Breakout)
"Irresistible and fast-paced...catchy enough to drive you mad"
DIY (Get To Know)
"Not your average pop-star"
Dork (HYPE Cover)
"Filled to the brim with kinetic moments of unbridled rage...ominous goth-pop"
Official Charts (One To Watch)
"Cathartic pop rock"
CLASH (Next Wave)
"Brash and abrasive, a serious one to watch for the rest of 2024"
Notion (Undiscovered)
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(5th September) Welsh pop saviour CATTY today releases new single ‘4am (Back in His Bed)’ - the latest taste of a new project due this autumn, following previous singles 'Joyride' and 'Prized Possession'.
A late-night confessional wrapped in shimmering synths and slow-burn drama, ‘4am (Back in His Bed)’ finds CATTY veering into darker, MUNA-esque territory - all pounding beats, aching melodies and lyrical daggers. There are flashes of Florence Welch’s emotional sweep and even echoes of Miley’s Wrecking Ball in its push-pull of power and fragility, but CATTY’s voice makes it unmistakably her own.
On the release of her new single, CATTY said:
"I wrote 4am about being someone’s little play thing while she figured out if she liked her boyfriend or not. I've since realised this may be bit of a lesbian right of passage. Why have so many of us experienced this? And why does it make us feel good about ourselves to hear “I don’t like women but I like you.” It made me feel ten feet tall before it made me feel like the smallest person in the world. I’ve worked on my self esteem a lot since this happened but I still feel sad that I was ok with only being wanted sometimes - I never want to be that person again. It is actually such a sad song if you ignore the lyric “eating me out when you’ve got food at home” which is hilarious."
CATTY's new single '4am (Back in His Bed)' is out now via AWAL. CATTY plays Reeperbahn Festival, Sŵn Festival, Live at Leeds in the City & more this autumn, and headlines Colours in London on 30th October.
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Proudly Welsh, with her fans affectionately known as ‘the coven,’ CATTY casts her songs like spells - part myth, part confession. Steeped in Welsh mythology and shaped by a lifetime of doomed crushes, she writes with a flair for the dramatic and a refusal to soften her edges. “Being Welsh seeps through my veins – it feels like a punch in the gut when people don’t know I’m Welsh,” she says. “I’m just writing about my life and I happen to be a massive lesbian. If I didn’t say ‘she’ in my songs, I wouldn’t be writing honest music – and what’s the point in that?”
Now based in London, CATTY’s star has been on a fast and uncompromising rise over the past 12 months. Her 2024 debut EP ‘Healing Out Of Spite’ earned praise from NME (Breakout), Popjustice (Twenty Quid Music Prize nomination), Dork (Digital Cover), CLASH (Next Wave), Official Charts (One To Watch), DIY (Get To Know), and more - while BBC Radio 1’s Jodie Bryant, Mollie King and Maia Beth have been unwavering champions.
Last year, she sold out her debut headline show in 20 minutes, supported Dylan and Beth McCarthy on tour, and even opened for Stevie Nicks at BST Hyde Park, closing out the year by headlining a sold out show at London's Lafayette.
This year, CATTY has performed at both Birmingham Pride and London Pride, and stormed Latitude Festival with one of the most captivating sets of the weekend.
With more music to come and a new project on the horizon, CATTY is taking another major step forward to becoming Wales’ next great pop star. Each release so far has felt like a stop on a tour through pop’s finest, from the glam-rock of 'Joyride' to the Gaga-sized theatre of 'Prized Possession' and now the MUNA-esque rush of '4am (Back in His Bed). But it’s the way CATTY threads them all together, unapologetically herself, that makes her spellbinding. “There’s a joke with my listeners that CATTY and Catty are two different people – and they’re right,” she says. “CATTY gets in the bar fight. Catty’s already run five miles in the other direction.” Or, as she dreams: “I want Stevie Nicks to sit in her candle lit mansion and mutter the words ‘who’s this diva?’ and then give me a bell.” Long live CATTY.
LIVE DATES
09 Sep - House Of Koko, London (Ray-Ban, Future Icons)
18 Sep - Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg (DE)
20 Sep - Women’s Rugby World Cup
18 Oct - Sŵn Festival, Cardiff
30 Oct - Colours, London
15 Nov - Leeds, Live At Leeds In The City
