CMAT’s ascension to international pop stardom continues apace on spacious new single ‘Where Are Your Kids Tonight?’ featuring the dulcet tones of the greatest motherfucker in the world John Grant.
Following a successful Glastonbury set and a recent guest appearance duetting on stage with her childhood heroes Bombay Bicycle Club, CMAT has taken another step forward in her career by collaborating with indie rock royalty John Grant.
“I always knew this song was going to be a duet, and when I was writing it I always said to myself, ‘It would be so good if we could get someone *like* John Grant on this’, because a) his body of lyrics reflects my own life and experience more closely than anyone else working today b) I never thought we would get him.” explains CMAT.
“But I got him! And he is so sweet. His performance really adds the layer of profundity that I was looking for to carry off the two-ages-staring-at-each-other angle. Love him so much.”
“I wrote this song when I realised I had turned into my mother. It’s kind of inspired by this image i had of entering a waterfall-like portal from an Irish kids’ show called ‘Foreign Exchange’ where I’m looking at 1988 and 2023 at the exact same time every time I look at myself in the mirror. To quote a TikTok comment I saw recently: ‘The human experience is absolutely fucking wild.’”
While the track was recorded, produced and mixed by Matias Tellez in Bergen, Norway, Grant recorded his vocals at his studio in Reykjavik, Iceland and claims to be “Mega-chuffed that Ciara invited me to be on this beautiful track. Love the lyrics”
Where Are Your Kids Tonight? is the latest single to be drawn from CMAT’s forthcoming second album ‘Crazymad, For Me’ – out October 13th via AWAL which is available to pre-order here
‘Crazymad, For Me’
1. California
2. Phone Me
3. Vincent Kompany
4. Such A Miranda
5. Rent
6. Where Are Your Kids Tonight (feat John Grant)
7. Can’t Make Up My Mind
8. Whatever’s Inconvenient
9. I…Hate Who I Am When I’m Horny
10. Torn Apart
11. Stay For Something
12. Have Fun!