CMAT has shared a video for her latest single, 2 Wrecked 2 Care, an Americana-goes-pop song about not being able to fall asleep that, according to CMAT is what “would have happened if Sheryl Crow ever had to work in a TK Maxx”.
On the video CMAT says: “I worked out the concept for this video with the director, Avesta Keshtmand, outside a pub one day, and we had a lot of fun because it was basically just the two of us having cocktails and me showing her lots of different pictures of Miss Piggy on my phone. The most recent lockdown got me very into Jim Henson, and I was keen to do something inspired by his late 70’s work on The Muppet Show. We also were very inspired by the YouTube show ‘Don’t Hug Me, I’m Scared’, which was a viral tumblr phenomenon when we were both of tumblr age. (Deep shame lies around there).”
The Dubliner has amassed over 1.6million streams on Spotify since she returned to the Irish music scene with her debut solo single Another Day (KFC) in 2020 and has since gone on to be the first female artist to score a number one on the Irish home-grown charts with her vinyl only EP ‘Diet Baby’.
CMAT’s headline shows in Dublin, Cork and London this November are all sold out. She supports Declan McKenna on some of his UK dates in September, and is lined-up for Latitude, End Of The Road, Wilderness, Live at Leeds, Wild Path amongst other festivals this summer, alongside being announced for Primavera 2022. Her biggest Irish show to date in The Academy, Dublin in March 2022 is also sold out.