Cat Burns informs MNEK about visiting with Sam Smith and singing in front of a like minded crowd among individuals in the LGBTQ+ neighborhood…
Absolutely. All of the programs in Europe and in the UK were so warm therefore inviting. The fan base that have actually rided with them and stuck with them are so beautiful therefore incredible. And all of the programs were so good. I believe it was an actually good fit. Because often, you can support an artist and individuals resemble, “But this does not make any sense.” But I believe with Sam and I, it simply worked truly well.
Cat Burns informs Apple Music about developing her viral hit ‘Go’…
When I initially made it, I did not believe anything of it. It assisted me get a little a fan base due to the fact that it got to about a million, 2 million streams, which I was truly happy with, due to the fact that previous to that none of my other music had actually gotten to that. And then yeah, I had actually put out my other tune called Free, which has to do with coming out. And I believe perhaps that tune opened their eyes to Go and it was already out already. But then individuals simply sort of got it and kept up it and I simply sort of needed to overtake them. Literally.
Cat Burns goes over with Apple Music the significance of vulnerability in her music…
Absolutely. I believe vulnerability is my top thing. All I ever wish to be is truthful. I believe music is so beautiful due to the fact that it offers you that flexibility to state and sing things that you may not feel comfy to simply state to your parent or to whoever the tune might have to do with. And for me, being susceptible and choosing to constantly be truthful within my music, simply I understand assists individuals feel seen and heard. And I got a lot of messages, particularly with Free, of individuals simply stating they do not hesitate when they listen to the music. And their basic daily life, they’re unable to come out and live their fact, however they can listen to the tune and feel that flexibility within it. Or they utilized the tune to send out to their member of the family, to inform them and to come out to them. And it was a little a softening cushion that the member of the family needed to resemble, “Oh, wow, I didn’t really understand this was such a challenging thing for you to do.
Cat Burns informs Apple Music about why artists like India Arie and Tracy Chapman are her heroes…
I believe when I was younger, I was entering to consult with labels and various pieces like that, they would constantly state Joan Armatrading and Tracy Chapman and India Arie. And I would constantly believe, “But are you really taking a look at us holistically and considering what that really suggests, or are you simply seeing a Black lady that plays guitar?” And it resembles, “Oh you’re sort of earthy so we’ll simply put you all into that bracket.” And then I think now I’m a couple of more years into my profession, I do get and sort of accept those sort of contrasts. And I certainly believe my hero was India Arie and Tracy Chapman too. I think what they did, and just seeing two Black women being unapologetically themselves, writing from a vulnerable place, just having that freedom and space to do that and wearing what they wanted and their experiences in the industry. I know in India Arie always talks about how intense and hard it was, but I think certainly them too.
