Caity Baser on claiming her first-ever Top 40 single with Pretty Boys: "I'm so gassed!"
06.03.2023 - 17:13
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"What you so boring for? It's like talking to a door..."
It might be a lyric from her ridiculously-infectious new single, but we can confirm that Caity Baser is the polar opposite of boring company.
With Pretty Boys breaking into the Official Top 40 for the first time last week and Sigala, Mae Muller and Stefflon Don team-up Feels This Good serving all the makings of a spring/summer smash, Caity's undoubtedly one of UK pop's most promising talents right now.
We caught up with her to talk taking over For You pages,
I'm obsessed, it's so exciting. I'm so gassed! It just feels like all the hard work, all the tears; everything's been worth it.
All my friends were like 'what the f***?' I've had all my friends' parents calling me as well saying 'I've just heard you on the radio!'
Good! I hope you never get away from it. That's what I hope and dream for you.
Pretty Boys was the only song from the EP that was totally new; I made it in November. I recorded it, and I listened to the rough demo every single day. When I like a song so much, I blast it every day.
I just had a feeling about this song. I had that same feeling with X&Y and Friendly Sex. I just knew I had to release it.
WATCH Caity Baser's Pretty Boys music video below:
I'm still writing all day, every day. It's the best. As soon as it was released I was like 'okay, the EP's out, what now?' Everyone was like 'chill!' I'm just in the studio figuring out what's next.
What are your biggest sources of inspiration musically at the moment?
Honestly, just my life. I go out and meet people and experience life to the fullest all the time. That's what I write about. And if every something embarrassing or annoying happens to me, which is a lot of the time because I'm an idiot, I