Cat Burns: "I didn't know if I'd ever make it, but everything's turned around"
29.03.2022 - 17:07
/ officialcharts.com
Cat Burns' journey from bright-eyed busker to Top 10 artist has been an organic one; perhaps among the most representative of the increasingly-unpredictable music industry landscape of recent years.
While her current single Go might've seemingly come out of nowhere for the casual listener, its chart story is the epitome of a slow burn. Originally released in 2020, the track recently cracked the Official Singles Chart Top 10 for the first time following its success on - you guessed it - TikTok.
Now - as Cat teams up with Sam Fischer on a brand new version of Go to complete its remix EP - we catch up with the 21-year-old Londoner to talk transcending TikTok and adjusting to mainstream success.
It feels good. It’s weird, because this song had its own resurgence very randomly. We’ve obviously been putting in lots of work, pushing it; but all of a sudden this happened. I was like ‘what?’
I remember busking on the Southbank and thinking ‘I don’t know if I’m ever going to make it. I’m just singing covers on the street.’ Everything’s just turned around in the space of two years.
I’m really glad that, of all the songs I’ve released, it’s Go that’s done really well. That’s the music that I want to make going forward; I want to make meaningful pop that’s acoustic-led. That’s what I’ve always loved making.
The fact that’s the song people have loving most makes me feel confident. All the songs I have now are, in my opinion, better than Go, so I’m like ‘let’s go!’ This is the music that I want to make, so I’m very happy.
Upcoming music is going to be just as personal as Go, but I’ll be talking about different situations. My new EP discusses friendship break-ups and that weird, sombre feeling when you drift apart. I’m talking about