- 2025-09-05
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MUSIC
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CMAT Performs “EURO-COUNTRY” & Cover of Tate McRae's “Sports Car” on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge
Irish singer-songwriter CMAT appeared on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge to perform a cover of Tate McRae's “Sports Car”, and her latest song “EURO-COUNTRY”.
The original version of “Sports Car” was released by Canadian singer-songwriter Tate McRae as the third single from her third studio album “So Close to What” back in January.
She wrote the song with American singer-songwriter Julia Michaels, American pop rock band OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder, and Grant Boutin.
The song reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 16 the on US Billboard Hot 100.
“EURO-COUNTRY” is the title track of CMAT's third studio album, which was released on August 29, 2025.
The song was released as the fourth single from the album back in July. It was written by Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson and produced by Oli Deakin.- CMAT said of the song on Apple Music, “‘EURO-COUNTRY’ is a bit of a Frankenstein song-I wrote bits of this years ago for a completely different thing. I knew the album was going to be called EURO-COUNTRY and then I thought, ‘I’d love a title track for this record.’ Usually, it’s the other way around. The line ‘I feel like Kerry Katona’ came because I have a real fascination with beautiful blondes who are destroyed by the press. I’ve written about Princess Diana and Anna Nicole Smith in the past, and I think Kerry is another one of those women that was rinsed by the British press, completely fucking unfairly. I really do admire her, and I think she’s very strong.”
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CMAT told BBC Radio1 before performing, “I have a real soft spot for Cain Dingle. He's a bad boy. He's a bad boy of Emmerdale. I actually have an unreleased song. I probably shouldn't say this. I have an unreleased song called 'Cain Dingle Forever'.” - source : BBC Radio 1
