Slayyyter

Combining an unabashed love of Y2K-era pop with an arch artiness inspired by Lady Gaga and Charli XCX along with a facility for meme culture, the St. Louis-based Slayyyter broke out in early 2019 with her single “Mine.” A viral success, the effervescent “Mine” brought Slayyyter out of the pop-underground following she’d cultivated through a series of releases on SoundCloud. “Mine” earned the singer mainstream attention, culminating with the September 2019 release of her self-titled debut mixtape. She further honed her sound with her 2021 full-length, Troubled Paradise, and then celebrated retro ’80s sounds with her provocative 2023 album, Starfucker.
A native of suburban St. Louis, Catherine Slater began writing and recording her own music while she was studying at the University of Missouri. After a year in college, she dropped out of school so she could concentrate on her music, adopting Slayyyter as her stage name. Striking up creative relationships through social media, she eventually met the Los Angeles-based Ayesha Erotica, and the pair began collaborating long-distance.
Slayyyter began uploading music to SoundCloud in 2018, starting with an Ayesha Erotica collaborative single, “BFF.” Several songs followed that year, including “Alone” and “Hello Kitty,” which was produced by Boy Sim. The song “Mine” arrived in early 2019 and went viral, reaching several digital pop music charts. She supported “Mine” with a tour dubbed “The Mini Tour,” leading up to the release of her debut mixtape, Slayyyter, that September. In June 2021, she returned with her debut studio album, Troubled Paradise, which featured a more polished pop production via a handful of producers, including Wuki, Gupi, Zakk Cervini, and others. Inferno Euphoria, an EP of remixes, followed by the end of the year.
After delivering a couple of collaborations in 2022, including “Hatefuck” with Pussy Riot, Slayyyter launched the cycle for her second album, Starfucker, with the release of “Out of Time,” quickly following that new wave-inspired single with the similarly styled “Miss Belladonna.” ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine