# Slayyyter

Catherine Grace Garner (born September 17, 1996), known professionally as Slayyyter, is an American singer and songwriter. She started her career independently releasing songs through SoundCloud. Her single "Mine" reached number 38 on the iTunes pop chart. The song was included on her self-titled debut mixtape which was independently released in 2019. Her debut studio album, Troubled Paradise, was released in June 2021 under Fader. Her second album, Starfucker, was released on September 22, 2023.

## Early life and career
### Early life

Slayyyter is from Kirkwood, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, where she has "kind of lived [her] whole life". She went to private grade schools, and later continued her education in public school, where she was "offered great music classes for the first time."

### 2017–2018: Early approaches to music and first single releases

Slayyyter spent a year in college, studying at the University of Missouri. This time was an "expensive experiment" in which she started her career as a musician, writing "'80s lo-fi pop" that she herself produced and edited, but never published. She later dropped out and committed fully to her music career. Her most frequent collaborator, Ayesha Erotica, is from Southern California. The artists met through Twitter, which is where Slayyyter first developed a following. The artist credits Stan Twitter for introducing her to Ayesha.

### 2019–2020: Singles, The Mini Tour, and Slayyyter

After a 14-second snippet of the song gathered attention on Twitter with over 200,000 views, "Mine" was released on Valentine's Day and in less than 24 hours reached number 38 on the iTunes pop chart in the United States.
In June 2019, Slayyyter embarked on her sold-out debut tour, entitled "The Mini Tour". The tour began on June 24 in New York City, and concluded on July 27 in her hometown of St. Louis.
On September 17, 2019, Slayyyter released her self-titled mixtape, Slayyyter, on iTunes. The mixtape was met with positive reviews and peaked at No. 4 on the US iTunes Pop Chart, and #14 on the US iTunes Albums Chart.
She released a remix of Britney Spears' "Gimme More" to her SoundCloud in April 2020. In October and November, she released the songs "Self Destruct" and "Throatzillaaa", respectively.
"Daddy AF", from her self-titled mixtape, appeared as the opening track in 2022's black comedy horror film Bodies Bodies Bodies and 2024’s romance comedy drama film Anora.

### 2021: Troubled Paradise

On January 21, 2021, Slayyyter announced her debut studio album, Troubled Paradise, set to be released on June 11. The second single from the album and title track, "Troubled Paradise", and its music video were released the following day.
On January 26, Heidi Montag confirmed via Twitter that she would be collaborating with Slayyyter. However, in a 2023 interview with VICE, Slayyyter confirmed the collaboration would not be released due to a "sample clearance issue", revealing that the two remixed Britney Spears' "Gimme More" but the sample was "crazy expensive to clear".
From February to May 2021, she released the singles "Clouds", "Cowboys", and "Over This!" ahead of the album.
Troubled Paradise was released on June 11, 2021, through Fader Label. Pitchfork's Ashley Bardhan called the project "vibrant and ridiculous". Slayyyter promoted the album by releasing VEVO Live performances for the tracks 'Letters' and 'Troubled Paradise'.
On November 5, 2021, she released the standalone single “Stupid Boy”, a pop-dance song featuring Big Freedia. Later that year, she released Inferno Euphoria, an EP of remixes from Troubled Paradise.

### 2022–present: Starfucker and tour

In early June 2022, Slayyyter played a song on tour titled “Hollywood” (later revealed to be "I Love Hollywood!" from her second studio album). She played 2+1⁄2 minutes of the song.
On July 24, 2022, Slayyyter tweeted, “album almost done" with a lipstick emoji. On July 29, 2022, she tweeted “one sec im finishing it all!!" with a clock and hand hearts emoji after replying to a fan asking for a status on the new music.
On October 3, 2022, Swedish singer Tove Lo confirmed via Instagram that Slayyyter will be the opening act on the North American leg of her Dirt Femme Tour.
On June 9, 2023, Slayyyter released the synth-pop single "Out Of Time", which Nylon described as a "sleek" return.
On July 20, she announced her second studio album, Starfucker, with "Out of Time" serving as its lead single. The following day, she released the album's second single "Miss Belladonna".
On August 14, Slayyyter announced the third single from Starfucker, "Erotic Electronic". The music video for the single was released on August 17, with the single released the following day.
Starfucker was released on September 22, 2023, with a deluxe edition following on December 1st of that year. The more conventional electropop and dance-pop style of the album deviated from the hyperpop sound of her previous releases. It is Slayyyter's first charting album, debuting at number 17 on Billboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart and peaking at number 10. The album received positive reviews from critics, with several considering it one of 2023's best.
In order to promote the album, Slayyyter embarked on the Club Valentine Tour, which consists of 17 shows across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. It commenced on October 25, 2023, in Boston, and concluded on February 17, 2024, in London. As part of Spotify's "Spotify Singles" series, Slayyyter released a cover of Lady Gaga's song "Monster" on October 17, 2023. On a separate but related occasion in early 2024, Gaga later commented that she "loved" a TikTok video of Slayyyter lip-synching to her unreleased song "Brooklyn Nights".
In May of 2024, Slayyyter was interviewed by internet personality Trisha Paytas on Paytas's YouTube Channel Just Trish Podcast.
On September 20, 2024, Slayyyter released the single “No Comma”.

## Artistry
### Music style

Slayyyter is primarily considered a pop artist. Various sources refer to her as a hyperpop musician, but Slayyyter herself has stated the label doesn't accurately reflect her sound and she "want[s] to be seen as a pop vocalist". Her music style has been likened to Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, and Paris Hilton, as well as sounding somewhat "like Charli XCX on whippets". Slayyyter cites Spears, Fergie, Timbaland, Nelly Furtado, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Heidi Montag, Janet Jackson, and Whitney Houston as some of the artists she listened to the most growing up and who ultimately influenced her musical style. Slayyyter's visual style has been defined as "distinct MySpace-era". She frequently collaborates with British-based artist Glitchmood for visuals.

## Personal life

Slayyyter has publicly stated that she is bisexual.
Slayyyter previously tried to keep her real name private, going by the pseudonym Catherine Slater, which has been referenced in media as her real name, in an attempt to keep fans and press away from her family.
In 2019, it was revealed that Slayyyter had made a series of tweets in 2012 and 2013 containing racial slurs. She later apologized for the tweets, saying that "I have grown and changed so much in the past eight years and the person I am today is not who I was at age 15. Eight years is a lot of time to reflect, grow, mature and better yourself as a human being. And I know that being young or uneducated about the matter also does not excuse any of these things, but please know that people do change." As a result, Slayyyter committed funds resulting from her CD and vinyl sales to the Sylvia Rivera Law Project and Black Trans Travel Fund—two charities benefitting black trans youth.

## Discography
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details :
| Title | Release details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Release details | US Dance |
| Troubled Paradise | Release date: June 11, 2021 Label: FADER Label Format: Digital download, streaming, LP, CD | — |
| Starfucker | Release date: September 22, 2023 Label: FADER Label Format: Digital download, streaming, LP, CD | 10 |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||

### Mixtapes

List of mixtapes, with selected details :
| Title | Release details |
| Slayyyter | Release date: September 17, 2019 Label: Slayyyter Records Format: Digital download, streaming, LP, CD |

### Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected details :
| Title | Release details |
| Inferno Euphoria | Release date: January 28, 2022 Label: Independent Format: Digital download, streaming |

### Singles
#### As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "BFF" (featuring Ayesha Erotica) | 2018 | Slayyyter |
| "Candy" | 2018 | Slayyyter |
| "I'm High" | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "Platform Shoes" | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "Hello Kitty" | 2018 | Slayyyter |
| "Mine" | 2019 | Slayyyter |
| "Daddy AF" | 2019 | Slayyyter |
| "Crush on U" (with Donatachi) | 2019 | Taste |
| "Self Destruct" (featuring Wuki) | 2020 | Troubled Paradise |
| "Troubled Paradise" | 2021 | Troubled Paradise |
| "Clouds" | 2021 | Troubled Paradise |
| "Cowboys" | 2021 | Troubled Paradise |
| "Over This!" | 2021 | Troubled Paradise |
| "Stupid Boy" (featuring Big Freedia) | 2021 | Non-album single |
| "Out of Time" | 2023 | Starfucker |
| "Miss Belladonna" | 2023 | Starfucker |
| "Erotic Electronic" | 2023 | Starfucker |
| "I Love Hollywood!" | 2023 | Starfucker |
| "Makeup" (featuring Lolo Zouaï) | 2023 | Starfucker |
| "No Comma" | 2024 | Non-album single |

#### As featured artist

List of singles as a featured artist :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Faded" (Boy Sim featuring Slayyyter) | 2018 | Pink Noise |
| "Dial Tone" (That Kid featuring Ayesha Erotica and Slayyyter) | 2018 | Non-album single |
| "Final Girl" (Graveyardguy featuring Slayyyter) | 2018 | Here Lies Graveyardguy |
| "Diamond in the Dark" (Liz featuring Slayyyter) | 2019 | Planet Y2K |
| "Click (No Boys Remix)" (Charli XCX featuring Kim Petras and Slayyyter) | 2019 | Non-album single |
| "2003" (Robokid featuring Slayyyter) | 2019 | Sportsangel |
| "Read My Mind" (Rebecca Black featuring Slayyyter) | 2021 | Non-album single |
| "Hatefuck" (Pussy Riot featuring Slayyyter) | 2022 | Matriarchy Now |
| "Honest" (Peking Duk featuring Slayyyter) | 2022 | Non-album single |
| "Never Like Me" (Devault featuring Slayyyter and Tommy Genesis) | 2024 | Sensation |
| "Behind the Wheel" (Devault featuring Slayyyter) | 2024 | Sensation |

#### Promotional singles

List of promotional singles :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Ghost" | 2018 | Slayyyter |
| "Alone" | 2018 | Slayyyter |
| "All I Want for Xxxmas" (featuring Ayesha Erotica) | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "Everytime" | 2019 | Non-album singles |
| "Cha Ching" | 2019 | Slayyyter |
| "Throatzillaaa" | 2020 | Troubled Paradise |
| "Dog House" | 2021 | Troubled Paradise |
| "Monster" (Spotify Singles) | 2023 | Non-album single |

#### Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors :
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Album |
| "Daddy AF" | 2019 | Logan Fields | Slayyyter |
| "Candy" | 2019 | Revolving Style | Slayyyter |
| "Mine" | | SLEEPxTITE & Revolving Style | Slayyyter |
| "Self Destruct” | 2020 | Brent McKeever | Troubled Paradise |
| "Troubled Paradise" | 2021 | Munachi Osegbu | Troubled Paradise |
| "Clouds" | 2021 | Munachi Osegbu | Troubled Paradise |
| "Cowboys" | 2021 | Revolving Style | Troubled Paradise |
| "Erotic Electronic" | 2023 | Kaitlyn Muro | Starfucker |
| "I Love Hollywood!" | 2023 | Kaitlyn Muro | Starfucker |

## Tours
### Headlining

* The Mini Tour (2019)
* Club Paradise Tour (2022)
* Club Valentine Tour (2023–2024)

### Supporting

* Charli Live Tour (2019)
* Dirt Femme Tour (2023)