Slayyyter

**Catherine Grace Garner** (born September 17th, 1996), known professionally as **Slayyyter**, is an American singer and songwriter, currently based in St. Louis, Missouri. She started her career independently through SoundCloud. She went by Slater, before renaming herself to Slayyyter.

## Early Life

Slayyyter is from a small suburb Kirkwood, which is in the greater St. Louis area, 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".

She began making music in high school using her iPhone and apps like alchemy studio. It wasn't until she got her first laptop and went off to college that she began to record songs I wrote over beats she would find on Soundcloud. She has stated that artists such as Britney Spears, Heidi Montag, and Robyn had a "huge impact" on her when she was younger. Her mother, from Moroccan heritage, stated that she was proud from the beginning.

> *"I started making music in high school but it was so bad. It wasn't until last month. I hit up Ayesha Erotica, she's a producer and she's so good. I was like, “Do you want to make a song?” and she sent me the beat to "BFF." I've been making music for a while but that's all deleted now."*
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Slayyyter had also previously mentioned her past with sex work, and how it influenced and shaped her later life. Stating that *"without camming and dominatrix work my music would never exist."*

## Career

### **2016-2017: Career Beginnings**

Before she made her official debut as Slayyyter, she began uploading songs under the name "Slater" on SoundCloud. Her first song was "Swimming Pool", which was uploaded on November 28th, 2017. Other songs featured on the account include "Babyyy", "Fallen Angel", "Hiccup", "Pink Roses", "Rain in My Bedroom", "SERIAL KILLER", "U", "U Don't Have Much Time", and a cover of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?".

### **2018-2019: Slayyyter Era**

Slayyyter officially debuted in August of 2018 with her single "BFF" featuring Ayesha Erotica, which she had contacted shortly after becoming a fan. Slayyyter first began teasing the song on her instagram by sharing snippets and posting pictures captioned "bff".

The song was later released on August 6th, 2018. Throughout the beginning of her career, she met producers such as Robokid, Boy Sim, and Donatachi who were more known for their involvement in PC Music. She had also met artists such as That Kid, and Charli XCX. Slayyyter later released singles such as: **Ghost***,* **I'm High**, and **Platform Shoes**, before finally announcing her first album-length project alongside the release of **Candy**, stating that it'll be the last single before the release of the mixtape. Despite this, she released **Hello Kitty** to makeup for a messy march release.

She also later announced that she'd be working with producers such as Ayesha Erotica, Ghost Haus, and Boy Sim.Despite the album being aimed for release on November of 2018, it had been delayed and pushed back to 2019 after Slayyyter was doxxed and had personal information publicly leaked.Following the doxx, Slayyyter released **Alone**, and a Holiday single **All I Want For Xxxmas**, featuring Ayesha Erotica, which was released days before Christmas.

In early 2019, Slayyyter had announced her then viral Valentine's Day single **Mine**, which was reused in various Twitter memes. Following its release, the song reached #38 on the iTunes pop chart in the United States.

Months after the minor success of Mine, Slayyyter had teased her upcoming single, **Daddy AF**. After previously teasing snippets of the track and its music video, she officially released it along with it's music video. It was her first ever single officially released under a label, and her most popular single to date. It was also her first ever high budget music video, directed by Logan Fields.

Shortly after Daddy AF, Slayyyter released a cover of Britney Spears' **Everytime**, which was a tribute to the then ongoing #FREEBRITNEY movement.

In June of 2019, Slayyyter began her first tour, The Mini Tour, supported by *Robokid*, *Boy Sim*, and *That Kid*. Shortly after, she released her second cover, **Ride Wit Me**, while releasing the final single before the release of her highly anticipated debut self-titled mixtape on September 17th, 2019, same day as her birthday.

### **2020-2022: Troubled Paradise**

On October 21st, 2020, Slayyyter released the single Self Destruct, featuring Wuki - the lead single off her debut studio album Troubled Paradise, accompanied by the music video hours later. Later on the same day, Troubled Paradise's title and tracklist have been leaked through Last.FM.

The second single, Throatzillaaa, was then released on November 13th, 2020, along with a lyric video that has been teased on November 9th, 2020, before being announced in November 11th, 2020.

Later in mid-December of 2020, the title track Troubled Paradise was registered on Slayyyter's ASCAP page. Later on January 19th, 2021, Slayyyter announced its release, though it got leaked in full along with snippets of the music video and Troubled Paradise's album cover and tracklist a day before.

Her debut studio album Troubled Paradise was then announced a day later than planned along with the release of the title track.

A month later after the third single's release Slayyyter announced the release of Clouds, her fourth single off her debut studio album, on February 22nd, 2021 along with snippets of the music video.

On June 11th, 2021 Slayyyter released her debut studio album, Troubled Paradise.

In November 5th, 2021, Slayyyter announced the standalone single, Stupid Boy, featuring Big Freedia. Slayyyter describes the song as a "special little bridge song", since it dosen't sound like Troubled Paradise or her second studio album.

In early 2022, Slayyyter released a remix EP, Inferno Euphoria - an EP that contained remixed songs off of Troubled Paradise.

### **2022-Present: STARFUCKER**

On July 24th, 2022 Slayyyter tweeted, "album almost done" with a kiss emoji later the same week she then tweeted, "one sec im finishing it all!!" Along with a clock and hand hearts emojis after replying to a fan.

On June 1st 2023 Slayyyter posted a link to her social media with the "IT'S TIME" caption along with a presave link for her song Out Of Time - the lead single to her upcoming second studio album, STARFUCKER.

On July 20th, 2023, Slayyyter revealed the album artwork and tracklist, including the album's release on September 22nd, 2023.

On December 1st, 2023, Slayyyter released the deluxe edition of STARFUCKER, featuring 3 bonus songs.

## Discography

**Singles**

* "BFF" (2018)
* "Ghost" (2018)
* "I'm High" (2018)
* "Platform Shoes" (2018)
* "Candy" (2018)
* "Hello Kitty" (2018)
* "Alone" (2018)
* "All I Want For Xxxmas" (featuring Ayesha Erotica) (2018)
* "Mine" (2019)
* "Daddy AF" (2019)
* "Everytime" (2019)
* "Ride Wit Me" (2019)
* "Cha Ching" (2019)
* "Self Destruct" (featuring Wuki) (2020)
* "Throatzillaaa" (2020)
* "Troubled Paradise" (2021)
* "Clouds" (2021)
* "Cowboys" (2021)
* "Over This!" (2021)
* "Stupid Boy" (featuring Big Freedia) (2021)
* "Out Of Time" (2023)
* "Miss Belladonna" (2023)
* "Erotic Electronic" (2023)
* "Makeup" (featuring Lolo Zouaï) (2023)

**EPs**

* "Inferno Euphoria" (2022)

**Mixtapes**

* *Slayyyter* (2019)

**Albums**

* *Troubled Paradise* (2021)
* *STARFUCKER* (2023)

## Tours

* The Mini Tour
* Club Paradise
* Club Valentine

## Controversies

On December 26th, 2019, Slayyyter's old One Direction/Fifth Harmony fan account from 2012 was hacked and tweets of her saying racial slurs began to go public. Following the situation, Slayyyter released a statement on Twitter stating that she was "extremely annoying and cringey" and would use slurs because she thought she was being "edgy or funny". She also said that "as [she] matured [she] realized it is never funny or cool to use those words". Furthermore, she stated that the apology was "for the black community and no one else".

## References

1. ↑ https://1833.fm/slayyyter/
2. ↑ https://www.thefader.com/2018/10/02/slayyyter-bff-interview
3. ↑ https://i.redd.it/3dn66l346h831.jpg
4. ↑ https://curiouscat.me/slayyyter/post/676855744
5. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BqDLMuigpOu/
6. ↑ https://twitter.com/camilkacowbello
7. ↑ https://twitter.com/slayyyter/status/1210428564400726016
8. ↑ https://twitter.com/slayyyter/status/1210456025654071296
9. ↑ https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/slayyyter-is-the-sexually-liberated-bisexual-popstar-you-need-to-stan/