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CMAT shouts ‘Free Palestine' and wades into Glastonbury crowd during lively set
Irish singer CMAT chanted 'Free Palestine' and waded into the Pyramid Stage crowd, who were dancing in the midday heat, during her Glastonbury Festival set. The musician, real name Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, 29, played songs from her back catalogue as well as new singles, including Take A Sexy Picture Of Me, from her forthcoming third studio album Euro-Country. Plenty of festivalgoers could be seen doing the viral dance to the song, which has taken social media by storm in recent months. Kicking off her set with Have Fun! the singer, who wore an all-purple ensemble with white boots, sang while lying flat on the floor before getting to her feet and shouting: 'Glasto!' The musician, who blends pop and rock with folk and country influences, performed from her back catalogue, receiving rapturous applause while singing hits including I Don't Really Care For You. The singer also encouraged fans to dance along to the 'Dunboyne County Meath two-step' while singing I Wanna Be A Cowboy, Baby! 'I think we might be about to break a personal record for the very sexy CMAT band,' she told crowds. 'We've never attempted it (the dance) with this many people so I'm a little scared,' the singer added. Introducing herself, she told crowds: 'My name is CMAT and I'm literally just a young one from Dunboyne/Dublin, depending who you ask.' 'This is the scariest moment of my life but it will probably singlehandedly be the best and most amazing thing I'll ever do,' she added. Towards the end of her set, she waded into the crowd to sing her popular song Stay For Something and chanted 'Free Palestine' in reference to the ongoing war in Gaza. CMAT released her debut album, If My Wife New I'd Be Dead, in 2022, and followed it up with Mercury Prize-nominated Crazymad, For Me in 2023. Her third studio album is set for release on August 29.


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17 hours ago
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Glastonbury 2025: CMAT says she still gets abuse after viral song
Irish singer CMAT says she is still facing abuse after writing a single in response to being fat-shamed over her appearance at a festival last to BBC News at Glastonbury, she said the online comments are so bad that she does not have TikTok on her singer - real name Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson - spoke following her Friday afternoon set on the Pyramid stage, which lit up the festival with her powerful vocals and stage presence.A huge crowd of fans also joined the dance to the single Take A Sexy Picture Of Me, which pushed back on last year's fat-shaming incident and went viral on TikTok. Before performing the song, CMAT reflected on the abuse she says she received last year.'Lots of people would come and film us on their phone. The comments section was filled with very nasty comments about my physical appearance,' she crowd booed at this, while I heard several people shouting out 'you're stunning' back to wrote new song after being fat-shamed over festival showCMAT attacks 'fat shaming' comments on BBC video Following her set, I met her backstage where I asked her whether online abuse is still something she's facing.'Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. I'm not allowed to really have TikTok on my phone or anything,' she said.'Every day, people will leave terrible terrible comments under my TikToks and posts and stuff.'But they have their full face and full name attached to it. They're just saying terrible things knowing that they're backing it up with their online footprints.'She admitted that to some extent, 'we've all actually done it' because of how 'desensitised' people have become to posting online.'I think a lot of people do it unaware that people are actually reading this stuff,' she said. Take A Sexy Picture Of Me, the second single from upcoming album Euro Country, charts the challenges of being a woman in the public track begins with CMAT singing about trying to wax her legs with sticky tape when she was nine, and how the pressure to be attractive has meant she's "been having a horrible time of late".But the lyrics are contrasted with poppy hooks and the tongue-in-cheek solution of having someone "take a sexy picture".CMAT indicated that she had mixed feelings about the response to the song.'It's just sad that so many people are like, yeah relatable, totally get you, really relate to this song about ageing out of commercial attraction and people being mean to me about my physical appearance,' she said.'It's a double-edged sword, like I don't know if it's good that so many people relate to it but I'm glad that it's there.'She also said she likes the dance routine that was made up to go with it.'I think it's doubling down on the ridiculousness of the situation, and I like that if you are someone who has related to the song in some way, you are able to physically manifest how you relate to it.' CMAT's performance on the Pyramid Stage made fans laugh, dance and cry as she went through a string of her a few hours after, she said she was still 'in shock' at the reaction to her set.'It's taken my entire life [to get to Pyramid Stage],' she said. 'It's constantly grafting.''I also begged Emily Eavis,' she said, naming the festival's ended her set with an incredible moment - she parted the crowd and met fans as everyone belted out the lyrics I just can't do it from the song Stay for only Friday, but I'm already convinced this is one of the moments we'll remember from Glastonbury work so hard to get to the Pyramid Stage but there's also something to be said for how that stage itself can make some artists' careers. It felt like we just saw that happening with CMAT.


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CMAT shouts ‘Free Palestine' and wades into Glastonbury crowd during lively set
Irish singer CMAT chanted 'Free Palestine' and waded into the Pyramid Stage crowd, who were dancing in the midday heat, during her Glastonbury Festival set. The musician, real name Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, 29, played songs from her back catalogue as well as new singles, including Take A Sexy Picture Of Me, from her forthcoming third studio album Euro-Country. Advertisement Plenty of festivalgoers could be seen doing the viral dance to the song, which has taken social media by storm in recent months. CMAT performing on the Pyramid Stage during Glastonbury Festival (Yui Mok/PA) Kicking off her set with Have Fun! the singer, who wore an all-purple ensemble with white boots, sang while lying flat on the floor before getting to her feet and shouting: 'Glasto!' The musician, who blends pop and rock with folk and country influences, performed from her back catalogue, receiving rapturous applause while singing hits including I Don't Really Care For You. The singer also encouraged fans to dance along to the 'Dunboyne County Meath two-step' while singing I Wanna Be A Cowboy, Baby! Advertisement 'I think we might be about to break a personal record for the very sexy CMAT band,' she told crowds. 'We've never attempted it (the dance) with this many people so I'm a little scared,' the singer added. Introducing herself, she told crowds: 'My name is CMAT and I'm literally just a young one from Dunboyne/Dublin, depending who you ask.' CMAT said performing at Glastonbury was 'the scariest moment of my life' (Yui Mok/PA) 'This is the scariest moment of my life but it will probably singlehandedly be the best and most amazing thing I'll ever do,' she added. Advertisement Towards the end of her set, she waded into the crowd to sing her popular song Stay For Something and chanted 'Free Palestine' in reference to the ongoing war in Gaza. CMAT released her debut album, If My Wife New I'd Be Dead, in 2022, and followed it up with Mercury Prize-nominated Crazymad, For Me in 2023. Her third studio album is set for release on August 29th.


BBC News
08-05-2025
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CMAT song inspired by being fat shamed at Radio 1 Big Weekend
Irish country singer CMAT says her new single was written in response to being fat-shamed over her appearance at a festival last her performance at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Luton last year, the singer-songwriter removed a shirt to reveal a different outfit BBC disabled comments on an Instagram clip of the moment - and CMAT says some of the insults inspired her new track - Take A Sexy Picture Of Me."I was just wearing clothes and everyone was very annoyed at me for that," she tells Radio 1's Jack Saunders. Take A Sexy Picture Of Me, the second single from upcoming album Euro Country, charts the challenges of being a woman in the public eye. It's something the singer, Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, says no longer applies only to celebrities thanks to social media."This happens to everyone all the time," she says."Everyone is constantly being judged on whether or not they're commercially attractive and where they fall within these really weird goal posts."I just was annoyed, and I wanted to write a song about being annoyed about it."The track begins with CMAT singing about trying to wax her legs with sticky tape when she was nine, and how the pressure to be attractive has meant she's "been having a horrible time of late".But the lyrics are contrasted with poppy hooks and the tongue-in-cheek solution of having someone "take a sexy picture". "The thing with this song was, I wanted it to sound joyous and uplifting to sing but also to be a bit of a rallying cry," she says."If we're dealing with a song that's as dark as this, and as grim as this, we have to make it a bit funny." It's not the first time CMAT's been targeted for her the 2024 Brit Awards, she wore a revealing dress and told the BBC: "The backlash was crazy.""I had a lot of people that were very angry that I would do such a thing. "They were horrified, and people were really angry and aggressive in comments, telling me I had to go to the gym," she said at the time."I think [my outfit] caused a stir because it's big and because I'm a size 14 as opposed to a size six." 'Feminine rage in one song' CMAT fan Ada-Mae Tasker tells BBC Newsbeat the the singer's lyrics in her new track "hit home"."It perfectly summed up feminine rage in one song," the 23-year-old from Cornwall says. "Society puts so much pressure on girls especially to look a certain way and I've definitely had my own experiences with that."It's just something you're brought up to think about constantly - your weight, how you look to other people, but you just have to try and be confident enough to block out the noise."With CMAT addressing the issue head on, Ada-Mae's hopeful it will start a discussion."I think it's so amazing for other people who've maybe never thought about how women are perceived by society to hear that song and think about how they see women as well," she says. Talia Burnton says she could really relate to Take A Sexy Picture Of Me when she first heard it on Wednesday. "I really struggle with having people take my photo because I have quite a difficult relationship with my body image," the 17-year-old from London says."Having an artist who's really important to me speaking about an issue so big to me looking back on her teen years, it made me feel really seen." In the song, CMAT sends a message to "party girls dragged out by their ankles", singing: "I'm here if you need me, deep in your afters"."I wanted the song to act as a support group for everyone who goes through this kind of thing," she tells Radio 1. "Because it's completely outside of my control." Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.