Slayyyter is Catherine Slater, the St. Louis-born pop singer who came up through SoundCloud into hyperpop's front ranks alongside Charli XCX and 100 gecs, all Y2K gloss and bubblegum attitude. Troubled Paradise (2021) and Starfucker are the places to start. Explore Slayyyter vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Catherine Slater, performing as Slayyyter, was born in St. Louis, Missouri on February 12, 1997. She launched her recording career in the late 2010s with SoundCloud and SoundCloud-adjacent distribution before building her audience through the PC Music-adjacent hyperpop scene. She is widely cited as one of the foundational figures of the contemporary hyperpop and bubblegum pop revival scenes alongside contemporaries like Charli XCX, 100 gecs, A. G. Cook, and SOPHIE. Her 2019 self-titled mixtape Slayyyter received critical attention. Her visual identity drawing on early-2000s Y2K pop aesthetics (Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and broader era references) has been cultural influence. She has continued releasing material across multiple decades.
Slayyyter's sound combines pop, hyperpop, bubblegum pop, electropop, dance-pop, R&B, and electronic with her distinctive vocal delivery (use of high-pitched and electronically-modified phrasing), Y2K and early-2000s pop aesthetic, and lyrical content addressing sexuality, fame, and direct queer themes drawing on contemporary hyperpop influences.
Fader Label and Hot Tub Time Machine Records pressings of the Slayyyter catalog have been issued in color variant editions.
Listeners new to Slayyyter typically start with Troubled Paradise (2021) or Starfucker (2023).
