Cat & Calmell share official music video for debut single 'dumbshit'
Fresh from sharing their debut release, CAT & CALMELL today reveal the official music video for 'dumbshit'. Shot in Sydney, the youthful video was co-directed by Natasha Foster and Erin Fairs, watch HERE.
Of the release, Cat & Calmell say: "dumbshit is about being in your youth and not taking anything seriously; enduring the repercussions of doing dumb shit and just copping it on the chin.”
Darting between darkly-lit pop and shimmering R&B, 'dumbshit' premiered on triple j and has been lauded across the globe by both fans and media including The Guardian, NME Australia and Monster Children, among others. Gaining placement in a string of hugely influential playlists across Spotify (New Music Friday, Pop N' Fresh) and Apple Music (New Music Daily), and having tracked well over 100,000 streams since it's release, the song marked the arrival of an exciting new force in Australian pop.
Cat (20) and Calmell (22) have a rich history of performing together. Cat spent her childhood in China and moved to Sydney as a young teenager. Calmell was born and raised in Western Sydney. Stars aligned when the two met at an after-school program for developing artists. Cat & Calmell's music reflects their multi-faceted upbringings and their wide-ranging influences and sources of inspiration: Kali Uchis and The 1975 to Rihanna and T.S. Eliot, Powerpuff Girls and Twitter memes.
