New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Since releasing her debut singles in 2017, NYC-based musician and actress Kat Cunning has established herself as a force to be reckoned with. Following a sold-out national tour with acclaimed-singer songwriter LP, including debut festival performances at The Great Escape and Firefly
Music Festival, Kat continues to make waves on the international scene.
Yesterday, she shared new single "Stay On The Line" with OUT Magazine, fusing ethereal synths and an infectious beat. The track was first featured on Phil Taggart's BBC
Radio 1 show and is now available on all digital platforms. About the track, Kat comments:
"A part of my mission as an artist is to set an example as an empowered woman who is in ownership of her body, her desire and her knowledge; so naturally, a lot of my music is about sex. "Stay On The Line" sets a particular scene (for which I am awfully nostalgic,) of two consenting individuals sneaking onto family landlines, willing to risk getting caught for the forbidden taste of closeness. It's a mark of our times that only some people remember how it feels to press a landline to their ear, cupping the crackling voice on the other end.
There is something beautiful about the way (my experiences with phone sex) have been filled with poetry, feverishly using words like a tennis match, and metaphor in place of scent, touch, and taste. It's about phone sex, but it's also about the poetic depths of desire and a need to connect in the modern age." - Kat Cunning
Blending pop, soul, and Baroque arrangements, Kat draws from her study of dance as well as her time on stage as a Broadway actress (Dangerous Liaisons, Cirque Du Soleil's Paramour, Sleep No More). After recently earning a recurring role on HBO's The Deuce, Kat was selected to perform at the Teen Vogue Summit, further establishing herself as a thought-leader in the LGBTQ+ space. To date, she has performed for NYLON, Paste Magazine, and as the only live component in Refinery29's Fashion Weekexhibit.
Since launching her music career in 2017, Kat Cunning has garnered over 300,000 streams, charted on HypeMachine's Top 20, and tipped BBC
Radio 1's
Annie Mac to dub her a "New Name To Watch In 2018." Her sultry, exquisite voice has already earned praise from the likes of The New York Times,Huffington Post, Refinery29, and BlackBook. As she prepares for her debut EP later this summer, be sure to stay tuned for more from Kat Cunning!
