# Slayyyter
**Slayyyter** is the professional name of Catherine Grace Garner (born 1996 in Kirkwood, Missouri), an American singer and songwriter known for pop and hyperpop (Maximalist, internet-born pop genre with exaggerated electronic sounds) music that draws on late 1990s and early 2000s popular culture[1](https://www.last.fm/music/Slayyyter). She broke out in 2019 with the viral single "Mine" and a self-titled debut mixtape, and has since released the studio albums *Troubled Paradise*, *Starfucker* (2023), and *WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA* (2026)[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/slayyyter-mn0003837371) • [3](https://www.vogue.com/article/slayyyter-cannibalism-video-interview) • [4](https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/slayyyter-releases-new-song-video-brand-new-chanel).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Real name | Catherine Grace Garner, born 1996 in Kirkwood, Missouri[1](https://www.last.fm/music/Slayyyter) |
| Breakout | "Mine" (early 2019) went viral and reached several digital pop charts; debut mixtape *Slayyyter* followed in September 2019[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/slayyyter-mn0003837371) |
| Studio albums | *Troubled Paradise*, *Starfucker* (2023), *WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA* (2026)[5](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/slayyyter-troubled-paradise/) • [3](https://www.vogue.com/article/slayyyter-cannibalism-video-interview) • [4](https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/slayyyter-releases-new-song-video-brand-new-chanel) |
| Chart peak | *WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA* debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Dance Albums chart and #22 on the Billboard 200[4](https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/slayyyter-releases-new-song-video-brand-new-chanel) |
| Label | Signed with Columbia Records for *WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA*[6](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/22/trash-hits-hedonistic-feral-female-pop-stars-rejecting-respectability-slayyyter-cobrah) |
| Frequent collaborator | Producer Ayesha Erotica, her partner on the early Y2K-styled recordings[7](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/slayyyter-worst-girl-in-america) |
## Beginnings
Garner grew up in the St. Louis area and posted her early music to [SoundCloud](https://www.edgepedia.org/soundcloud) while working as a receptionist at a hair salon, still living with her mother in St. Louis[8](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/27/slayyyter-worst-girl-in-america-interview). Her first song, "BFF", appeared in PAPER Magazine's weekly best-song roundups while she was at work[9](https://www.papermag.com/slayyyter-mixtape-anniversary). She has described idolizing the celebrity lifestyle she saw on television and using pop culture to escape her surroundings[10](https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/slayyyter-interview-starfucker-chateau-marmont-celebrity-culture-50216/).
## The 2019 mixtape and early sound
The single "Mine" arrived in early 2019 and went viral, reaching several digital pop music charts. She supported it with a tour called "The Mini Tour", leading up to the release of her debut mixtape, *Slayyyter*, that September[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/slayyyter-mn0003837371). She was 23 at the time, and recorded half of the collection in a closet in her mother's house[11](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-03-25/meet-slayyyter-at-her-most-raw-as-worst-girl-in-america). Apple Music's editorial notes describe the mixtape as a glam-pop embrace of sexuality, with an influence more trap than early 2000s pop[12](https://music.apple.com/us/album/slayyyter/1478323910).
The mixtape connected her with a queer, chronically online fanbase through a DIY hyperpop sound[10](https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/slayyyter-interview-starfucker-chateau-marmont-celebrity-culture-50216/). Songs such as "Alone" and "Candy" brought early 2000s [Britney Spears](https://www.edgepedia.org/britney-spears) gloss onto SoundCloud and fan forums[9](https://www.papermag.com/slayyyter-mixtape-anniversary). That year she also joined Charli xcx's self-titled tour[8](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/27/slayyyter-worst-girl-in-america-interview). Together with producer [Ayesha Erotica](https://www.edgepedia.org/ayesha-erotica), she made brashly sexual tracks such as "Daddy AF", "Throatzillaaa", and "Purrr", chasing a Y2K hedonism that pitched her toward a more garish and alarming form of hyperpop than her peers[7](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/slayyyter-worst-girl-in-america).
## Troubled Paradise and Starfucker
Her album *Troubled Paradise* followed the mixtape. Pitchfork's review placed her in a world where celebrities from 2004 are ancient deities and the singing should sound like Britney, noting her skill at turning grossness into glamour[5](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/slayyyter-troubled-paradise/).
After collaborations in 2022, including "Hatefuck" with [Pussy Riot](https://www.edgepedia.org/pussy-riot), she launched the cycle for her second album, *Starfucker*, with the new wave-inspired single "Out of Time", followed by the similarly styled "Miss Belladonna"[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/slayyyter-mn0003837371). Released in 2023, the album drew strong reviews but, as Vogue put it, did not quite make the splash it deserved[3](https://www.vogue.com/article/slayyyter-cannibalism-video-interview). During an interview with Rolling Stone around that period, she described the album as a "satirical comment" on herself and the people around her after living in Los Angeles for a couple of years[13](https://time.com/6309530/best-music-fall-2023/).
## WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA
After an edgier sonic shift with the 2024 single "No Comma", she began work on her third studio album, *WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA*[14](https://www.cherwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TT26-Week-0.pdf). She has said she was on the verge of quitting the business and made the record as a final attempt, deliberately rejecting commercial and TikTok-friendly decisions in favor of the sleazy, iPod-era music she had always loved[8](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/27/slayyyter-worst-girl-in-america-interview).
The album was released in spring 2026 on [Columbia Records](https://www.edgepedia.org/columbia-records). It debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Dance Albums chart and at #22 on the [Billboard](https://www.edgepedia.org/billboard-magazine) 200, was named Best New Album by Pitchfork, and appeared on best-of-2026 lists in Rolling Stone, Billboard, Variety, ELLE, Vulture, and other outlets[4](https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/slayyyter-releases-new-song-video-brand-new-chanel). Pitchfork's review described a swerve into club antagonism, with production of "sinew and scrap metal" replacing the silky pop of earlier records, and credited the album's jagged edges with opening up a vulnerability her previous releases had lacked[7](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/slayyyter-worst-girl-in-america). Singles included "Beat Up Chanel$", "DANCE...", "[Old Technology](https://www.edgepedia.org/old-technology)", and "CRANK"[8](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/27/slayyyter-worst-girl-in-america-interview). Each song on the album has a self-directed music video, with costumes handmade or drawn from her own wardrobe[14](https://www.cherwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TT26-Week-0.pdf).
The album's success carried into touring. She supported Kesha on the Tits Out Tour across the United States in summer 2025[3](https://www.vogue.com/article/slayyyter-cannibalism-video-interview), delivered widely discussed sets at Coachella and Governors Ball, and in 2026 headlined the entirely sold-out WOR$T GIRL IN THE WORLD tour, which opened with three hometown shows in St. Louis and was scheduled to wrap in London on November 5, 2026[4](https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/slayyyter-releases-new-song-video-brand-new-chanel). On July 31, 2026 she released the single and self-directed video "brand new chanel$", a sequel to "Beat Up Chanel$"[4](https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/slayyyter-releases-new-song-video-brand-new-chanel) • [15](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/slayyyter-brand-new-chanels/).
## Style and reception
Slayyyter's music is built on explicit, brashly sexual lyrics over electronic production that recycles the sounds of turn-of-the-millennium pop, dance, and club music[5](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/slayyyter-troubled-paradise/) • [8](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/27/slayyyter-worst-girl-in-america-interview). Critics have grouped her with a wave of female pop stars rejecting respectability, whose high-camp brashness and full-frontal sexuality have long attracted a large LGBTQ+ audience[6](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/22/trash-hits-hedonistic-feral-female-pop-stars-rejecting-respectability-slayyyter-cobrah).
In 2026, Pitchfork coined the term hyperclash to contextualize her sound and that of her internet-pop peers: a hybrid of hyperpop, the 2010s scene of queer laptop producers subverting formulaic catchiness, and electroclash, the late-1990s and early-2000s scene of ironic techno with punk influences[16](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/08/summer-songs-2026-slayyyter-adela/688394/). [The Atlantic](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-atlantic) named "BEAT UP CHANEL$" the most astonishing pop song of that summer, describing a gonzo track that cycles between wild accelerations and gliding comedowns[16](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/08/summer-songs-2026-slayyyter-adela/688394/). The New York Times called her one of 2026's breakout pop stars[4](https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/slayyyter-releases-new-song-video-brand-new-chanel).
## References
1. [Slayyyter music, videos, stats, and photos | Last.fm](https://www.last.fm/music/Slayyyter)
2. [Slayyyter – Biography, Discography, Albums & Expert Reviews, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/slayyyter-mn0003837371)
3. [Slayyyter Is Ready for Pop Music's Big Leagues—But She's Still Keeping Things DIY, Vogue](https://www.vogue.com/article/slayyyter-cannibalism-video-interview)
4. [SLAYYYTER RELEASES NEW SONG & VIDEO: "BRAND NEW CHANEL$", Sony Music Canada](https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/slayyyter-releases-new-song-video-brand-new-chanel)
5. [Slayyyter: Troubled Paradise Album Review, Pitchfork](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/slayyyter-troubled-paradise/)
6. [Trash hits! Why a wave of hedonistic, feral female pop stars are rejecting respectability, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/22/trash-hits-hedonistic-feral-female-pop-stars-rejecting-respectability-slayyyter-cobrah)
7. [Slayyyter: WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA Album Review, Pitchfork](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/slayyyter-worst-girl-in-america)
8. ['I didn't think anyone would be into it': Slayyyter turns midwest trash into pop gold, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/27/slayyyter-worst-girl-in-america-interview)
9. [Slayyyter Comes Full Circle Five Years After Debut Mixtape, PAPER Magazine](https://www.papermag.com/slayyyter-mixtape-anniversary)
10. [Talking Sex and Death at the Chateau Marmont With Slayyyter, Rolling Stone](https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/slayyyter-interview-starfucker-chateau-marmont-celebrity-culture-50216/)
11. [Meet Slayyyter at her most raw, as the 'Worst Girl in America', Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-03-25/meet-slayyyter-at-her-most-raw-as-worst-girl-in-america)
12. [Slayyyter – Album, Apple Music editorial notes](https://music.apple.com/us/album/slayyyter/1478323910)
13. [The 17 Most Anticipated Albums of Fall 2023, Time](https://time.com/6309530/best-music-fall-2023/)
14. [Cherwell, Trinity 2026, Week 0 issue](https://www.cherwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TT26-Week-0.pdf)
15. [Slayyyter: "Brand New Chanel$" Track Review, Pitchfork](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/slayyyter-brand-new-chanels/)
16. [Party in the (Downwardly Mobile) U.S.A., The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/08/summer-songs-2026-slayyyter-adela/688394/)
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