F🇮🇪🧈👩‍🦰 Yeah, CMAT!

Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, Irish country pop star, fashion icon and Dunboyne Diana.

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CMAT explains her intro to Have Fun to the MadCool festival crowd (2026)

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"LET ME TRY TO EXPLAIN MYSELF!!!"

The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station (acoustic) x

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cmatbaby: 'The C in CMAT stands for Call Your Girlfriend.

thank u robynkonichiwa the most fun I've ever had in my life x x'

robynkonichiwa: 'Straight up from my heart; you're my number ONE Dublin Seeing your faces when you danced and felt it made me so happy!! And like I was right where I was supposed to be.

Thank you @erikadecasier for opening our first show and to @cmatbaby for taking the stage in her home town with us and being the fiercest of them all'

Photos by @narryphotographyvids

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CMAT talking about being invited to sing with Robyn at the 3Arena in Dublin. X

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Yup Ariana!

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CMAT - When A Good Man Cries (Live at The Castro Theatre, 2026)

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CMAT at the V&A Museum Summer Party 2026

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CMAT and Jake Passemore on their way to the 2026 V&A Summer Party.

Nurofen beaded bag by Anya Hindmarch

cmatbaby: we are NOT engaged we just thought it would be funny to dress up and boots out for the @vamuseum summer party. had a lovely time !! #art #didsomebodymentionart'

Styled by @katiemclr

Make-up Artist @niallcandy

CMAT & Jake's look from Rellik Vintage less

pucamusic: You Cole escola 🤝 The shade ibuprofen

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cmat fans * social calpol:

Justin Hawkins & his lovely words about our gal!!

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CMAT at the Ivor Novello Awards 2024, wearing pink gingham dress by Vivienne Westwood.

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CMAT at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2026

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cmat via instagram

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CMAT at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, May 2, 2026.

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CMAT breaks down the process behind her 'EURO-COUNTRY' album, plus 'Running/Planning' (1hr, 2025)

11 August 2025

CMAT sits down with her producer Oli Deakin to talk about how she made some of her most iconic songs. Together they discuss the ideas around the creation of 3 tracks - Running/Planning, Jamie Oliver Petrol Station, and I wanna be a Cowboy, Baby!

Chapters:

00:00​ Intro

01:00​ 'Running/Planning'

02:42​ A messy voice note from 2023, possibly recorded at 4am

08:30​ John Lennon and Little Simz were inspirations behind the sound of the drums

29:46​ ‘Jamie Oliver Petrol Station’

30:18​ An early voice memo from 2023 reveals a more ballad-like version

36:12​ Explaining the influence of Scott Walker and Ennis Morricone

50:13​ ‘I Wanna Be A Cowboy, Baby!’

51:10​ “This is the reason that CMAT exists”

53:04​ How the song kickstarted a songwriting process CMAT still sticks to

55:10​ CMAT watches back a video demo of the song

For more CMAT, head to BBC Sounds as she picks a selection of songs for her 6 Music Artist In Residence show. She spins her favourite tracks across four of her favourite genres: Indie, Pop, Euro, and Country. Search 'CMAT' on BBC Sounds to hear all four shows.

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CMAT - When A Good Man Cries (Official Lyric Video)

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MrTaytolreland: YUP CMAT!! @cmat

#mrtaytoireland #mrtayto #tayto

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If CMAT is an affront to the male gaze and Olivia Rodrigo is indulging it, how exactly should women dress? | Laura Snapes

The loud online hate aimed at two pop stars with polar-opposite styles suggests a shrinking realm of acceptability in which women can exist.

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when a good woman cries

aka how it feels when someone like OLIVIA RODRIGO covers your song

cmat wrote an article gushing about what olivia covering her song means to her after being the victim of a misogynistic and fatphobic hate campaign online and maybe i cried 😭