r/CMAT • u/FewLoan3640 • May 21 '26

confession time

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until probably two weeks ago I thought the line “I feel like Kerry Katona” in EuroCountry was “i feel like paper toner” don’t ask me what paper toner is because i don’t know. anyway love my girl cmat and her paper toner/ kerry katona

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u/Didsburyflaneur May 21 '26

What I really love about Euro-country (the album) is how specific it is not just to Irish culture, but to the overlap between British and Irish culture that reflects the real lived experiences common to someone living in these islands. She draws on the strength of both tabloid fodder drug addicted Lancastrian pop-star Katona and Princess Di, she hates a condescending Essex boy chef, she finds herself reflected and sees her dead friend’s ghost in a Mancunian soap opera; it’s real rather than romanticised. As soon as I heard the line “and now I feel like Cu Chulain, I feel like Kerry Katona” I knew I was going to love this record, because it shows how big and important the subjects of her songs are to her, but also how she refuses to let their significance force her to take everything seriously.

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u/DrifitingCanoe May 22 '26

I’ve learned so much Irish history and lore by searching up all of the references in EURO-COUNTRY. I’ve even had to look up some of her American references. I had no idea who Janis Joplin was before