Kitty
Hazy, breathy vocals floating over shimmering synth-pop and cloud rap beats. Intimate bedroom electronics for late-night scrolling and digital nostalgia.
Hazy, breathy vocals floating over shimmering synth-pop and cloud rap beats. Intimate bedroom electronics for late-night scrolling and digital nostalgia.
Kitty’s music feels like the soft glow of a laptop screen in a dark room. It is intimate, often whispered, and deeply rooted in the aesthetics of the early 2010s internet culture. Her sound evolved from the 'cloud rap' movement into a sophisticated, self-produced blend of synth-pop and electronic music that retains a sense of DIY vulnerability.
What makes her distinctive is the juxtaposition of her delicate, breathy vocal delivery with sharp, often ironic or hyper-specific lyrical observations. She treats the voice as a textural element, often burying it in layers of reverb and shimmering synths, creating a gauzy atmosphere that feels both inviting and slightly detached.
Start with 'Miami Garden Club' to hear her transition into lush 80s-inspired pop, or revisit 'D.A.I.S.Y. rage' for the definitive example of her early, internet-breaking rap style. Her work is essential for anyone who finds beauty in the intersection of pop melody and lo-fi electronic experimentation.
Kathryn-Leigh Beckwith (born February 25, 1993), known professionally as Kitty, is an American singer and music producer. She started her career in music as a teenager, uploading original songs to her Tumblr blog under the name Kitty Pryde. Between the years of 2011 and 2014, Kitty released several singles and extended plays. In May 2012, she uploaded the homemade music video for her song "Okay Cupid" to YouTube; the song became viral and Rolling Stone ranked the hit single as number 17 of 50 Best Songs of 2012. Later that year, in June 2012, Kitty collaborated with American rapper Riff Raff on the song "Orion's Belt". Kitty released her debut, full-length pop album, Miami Garden Club, in 2017. In 2019, Kitty released Rose Gold, and the album charted at number 9 in Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums charts. Since 2011, Kitty has a diverse discography, which includes projects spanning genres from alternative hip-hop to avant synth-pop. Kitty has composed music for several video games, including games Beasts of Balance: Battles, Spin Rhythm, and Rainswept. In 2016, Kitty formed 56colors, an electronic music duo, alongside husband Sam Ray, the lead vocalist and guitarist of American indie rock band American Pleasure Club. Kitty is a vocalist in American Pleasure Club, which she joined in 2018. In 2018, Kitty and her husband formed The Pom-Poms and released the rave-pop duo's debut self-titled EP.
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Shares dreamy, wistful, playful (moods); breathy, whispered, rap (vocal style)
Shares dreamy, wistful, playful (moods); bedroom production, lo fi, reverb heavy (production style)
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Shares synth-pop, electropop, dream pop (subgenres); dreamy, nostalgic, wistful (moods)
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Shares analog warmth, reverb heavy, bedroom production (production style); dreamy, nostalgic, wistful (moods)
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Shares bedroom production, lo fi, reverb heavy (production style); cloud rap, art pop (subgenres)
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