‘Cancelled presidential bid', cry fans as singer CMAT takes jab at ex-politician in new song
The Stay For Something singer, whose initials stand for Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, is set to release her third studio album Euro-Country on August 29.
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CMAT has taken a dig at Bertie Ahern in her latest single
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The song is the most recent single from her upcoming album
And ahead of the album's release, CMAT has been dropping a steady stream of new singles for thrilled fans.
From her chart topping Running/Planning, to her witty and controversial hit The
However, with just a little over a month until the highly anticipated record drops - CMAT has taken aim at former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in the album's latest single.
To announce the release of the title track Euro-Country, CMAT shared a snippet from one of the verses which tells the story of the 2008 crash from her perspective as a pre-teen in a small town.
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Ahern is mentioned by name and loosely features in the music video for the song.
As Dunboyne native CMAT passionately spins around a sparsely decorated room, she belted out the lyrics: "All the big boys. All the Berties. All the envelopes, yeah they hurt me."
Making reference to the hardships people faced, she continues: "I was 12 when the das started killing themselves all around me.
"And it was normal. Building houses. That stay empty even now, yeah. And no one says it out loud but I know it can be better if we hound it."
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In the song's music video, the 29-year-old donned a long-sleeved baby-blue top that featured the bejewelled wording "Bertie".
And it's not the first time the singer has made her feelings about the former politician known, as in a 2023 interview with Hot Press she scolded the idea of him ever running for president.
She said: "I would make it my personal f***ing mission to make sure that he doesn't win."
Her forthcoming album deals with the legacy of the boom and bust of the Irish economy in the early noughties through a kitsch euro-trash dream.
She previously
"My dad had a job in computers, we didn't really have any money, we weren't affluent, but we were fine.
"Everybody else on the estate we lived in worked in construction, or in shops, and they all lost their jobs. Everybody became unemployed.
"Then, in the village I grew up in, there was a year or 18 months where loads of the people I went to school with, their dads started killing themselves because they'd lost everything in the crash."
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Sharing the snippet of the new song with fans, she wrote: "The fourth single from my forthcoming album, conveniently also named EURO-COUNTRY, is coming soon."
Friends and fans raced to the singer's comment section to share their reactions.
Darragh joked: "You've cancelled Bertie Ahern's presidential bid and we thank you."
Georgina commented: "I was 20 in 2008 and was still trying to figure out a path for myself and remember all of this too well.
"I've never felt lyrics to a song so deeply. This is just incredible."
Another fan added: "Bye bye Bertie."
Despite much speculation Ahern or Fianna Fail are yet to confirm their nomination for the upcoming Irish presidential election.
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