Cat Burns

The singer, whose single Go went platinum this year, takes fourth place in the BBC Sound Of 2023.

"I like to live with my songs," she says. "It was so useful, just being able to spend time by myself and write songs. "And that was quite frustrating. I really wanted to push myself." "I think a lot of schools don't spread the message at all. although I guess to an extent that happens with music, too." Her mum greeted the revelation with a simple, "OK" (followed by "a million questions" a couple of days later). "Or to find songs that can take hard situations and make them feel lighter". She remembers after-school clubs and summer camps in Wales where she'd holler the songs from Disney's High School Musical at the top of her voice. "Because if you want to pursue it, it becomes your whole life... But in many respects, this is where she was meant to be. and I'm very grateful for it all".