Louis-based Slayyyter broke out in with her single "Mine. A native of the St. Louis of suburbs, Catherine Slater began writing and recording her own music while she was studying at the University of Missouri. After a year in college, she dropped out of school so she could concentrate on her music, adopting Slayyyter as her stage name. Striking up creative relationships through social media, she eventually met the Los Angeles-based Ayesha Erotica, and the pair began collaborating long distance.

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The rulebook for would-be pop stars has changed drastically over the last decade. As social media has largely replaced tabloids, new artists in search of a certain kind of fame have been forced to stir up their own controversy instead of relying on headlines or paparazzi photos to do the job for them. For Slayyyter, keeping fans on the hook is as easy as maintaining a playful online presence from the same St. Louis, Missouri home where she creates her hyper-real, tongue-in-cheek pop music. The singer, 22, has built up over 35, monthly Spotify listeners from her bedroom in under a year, despite having released only seven singles and no EP or album. Slayyyter has won many of her fans with a provocative Twitter persona that showcases her wildly uncensored sense of humor. Then there are her songs — consistently thrilling, high-gloss dance-floor disasters that recall the club-pop renaissance and tabloid-fueled celebrity culture of the late s.
Catherine Slater born September 17, , known professionally as Slayyyter , is an American pop singer and songwriter from St. Louis, Missouri , currently based in Los Angeles. She started her career independently through SoundCloud.