Catey Shaw

Shaw was born and raised in Virginia Beach, later moving to Brooklyn.^[3][4] Shaw moved to New York City in 2010 to attend School of Visual Arts where she studied painting before dropping out due to financial problems.^[5][6]

Shaw was discovered by her producer, Jay Levine, in the subways of New York City while busking to raise money for food and art supplies.^[7]

Shaw's 2014 song "Brooklyn Girls" went viral and received over 300,000 views on YouTube.^[8] Brooklyn Girls was widely criticised for its stereotypical portrayal of Brooklyn, and Shaw received several online death threats.^[3] NYMag described Brooklyn Girls as "the anthem nobody wanted" and predicted that it would be "a huge hit among suburban teenage girls and people who have never been to Brooklyn".^[9] Entertainment Weekly described it as "the most hated song on the internet".^[4]

Her follow-up single "Human Contact" shows her smashing a croquet club and curling her hair with bananas. The video was directed by Shaw and Bryan Russell Smith.^[10]

Shaw's song "Night Go Slow" is about two girls, Dylann and Jenny, who fall in love. She says that her sexuality "does a lot of good for [her] writing"; she is bisexual, having had relationships with both men and women.^[11][12]

• Clouds EP (2013)^[13]
• The Brooklyn EP (2014)^[14]
• Human Contact: Remix EP (2015)^[15]
• The Ransom (2016)^[16]
• Head Games EP (2018)^[17]

• "Lovesick Jerk" (2016)
• "The Ransom" (2016)
• "Tell Everyone" (2015)
• "Walks All Over You" (2015)
• "Rumble In The Park" (2015)
• "Cuddle Up" (2014)
• "Human Contact" (2014)
• "Brooklyn Girls" (2014)
• "Family" (2012)