On “Take A Sexy Picture Of Me,” the Irish alt-pop-country dynamo CMAT returns bolder, brasher, and more proudly herself than ever. The second single from her upcoming third studio album, “Euro-Country,” to be released by August 29, 2025, is a scorching, glitzy kiss-off riding high on country-pop glam.
Written and produced by CMAT, with co-production from Oli Deakin, the track throbs with mischievous revenge and emotional literacy. It is sly, multivalent, and, as always, profoundly personal and never precious. With a flush backdrop of retro synths, glittering guitar, and a beat that clicks along like it’s strutting in heels, CMAT offers up a cheeky, cleverly ironic anthem that pokes fun at and slays the gaze thrust upon women in the digital age.
In describing the song’s origin, CMAT says that the internet has turned us all into spectators and every woman into a target. “Take A Sexy Picture Of Me” is a reclamation. This is CMAT seizing control of the story, turning the lens around, and challenging anyone to gaze as she rewrites the rules of how women present and protect themselves in public.
The delivery has a signature bite but also an aching liberation. It’s a post of an empowered wink, a knowing, self-conscious performance designed to spotlight the daily silent, exhausting war many women face and the battle of expectations. And still, it’s one of CMAT’s most self-assured releases to date as it is infectious, layered, and coolly composed but never at the expense of the heart.
The song’s accompanying video, directed by Eilis Doherty, captures the song’s energy to a stylish, sharp, and dripping in ironic glamour. It’s a visual feast that augments rather than subtracts from the commentary. CMAT depicted in “Take A Sexy Picture Of Me” is so clearly not standing still that if we want any indication of what she will do next, the answer is undoubtedly anything and everything whenever she feels like it.
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