Kat Duma Shares Ethereal Single “Fated”

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Toronto-based ethereal dream pop artist Kat Duma shares the second single, “Fated”, off her debut full-length album Real Life, out April 21, 2023. 

Lyrically, the song explores the conflict between the instinctual drive towards intimacy and the ever-intangible possibility of escape. While in Guatemala at a peaceful lakeside writing retreat, the trip went totally awry when their cabin was overtaken by wildlife. Kat subsequently wrote a lush and textural track about inevitable outcomes as synthesizers drift in and out like perfectly arranged clouds. 

“The song was written while away at a remote cabin we had rented to focus on finishing the album. I remember one day having an overwhelming feeling that something bad was about to happen. I was saying out loud how palpable it felt. That night, a series of events forced us to uproot, with all our recording gear and instruments, and spend the next few weeks totally untethered in a foreign environment. I feel like impactful events carry within them reverberations, obviously forward in time but I think they can happen backwards too - I think that’s what intuition is. The song really speaks to letting go of control and living in harmony with everything as it happens.” Kat Duma shares.

Listen to “Fated” below.