She did the butcher, she did the baker, and now she’s doing the Castro Theatre.
Irish singer CMAT, whose real name is Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, went viral on TikTok for her hit song “Take a Sexy Picture of Me” last year, with fans creating a dance trend to the tune’s catchy chorus, whose lyrics riff on a nursery rhyme.
Growing an audience for her unconventional pop-tinged country tunes, which often meld humor and emotional complexity, she launched her solo career in 2022, after a romantic and artistic breakup with her Bad Sea bandmate.
She now has three solo studio albums under her belt. The most recent, 2025’s “Euro-Country,” was nominated for a Mercury prize and lauded by critics for the way in which it balances themes of grief and loss with those of self-discovery, all of which play out over upbeat pop melodies.
Now, she’s set to bring the record to life at San Francisco’s newly-renovated Castro Theatre on April 19.