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Her name is derived from two passions: “I love astronomy. I love cats,” she continues. “They give me really good energy. They walk all over my desktop and could accidentally hit a cool key.”
During her formative years, she found an escape through music, and lyrics became her voice for the times when she felt she didn’t have the words to articulate. “Growing up, when I had nothing or no one to talk to and express [myself], I’d turn to my cassette tapes,” she explains.
Prior to the transformation of electronic music from an underground scene to being widely accepted publicly, she says, “There was no art school in Saudi. If you wanted to become a musician, it was a dead end. Everyone was doing their thing underground.” But as Saudi Arabia began to undergo a cultural shift and tastemakers started to flourish, Cosmicat found her calling through a local producer, “One day I got a call from Vinyl Mode and he said ‘Yo, we gotta get you on Saudi radio’” she continues. “That’s when things got serious.”
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