Take a Sexy Picture of Me
| "Take A Sexy Picture of Me" | ||||
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| Single by CMAT | ||||
| from the album Euro-Country | ||||
| Released | 7 May 2025 | |||
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| Length | 3:49 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson | |||
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| "Take A Sexy Picture of Me" music video on YouTube | ||||
"Take A Sexy Picture of Me" is a song by Irish singer-songwriter CMAT which was released on 7 May 2025 as the second single from her third studio album Euro-Country. It was written by CMAT and co-produced the track with Oli Deakin. Lyrically, the song is a rejection of the criticism CMAT has received about her physical appearance since being in the public eye. "Take A Sexy Picture of Me" made the top 100 of the UK singles chart, her first single to do so, and also reached number 22 on the Irish Singles Chart.
Background
[edit]CMAT announced her third studio album, Euro-Country on 25 March 2025.[1] She revealed the full track list a few days later on 31 March, with "Take A Sexy Picture of Me" featuring as the sixth track.[2]
Of the song, CMAT stated “With the internet, every woman is now in the public eye. And no matter who you are, or what you look like, somebody will take umbrage with the fact that you even exist, and there’s no escaping it. ‘Take a Sexy Picture of Me’ was born out of that, because I held back for so long; not out of frustration or sadness for myself, because I AM in the public eye, but I realised it’s actually like this for every woman. It’s all women, all the time. That song is me calling out anyone who criticised my weight or how I looked... and it’s one of the best songs I’ve ever made.”[3]
Live performances
[edit]CMAT performed "Running/Planning" and "Take a Sexy Picture of Me" on the first episode of the sixty-sixth series of Later... with Jools Holland on 18 May 2025.[4] It also featured in the setlist of her Pyramid Stage performance at Glastonbury Festival 2025.
Music video
[edit]The official music video for the song premiered on 7 May 2025. It received over 1 million views in less than one month.[5]
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2025) | Peak position |
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| Ireland (IRMA)[6] | 22 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[7] | 42 |
| UK Indie (OCC)[8] | 8 |
References
[edit]- ^ Chelosky, Danielle (March 25, 2025). "CMAT Announces New Album Euro-Country: Hear "Running/Planning"". Stereogum. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
- ^ "CMAT on Istagram: "Here's the full tracklist for EURO-COUNTRY, out 29th august!"". Instagram. March 31, 2025.
- ^ Dunworth, Liberty (8 May 2025). "CMAT "calls out anyone who criticised my weight or how I looked" on empowering new single 'Take A Sexy Picture Of Me'". NME.com. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ^ "BBC Two - Later... with Jools Holland, Series 66, Episode 1".
- ^ "CMAT - Take A Sexy Picture Of Me (Official Video)". youtube.com. 7 May 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Take A Sexy Picture of Me". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 July 2025.