Cat Burns shares her advice for surviving your early 20s
nme.comCat Burns has spoken to NME about her Mercury Prize 2024 nomination – as well as sharing her advice on how to survive your early 20s.Burns was appearing on the red carpet of the launch of the Mercury Prize yesterday (Thursday July 25), where it was announced that she’d been shortlisted for acclaimed 2024 album ‘Early Twenties‘ – facing off competition from records by the likes of Charli XCX, CMAT, The Last Dinner Party, Ghetts, English Teacher, Corinne Bailey Rae, Beth Gibbons, Barry Can’t Swim and more.Asked what it was about her album that had captured people’s imaginations, she replied: “I don’t know, to be honest!
I think it’s a great album and there are a wide range of song topics. People can reminisce. It’s got a nostalgic feel to it.
I think it’s alright – it’s a good album!”Speaking of what it was about that period of her life that inspired her to write, Burns said: “There are just so many firsts: first love, first heartbreak, I had so many diagnoses.
I’m excited to go through the next part of my life and have not so many firsts! I can just exist a little bit. A post shared by NME (@nmemagazine)And what would her own advice be for surviving one’s early 20s?“When you tell your parents something that you’re going through and they say, ‘Oh it’s fine, just get over it, it’s not that deep’ – instead of seeing that as a bad thing, see that as a comforting thing,” she shared.
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