Caity Baser has teamed up with Oh Wonder for her new single 'Running From Myself'
Caity Baser collaborates with Oh Wonder on a Motown-inspired track featuring strings and brass, exploring themes of personal authenticity.
Caity Baser has released her new single 'Running From Myself' via Capitol Records.
The track, written and performed by Baser alongside Oh Wonder, features Motown-inspired production with live instrumentation, including a 14-piece string section and six brass players.
This follows the artistic direction established on her previous single 'Watch That Girl (She's Gonna Say It)', marking a departure from earlier releases like UK Top 40 hit 'Pretty Boys' and 'X&Y' from her 2024 Top 10 mixtape 'Still Learning'.
"I was in the studio with Oh Wonder working on some songs and one of us said 'it feels like you've been running from yourself'...and inspiration struck. Within 15 minutes the song was basically done, it all just came out so naturally," Baser says. "This song includes the lyric 'I ripped myself up into two / the bad for me, the good for you' - There have been times throughout my career when I would feel very sad or emotional about certain things, and I felt that I couldn't tell anybody, because everyone had this idea of me that I'm this confident, 'I don't give a fuck, nothing gets to me'-type of person - when actually that could not be further from the truth."
The BRIT Award-nominated artist continues: "People have told me that I've helped them with their confidence or to get over their exes, or feel amazing about themselves. For that I'm so grateful, but I felt like I'd have to put on a bit of a mask at times. It is who I am – I'm very energetic and silly, but then also, there's times where I don't want to be that. This is one of those songs that makes me want to just run as fast as I can - and scream."
The track, written and performed by Baser alongside Oh Wonder, features Motown-inspired production with live instrumentation, including a 14-piece string section and six brass players.
This follows the artistic direction established on her previous single 'Watch That Girl (She's Gonna Say It)', marking a departure from earlier releases like UK Top 40 hit 'Pretty Boys' and 'X&Y' from her 2024 Top 10 mixtape 'Still Learning'.
"I was in the studio with Oh Wonder working on some songs and one of us said 'it feels like you've been running from yourself'...and inspiration struck. Within 15 minutes the song was basically done, it all just came out so naturally," Baser says. "This song includes the lyric 'I ripped myself up into two / the bad for me, the good for you' - There have been times throughout my career when I would feel very sad or emotional about certain things, and I felt that I couldn't tell anybody, because everyone had this idea of me that I'm this confident, 'I don't give a fuck, nothing gets to me'-type of person - when actually that could not be further from the truth."
The BRIT Award-nominated artist continues: "People have told me that I've helped them with their confidence or to get over their exes, or feel amazing about themselves. For that I'm so grateful, but I felt like I'd have to put on a bit of a mask at times. It is who I am – I'm very energetic and silly, but then also, there's times where I don't want to be that. This is one of those songs that makes me want to just run as fast as I can - and scream."
Baser will showcase the new single alongside unreleased material at a series of intimate piano shows. The dates in full read:
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9 The Joiners Live!, Southampton
10 Mama Roux's, Birmingham
11 The Dome, London
13 The Globe, Cardiff
14 The Fleece, Bristol
17 King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
18 Factory 251, Manchester
20 Dublin, Ireland
22 Prachtwerk, Berlin, Germany
APRIL
9 The Joiners Live!, Southampton
10 Mama Roux's, Birmingham
11 The Dome, London
13 The Globe, Cardiff
14 The Fleece, Bristol
17 King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
18 Factory 251, Manchester
20 Dublin, Ireland
22 Prachtwerk, Berlin, Germany
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