CMAT - 2 Wrecked 2 Care

What this video is

Released June–July 2021, '2 Wrecked 2 Care' arrives in the tail of COVID-19 lockdowns that had driven a wave of introspective, domestically themed creative work. CMAT — Dublin-based singer-songwriter Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson — had been building an audience through a string of lo-fi singles since April 2020. The video's bedroom setting, puppet-theatre sensibility and deadpan camp humour are squarely…

Why it matters

A key early document in the Irish alt-country/indie-pop wave of the early 2020s. CMAT's self-described 'Americana' filtered through working-class Dublin experience represents a distinctive genre hybrid. The video's theatrical puppet-comedy aesthetic became a recognisable signature of her early…

The director

British-Afghan filmmaker based in London. Winner of Crack Magazine's Three Minutes incubator scheme for emerging directors. Mentored under London director Bafic. Known for an experimental, idea-driven style rooted in grime and UKG cultural influences. Other…