Slayyyter almost quit music. Now she's headlining Coachella with a live band, a major label deal, and an album she made purely for herself.

The moment she stopped trying to go mainstream, the mainstream came to her.

In this episode of Middle Row with Coco Mocoe, Slayyyter gets honest about the moment she decided to stop chasing commercial success and just make something she'd be proud of. They talk about the Saturn Return that stripped everything back, the Bunny Man lurking in her visuals, and how "Daddy AF" quietly became a good luck charm for indie cinema; such as, showing up in both Anora and Bodies Bodies Bodies before soundtracks.

Plus: writing "Crank" in 30 minutes, the social climbing culture that inspired Starfucker, and why she'd rather drink at an old man biker bar than anywhere near Silver Lake.

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Executive Producers: Coco Mocoe & Trinna Tracy

Videographer: Operation Podcast

Editor: Comfort Creator | Sammi Social

Creator: Coco Mocoe

Filming Location: Spotify Theater, Los Angeles

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