#66 Cass Hopetoun
2020 has been a breakthrough year for Cass Hopetoun. In January she won the Tamworth Songwriter\u2019s Association talent quest before releasing her debut single \u2018Shots\u2019 independently in March. In April she signed to Compass Bros Records. In May she opened for Casey Donovan at Australia's first ever pandemic drive-in concert, performed live on Channel 7's Sunrise and \u2018Shots\u2019 reached #4 on The Music Network Country Airplay Chart. In September Cass\u2019s follow up single \u2018Typical Bride\u2019 peaked at #1 on that same chart. Typical Bride also hit the #1 spot on 2TM\u2019s Top 20 and #3 on KIX Country\u2019s Hottest 20 charts. Both singles were added to full rotation on CMC/CMT respectively and to Spotify and Apple Music playlists.
\nCass stumbled upon her talent for song when a friend \u201cdragged her along to the choir\u201d as a young student in Sydney\u2019s Blue Mountains. She learned piano, took singing lessons and idolised Delta Goodrem but the song writing of Dolly Parton and Brandy Clark soon became her driving influences.
\nHer latest single 'Fortune Teller' was produced by Matt Fell and recorded at his Love Hz Studios in Sydney. It was inspired by a 2019 trip to New Orleans. \u201cI went to a fortune teller,\u201d recalls Hopetoun, \u201cand just knew I had to write about one. I wanted to capture the New Orleans vibe \u2013 all those jazzy and mysterious flavours that the streets of the French Quarter have to offer. The song evolved into being about people who they think they know what\u2019s best for you. This is me telling them to mind their own business.\u201d
\nCass\u2019s debut album, produced by Matt Fell, will be released in 2021.
\nSongs featured in this episode:
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- Fortune Teller \n
- Shots \n
- Typical Bride \n
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