Olivia Rodrigo and CMAT bond over Dunboyne following Live Lounge performance
Oivia Rodrigo and CMAT 'met' over video call after |Rodrigo's recent performance of the Irish singer’s When A Good Man Cries.
Oivia Rodrigo has finally ‘met’ CMAT, after recently performing a cover of the Irish singer’s in the BBC Live Lounge.
The singer received a video call from CMAT during a BBC Radio 1 interview with broadcaster Greg James.
CMAT spoke of her excitement when she heard the word ‘Dunboyne’ come out of her mouth during the BBC Live Lounge performance.
The Dublin-born singer, who was raised in Co Meath, in Clonee and Dunboyne, previously went viral for her reaction to Rodrigo belting out the lyric 'Dunboyne Diana', joking that the Grammy-winner sang it “better” and asking if Olivia fancied going for pints.
To make their meeting happen, BBC Radio 1 surprised Rodrigo with a video call during which the pair discussed a collaboration that would send fans into a frenzy.
The station shared a clip on Instagram showing the pair chatting over the phone.
“It’s so nice to meet you,” Rodrigo said when she saw that it was CMAT on screen.
“I was listening to the song and it didn’t occur to me until that moment that the word ‘Dunboyne’ was going to come out of your mouth — and I literally lost it,” CMAT said.
Rodrigo revealed that she was relieved she had pronounced the placename correctly, adding that she had since done her research on the Meath town.
“Now you have to take me,” she told CMAT.
“I don’t know if you know, but there’s a giant mural of me on the side of the wall going into the village and I think that if I brought you, they would put a mural on the other side,” CMAT said, with Rodrigo agreeing to “pull up” in Dunboyne.
“Sign me up, we’re gonna pull up. We’ll play a show,” she said.
During the same interview, Rodrigo spoke about experiencing heartbreak at such a young age and that only a 17-year-old could have written her album.
“Looking back in hindsight, it’s like what a beautiful thing to feel so much emotion for one person. It’s a gorgeous, gorgeous concept,” she said.
