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| Genre = ] <ref name="BillboardMagazine">{{cite web|title=Who Is Allie X? 'Catch' Singer Talks Katy Perry Shout-Out, Her Pop Takeover Plan|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5930347/who-is-allie-x-catch-singer-talks-katy-perry-shout-out-her-pop |accessdate=April 2, 2015}}</ref> | |||
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| Label = ],<ref name="UMGALX">{{cite web|title=Universal Music Canada New Release Book|url=http://rpmdistribution.ca/docs/85572_newreleasebook_universalmusiccanada___________150rgb.pdf?LanguageID=EN-US |accessdate= April 5, 2015}}</ref> ],<ref name ="Idolator"/> Sleepless Records <ref name="SleepLessRecords">{{cite web|title=iTunes - Music - Catch|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/catch-single/id965456248 |accessdate=April 3, 2015}}</ref> | |||
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| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=46}} | ||
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*Label X <ref name ="Idolator"/> | |||
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*Steve McKay | |||
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*Graham Bertie | |||
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| This single = "'''Catch'''"<br />(2014) | |||
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| next_title = ''Prime'' | ||
| next_year = 2014 | |||
| Misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|ZOKsdQm0JFo|"Catch"}} }} | |||
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{{External music video|{{YouTube|ZOKsdQm0JFo|"Catch"}}}} | |||
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'''"Catch"''' is the debut single by Canadian singer-songwriter ], from her major label debut EP '']'', released initially on February 3, 2014, with a GIF designed by Logan White and Krissie Torgerson. It was re-released on November 20, 2015 as an EP with additional tracks. It is the first single under the name of Allie X.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rateyourmusic - Catch / Catch |url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/allie_x/catch/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150407000625/http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/allie_x/catch/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 7, 2015 |accessdate=April 6, 2015 }}</ref> | |||
== Recording and composition == | |||
''Catch'' is the debut single by Canadian singer-songwriter Allie X, off of her debut studio record, '']'' released initially on February 3, 2014, with a GIF designed in coordination with Logan White and Krissie Torgerson.<ref name="noiseyvice">{{cite web|title=I don't want to be anyone's bitch|url=http://noisey.vice.com/en_au/blog/allie-x-i-dont-want-to-be-anyones-bitch |accessdate=April 6, 2015}}</ref> On January 21, 2015 music video was released.<ref>{{cite web|title=Allie X Music Video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOKsdQm0JFo |accessdate=April 6, 2015}}</ref> It is the first single under the name of Allie X.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rateyourmusic - Catch / Catch|url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/allie_x/catch/ |accessdate= April 6, 2015}}</ref> | |||
Production took nearly two years to complete, going through several massive changes in ], ], and ].<ref name="radio.com">{{cite interview|title=New Music to Know: Allie X Is a Mystery, Even to Herself|url=http://radio.com/2015/04/03/allie-x-interview-new-music-to-know/|accessdate=April 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711080914/http://radio.com/2015/04/03/allie-x-interview-new-music-to-know/|archive-date=July 11, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Approximately 20 versions of the song exist, the first of which is a ] track.<ref name="radio.com"/> The song has been described as detailing a macabre doctor-patient relationship. She has also stated the song deals with her not wanting to submit to all of the addictions associated with fame.<ref name="radio.com"/><ref name="noiseyvice"/><ref name="idolator2">{{cite interview|title=Allie X Talks The Long Road To "Catch" And "Xpressing" Herself|url=http://www.idolator.com/7509320/allie-x-catch-interview-q-a|accessdate=April 6, 2015}}</ref> | |||
== |
== Critical response == | ||
*Upon the release of "Catch", Jamie Milton of '']'' magazine says, of Allie X and her single, "Allie X stepped on the scene like a bottle of wine at a wedding - everyone wanted a piece of her."<ref name="diymagazine">{{cite interview|title=Allie X Shares New Track|url=http://diymag.com/archive/watch-allie-x-shares-new-prime-track/ |accessdate=April 2, 2015}}</ref> | |||
Production took nearly two years to complete, going through several massive changes in ], ], and ]. Approximately 20 versions of the song exist, the first of which is a ] track. The song has been described as detailing a macabre doctor-patient relationship. She has also stated the song deals with her not wanting to submit to all of the addictions associated with fame.<ref name="radio.com">{{cite web|title=New Music to Know: Allie X Is a Mystery, Even to Herself|url=http://radio.com/2015/04/03/allie-x-interview-new-music-to-know/ |accessdate=April 3, 2015}}</ref><ref name="idolator2">{{cite web|title=Allie X Talks The Long Road To “Catch” And “Xpressing” Herself|url=http://www.idolator.com/7509320/allie-x-catch-interview-q-a|accessdate=April 6, 2015}}</ref><ref name="noiseyvice"/> | |||
*'']''{{'s}} Jamieson Cox complemented the track, saying it "shines with a level of polish and craft that's remarkable", and complemented X's "attention to detail".<ref name=TimeCatch>{{cite magazine |first=Jamieson |last=Cox |date=February 4, 2014 |url=https://time.com/4409/allie-x-catch-single/ |title=Allie X Drops a Pristine Debut Single With 'Catch' |magazine=] |access-date=September 21, 2021}}</ref> | |||
*Joshua Bote of '']'' said of her September 2015 live performance at Rickshaw Stop of the songs from CollXtion I, "Her nearly flawless performance left a gaping hole where Allie X's identity should have been." Bote also stated, "she launched into tune after tune from CollXtion and consistently maintained the awkward rigidity of her semi-dancing, semi-flailing routine. Each number was flawlessly performed, but her set lacked an identifiable persona that set her apart from any of the Top 40 divas."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailycal.org/2015/09/08/allie-xs-pristine-performance-rickshaw-stop-lacks-personality/|title=Allie X's pristine performance at Rickshaw Stop lacks personality |work=]|accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref> | |||
*Logan White of '']'' magazine called "Catch" "an expertly crafted, remarkably vulnerable synth-pop showcase."<ref name="BillboardMagazine"/> | |||
*Carl Williot from '']'' said that "Catch" was "everything that's wonderful about under-the-radar pop music right now: immaculate hooks, pristine synth work, vocal versatility, bold atmospherics and a beating, bursting heart", and named it "the best song of 2014".<ref name ="Idolator">{{cite interview|title=Allie X's Journey To Dimension X: Idolator Interview |work=] |url=http://www.idolator.com/7585493/allie-x-interview-catch-collxtion |accessdate= April 1, 2015}}</ref> | |||
== Music video == | |||
== |
=== Development === | ||
] | |||
Upon the release of ''Catch'', Jamie Milton of DIY magazine says, of Allie X and her single, "Allie X stepped on the scene like a bottle of wine at a wedding - everyone wanted a piece of her."<ref name="diymagazine">{{cite web|title=Allie X Shares New Track|url=http://diymag.com/archive/watch-allie-x-shares-new-prime-track/ |accessdate=April 2, 2015}}</ref> TIME's Jasmine Cox complemented the track, saying it "shines with a level of polish and craft that’s remarkable," and complemented X's "attention to detail."<ref name=TIMECatch>{{cite web|title=Allie X's catch Is...|url=http://time.com/4409/allie-x-catch-single/ |accessdate=April 2, 2015}}</ref> Logan White of Billboard magazine called ''Catch'' "an expertly crafted, remarkably vulnerable synth-pop showcase."<ref name="BillboardMagazine"/> Carl Williot from Idolator said that ''Catch'' was "everything that’s wonderful about under-the-radar pop music right now: immaculate hooks, pristine synth work, vocal versatility, bold atmospherics and a beating, bursting heart," and named it "the best song of 2014."<ref name ="Idolator">{{cite web|title=Allie X’s Journey To Dimension X: Idolator Interview|url=http://www.idolator.com/7585493/allie-x-interview-catch-collxtion |accessdate= April 1, 2015}}</ref><ref name="idolator2"/> Katy Perry has been quoted as calling ''Catch'' a, "SPRING JAM."<ref name="BillboardMagazine"/> | |||
The music video was released on January 21, 2015 and was directed by Jérémie Saindon, with Shayne Laverdière serving as director of photography, and Louisa Schabas as the art director. It was edited by Sébastien Delporte, styled by Melissa Matos, and make up was done by Leslie-Ann Thomson. Production was done by Antler and VFX by SHED.<ref name="youtube">{{cite video|title=Allie X Catch Music Video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOKsdQm0JFo |accessdate=April 9, 2015}}</ref> {{plays audio}} | |||
=== Concept === | |||
The music video for "Catch" continues the GIF theme in its cinematography by inclusion of jittering frames. Despite some of the violent imagery, there is no gore present. It begins with Hughes seen standing on a spinning platform with a piano, and she is wearing glasses with pink flowers in place of lenses. It eventually moves on to jittering between her lying on a sofa, with an eyeball filling her open mouth, and her lying nude on the floor, covered by a pile of mannequin parts. Next is a room filled with mirrors, a legless mannequin that appears to be undergoing emesis, and standing upon a chair a cloaked figure. The following few scenes depict her as: nude with open anatomy made of plastic organs; having a missing torso that has been replaced with a rotating circle with an X through it; levitating and being skewered by some kind of needles; and as being divided into body segments like arms, torsos, and legs, and strewn about an empty pool. The video ends with a monarch chrysalis hatching from inside her mouth. | |||
== Promotion == | == Promotion == | ||
The song was performed live for the first time in a stripped down acoustic version for Nylon |
The song was performed live for the first time in a stripped down acoustic version for '']'' magazine.<ref name=nylonmag>{{cite AV media|title=Singing in the shower|url=http://www.nylon.com/articles/singing-in-the-shower-allie-x |accessdate=April 3, 2015}}</ref> | ||
== |
== Track listing == | ||
{{Track listing | |||
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" | |||
| extra_column = Producer(s) | |||
| headline = Catch (single) | |||
| title1 = Catch | |||
| writer1 = {{flat list| | |||
* ] | |||
* Steve McKay | |||
* ] | |||
* Graham Bertie | |||
* ] | |||
* ] | |||
}} | |||
| extra1 = {{flat list| | |||
*Hughes | |||
*Wise | |||
}} | |||
| length1 = 3:46 | |||
}} | |||
{{Track listing | |||
| extra_column = Producer(s) | |||
| headline = Catch (EP)<ref name="Amazon UK">{{cite web|title= Amazon U.K. Catch EP| website=Amazon UK |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Catch-EP-Allie-X/dp/B0185ZOA9S/ref=sr_1_2?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1447870124&sr=1-2-mp3-albums-bar-strip-0&keywords=Allie+X |accessdate = 18 November 2015}}</ref> | |||
| title1 = Catch | |||
| writer1 = {{flat list| | |||
*Hughes | |||
*McKay | |||
*Adams | |||
*Bertie | |||
*Wise | |||
*Puodziukas | |||
}} | |||
| extra1 = {{flat list| | |||
*Hughes | |||
*Wise | |||
}} | |||
| length1 = 3:45 | |||
| title2 = Never Enough | |||
| writer2 = {{flat list| | |||
*Hughes | |||
*Wise | |||
}} | |||
| extra2 = {{flat list| | |||
*Hughes | |||
*Wise | |||
}} | |||
| length2 = 3:58 | |||
| title3 = Prime | |||
| writer3 = {{flat list| | |||
*Hughes | |||
*Wise | |||
}} | |||
| extra3 = {{flat list| | |||
*Hughes | |||
*Wise | |||
}} | |||
| length3 = 4:13 | |||
| title4 = Catch (Kat Krazy Remix) | |||
| writer4 = | |||
| extra4 = | |||
| length4 = 3:44 | |||
}} | |||
== Chart history == | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Chart (2014) | |||
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title | |||
! Peak<br />position | |||
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year | |||
! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions | |||
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album | |||
|- | |- | ||
|{{single chart|Billboardcanadianhot100|55|artist=Allie X|accessdate=April 3, 2015}} | |||
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:85%;"| ]<br><ref>http://www.billboard.com/artist/6033633/allie-x/chart</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|{{single chart|Billboardcanadachrtop40|17|artist=Allie X|accessdate=April 3, 2015}} | |||
|- | |||
|{{single chart|Billboardcanadahotac|34|artist=Allie X|accessdate=April 3, 2015}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
! scope="row"| "Catch" | |||
| rowspan="3"| 2014 | |||
| 55 | |||
| rowspan="4"|'']'' | |||
|} | |} | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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<ref name="BillboardMagazine">{{cite interview|title=Who Is Allie X? 'Catch' Singer Talks Katy Perry Shout-Out, Her Pop Takeover Plan|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5930347/who-is-allie-x-catch-singer-talks-katy-perry-shout-out-her-pop |accessdate=April 2, 2015}}</ref> | |||
<ref name="UMGALX">{{cite press release|title=Universal Music Canada New Release Book |url=http://rpmdistribution.ca/docs/85572_newreleasebook_universalmusiccanada___________150rgb.pdf?LanguageID=EN-US |accessdate=April 5, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411092521/http://rpmdistribution.ca/docs/85572_newreleasebook_universalmusiccanada___________150rgb.pdf?LanguageID=EN-US |archivedate=April 11, 2015 }}</ref> | |||
<ref name="SleepLessRecords">{{cite web|title=iTunes - Music - Catch|website=] |url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/catch-single/id965456248 |accessdate=April 3, 2015}}</ref> | |||
<ref name="linernotes">{{cite AV media notes|title= CollXtion I (])|type=Compact Disc|publisher=UMG}}</ref> | |||
}} | |||
== External links == | |||
* {{YouTube|ZOKsdQm0JFo|"Catch"}} | |||
{{Allie X}} | |||
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2014 single by Allie X"Catch" | ||||
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Single by Allie X | ||||
from the EP CollXtion I | ||||
Released | February 3, 2014 (2014-02-03) | |||
Genre | Synth-pop | |||
Length | 3:46 | |||
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Allie X singles chronology | ||||
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Alternative covers | ||||
Re-release single and EP cover | ||||
Music video | ||||
"Catch" on YouTube | ||||
Audio sample | ||||
Catch is a mid-tempo synth-pop song. 0:21 | ||||
"Catch" is the debut single by Canadian singer-songwriter Allie X, from her major label debut EP CollXtion I, released initially on February 3, 2014, with a GIF designed by Logan White and Krissie Torgerson. It was re-released on November 20, 2015 as an EP with additional tracks. It is the first single under the name of Allie X.
Recording and composition
Production took nearly two years to complete, going through several massive changes in tempo, key, and genre. Approximately 20 versions of the song exist, the first of which is a R&B track. The song has been described as detailing a macabre doctor-patient relationship. She has also stated the song deals with her not wanting to submit to all of the addictions associated with fame.
Critical response
- Upon the release of "Catch", Jamie Milton of DIY magazine says, of Allie X and her single, "Allie X stepped on the scene like a bottle of wine at a wedding - everyone wanted a piece of her."
- Time's Jamieson Cox complemented the track, saying it "shines with a level of polish and craft that's remarkable", and complemented X's "attention to detail".
- Joshua Bote of The Daily Californian said of her September 2015 live performance at Rickshaw Stop of the songs from CollXtion I, "Her nearly flawless performance left a gaping hole where Allie X's identity should have been." Bote also stated, "she launched into tune after tune from CollXtion and consistently maintained the awkward rigidity of her semi-dancing, semi-flailing routine. Each number was flawlessly performed, but her set lacked an identifiable persona that set her apart from any of the Top 40 divas."
- Logan White of Billboard magazine called "Catch" "an expertly crafted, remarkably vulnerable synth-pop showcase."
- Carl Williot from Idolator said that "Catch" was "everything that's wonderful about under-the-radar pop music right now: immaculate hooks, pristine synth work, vocal versatility, bold atmospherics and a beating, bursting heart", and named it "the best song of 2014".
Music video
Development
The music video was released on January 21, 2015 and was directed by Jérémie Saindon, with Shayne Laverdière serving as director of photography, and Louisa Schabas as the art director. It was edited by Sébastien Delporte, styled by Melissa Matos, and make up was done by Leslie-Ann Thomson. Production was done by Antler and VFX by SHED. ( Page will play audio when loaded)
Concept
The music video for "Catch" continues the GIF theme in its cinematography by inclusion of jittering frames. Despite some of the violent imagery, there is no gore present. It begins with Hughes seen standing on a spinning platform with a piano, and she is wearing glasses with pink flowers in place of lenses. It eventually moves on to jittering between her lying on a sofa, with an eyeball filling her open mouth, and her lying nude on the floor, covered by a pile of mannequin parts. Next is a room filled with mirrors, a legless mannequin that appears to be undergoing emesis, and standing upon a chair a cloaked figure. The following few scenes depict her as: nude with open anatomy made of plastic organs; having a missing torso that has been replaced with a rotating circle with an X through it; levitating and being skewered by some kind of needles; and as being divided into body segments like arms, torsos, and legs, and strewn about an empty pool. The video ends with a monarch chrysalis hatching from inside her mouth.
Promotion
The song was performed live for the first time in a stripped down acoustic version for Nylon magazine.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Catch" |
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| 3:46 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Catch" |
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| 3:45 |
2. | "Never Enough" |
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| 3:58 |
3. | "Prime" |
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| 4:13 |
4. | "Catch (Kat Krazy Remix)" | 3:44 |
Chart history
Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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Canada (Canadian Hot 100) | 55 |
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard) | 17 |
Canada Hot AC (Billboard) | 34 |
References
- ^ "Who Is Allie X? 'Catch' Singer Talks Katy Perry Shout-Out, Her Pop Takeover Plan" (Interview). Retrieved April 2, 2015.
- "Universal Music Canada New Release Book" (PDF) (Press release). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ^ "Allie X's Journey To Dimension X: Idolator Interview". Idolator (Interview). Retrieved April 1, 2015.
- "iTunes - Music - Catch". iTunes. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
- ^ CollXtion I (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc). UMG.
- "Rateyourmusic - Catch / Catch". Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
- ^ "New Music to Know: Allie X Is a Mystery, Even to Herself" (Interview). Archived from the original on July 11, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
- ^ "I don't want to be anyone's bitch" (Interview). Retrieved April 6, 2015.
- "Allie X Talks The Long Road To "Catch" And "Xpressing" Herself" (Interview). Retrieved April 6, 2015.
- "Allie X Shares New Track" (Interview). Retrieved April 2, 2015.
- Cox, Jamieson (February 4, 2014). "Allie X Drops a Pristine Debut Single With 'Catch'". Time. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- "Allie X's pristine performance at Rickshaw Stop lacks personality". The Daily Californian. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- Allie X Catch Music Video. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- Singing in the shower. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
- "Amazon U.K. Catch EP". Amazon UK. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- "Allie X Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
- "Allie X Chart History (Canada CHR/Top 40)". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
- "Allie X Chart History (Canada Hot AC)". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
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