Katherine Aly: ‘WHATYAGONDOBOUTIT [for the friendzoned]’

Through a cascade of dice rolls and sly bass lines, Katherine Aly’s “WHATYAGONDOBOUTIT” turns the friend zone into a playground of power dynamics and theatrical flair.

The Edinburgh-based artist crafts a deliciously meta narrative where unrequited feelings unravel in real-time, her vocals dancing between confession and calculated response with the sharp wit of a rom-com antihero.

The production crackles with inventive touches – deep grooves and funk-laced guitar struts provide the perfect backdrop for Aly’s Bridgerton-inspired narration, while conventional song structures are gleefully abandoned in favour of unexpected melodic switchbacks. It’s a lesson in subverting pop expectations, where the bass line rather than vocals leads the chorus, and every element serves the story’s delightfully devious endgame.

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