Olivia Rodrigo has confirmed she will visit Dunboyne to play a gig alongside CMAT.
The good 4 u singer left CMAT and her fans alike going crazy last week after she covered her song, When A Good Man Cries.
The pop star gave the rendition of the song for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge, with CMAT reacting accordingly.
‘I just heard Olivia Rodrigo sing the word “Dunboyne” on live English radio… what phase of the simulation is this,’ the Dunboyne native said at the time.
A week on, the musicians finally met with CMAT phoning Olivia Rodrigo who was appearing live on BBC Radio 1.
Presenter Greg James said: ‘CMAT, I really loved, when you were listening to Olivia’s Live Lounge, you got so excited when she shouted out Dunboyne.’
CMAT explained that she only found out Olivia would be covering her song two days before it happened, but added that it ‘didn’t occur’ the artist would be saying her hometown.
‘I literally lost it,’ the 30-year-old confessed.
‘I’m happy I pronounced it right,’ Olivia responded, ‘I had a moment where I was like, “Wait, what if I mispronounce it?”
‘The first time I did listen to it, I thought it was Des Moines. There’s a place in America called Des Moines. But, since then I have done my research on Dunboyne and I have, now you have to take me.’
CMAT revealed: ‘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.
‘I think that if I brought you, they would put a mural of you on the other side.’
‘Let’s do it!’ Olivia encouraged, ‘Sign me up. We’re going to play a show.’
Before performing a rendition of the CMAT tune on BBC Live Lounge last week, Olivia revealed she had recently become a fan of the Irish artist.
Praising CMAT’s songwriting, she went on to brand her one of the most distinctive artists around, adding that When A Good Man Cries immediately stood out to her.
