Reading-born singer-songwriter Cameron Hayes blew up on social media in 2020. Since then, she’s gone from posting covers on YouTube to performing at iconic festivals like Leeds and Reading. In between, she lent her song-writing abilities and voice to various dance and drum & bass acts, like Wilkinson and Sub Focus. Now, as she describes on her socials, she’s ‘entering her pop era’.

Yet, her new single Own Me is still full of energy, with frantic, d&b-like beats. Lyrically, it deals with the obsessive push-and-pull of a situationship; lust blurring into love, detachment colliding with desire. All in all, it’s an infectious cocktail, blending emotional vulnerability with a club-ready production. Great British dance-pop with a modern edge.

Own Me by Cameron Hayes is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. It will be prominently displayed at the top of the blog for an entire week.

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Werner Schlosser

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.