Slayyyter On 'Wor$t Girl In America', Britney Spears, & Lady Gaga

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Slayyyter has been one of pop’s most promising up-and-comers... for the past seven years. The 29-year-old singer has garnered nearly 400 million Spotify streams and built a devoted fan base, but in recent years, her financial strain and lack of label support made her feel “burnt out” and want to give up music altogether — until she said “f*ck it” and made the album of her dreams.

“I was like, ‘You know what? I'm going to give it one last shot,’” she tells Elite Daily. “I'm going to make one last project I feel really proud of, and after that, maybe I'll go back to school or something, because I don't have a degree. I was just like, ‘I can't keep trying so hard.’”

Her new album proves the singer doesn’t need college. Wor$t Girl in America is an electrifying blend of electro-punk, valley girl rap, acid house, and her signature dance-pop, a genre she proudly calls “iPod music.” To get here, Slayyyter channeled her St. Louis roots, rediscovering the MySpace-era music that was on her old iPod — and reliving her childhood insecurities.

“I grew up with a bunch of straight boy skater friends in St. Louis who had this reall...