Kate is an indie singer-songwriter who grew up in Kerry, a small rural village on the south-western coast, and now resides in Dublin. Kate was surrounded by music from a young age and would often sit in the back seat of her family's car and read her father’s CD insert sleeves front to back so that she could memorize the lyrics. At age 14 Kate started learning guitar, learning her favorite songs, which she cites as a freeing experience. Then, at 16, as a shy teenager, she decided to challenge herself and sign up for vocal lessons. Kate immediately felt connected to the voice as an instrument that she could control.
“Invest” is about meeting someone for the first time, having a drink, getting to know them, but not wanting to give too much of yourself away too early because you want to be happy with yourself before you dive into something new. The song describes the feeling of meeting someone for the first time, how it can be really exciting, and how you start to imagine all these wonderful things about them. But maybe if you’ve been burned before you’re not as keen to jump straight in. In Kate’s words, “I’ve always been a big believer in knowing what makes you happy and staying true to you in any relationship. This is the song version of that, to know who you are and to make sure you are happy in yourself before you dive into something new.”
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