Combining an unabashed love of Y2K-era pop with an arch artiness inspired by Lady Gaga and Charli XCX along with a facility for meme culture, the St. Louis-based Slayyyter broke out in early 2019 with her single "Mine." A viral success, the effervescent "Mine" brought Slayyyter out of the pop-underground following she'd cultivated through a series of releases on SoundCloud. "Mine" earned the singer mainstream attention, culminating with the September 2019 release of her self-titled debut mixtape. She further honed her sound with her 2021 full-length, Troubled Paradise, and then celebrated retro '80s sounds with her provocative 2023 album, Starfucker.