Cat Zhang

Hey, I’m Cat! I’m a Brooklyn-based writer who cov­ers books, TV, movies, and mu­sic at New York Magazine’s The Cut. Previously I was an as­so­ci­ate ed­i­tor at Pitchfork, where I edited re­views and wrote widely across the site. In 2022, I re­ceived the American Society of Magazine Editors’ Next Award for Journalists Under 30.

Criticism

• Caroline Polachek’s Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
• Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts
• Mitski’s The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
• Water From Your Eyes’ Everyone’s Crushed
• Kesha’s Animal
• Love Lies Bleeding
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith
• Hacks Season 3
• TikTok Face
• Esther Yi’s Y/N

Features

• On Discord, Music Fans Become Artists’ Besties, Collaborators, and Even Unpaid Interns
• What Is Asian American Music, Really?
• The Endless Lifecycle of Japanese City Pop

Profiles / Interviews

• Greta Lee
• Chappell Roan
• Yaeji
• Sarah Pidgeon
• Grace Ives
• Jane Remover
• Julia Masli
• Jamie Loftus
• New York Fungus Festival
• Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

Appearances

I’ve been a guest on the New York Times’ Popcast, NPR’s All Things Considered, Slate’s ICYMI, Vulture’s Switched on Pop, and the Pitchfork Review. Netflix sub­scribers can find me on sea­son 3, episode 11 of the Vox do­cuseries Explained.