Bracing for Impact

Bracing for Impact
EP by
Released24 October 2025 (2025-10-24)
Recorded2024–2025
Genre
Length25:45
LabelAWAL
ProducerDavid Challinor
Catty chronology
Healing Out of Spite
(2024)
Bracing for Impact
(2025)
Singles from Bracing for Impact
  1. "Joyride"
    Released: 9 May 2025
  2. "Prized Possession"
    Released: 8 August 2025
  3. "4am (Back in His Bed)"
    Released: 5 September 2025
  4. "Make You Love Me"
    Released: 10 October 2025

Bracing for Impact is the second extended play by Welsh singer and songwriter Catty. It was released on 24 October 2025 through AWAL. The lead single, "Joyride", was released in May 2025. It was followed by singles "Prized Possession", "4am (Back in His Bed)" and "Make You Love Me". Catty co-wrote the entire EP with Juliette Edward and Nathan Challinor; Challinor also produced every track.

Catty was inspired by musical theatre productions including Chicago throughout the EP, as well as Kate Bush, Stevie Nicks and Meat Loaf. Bracing for Impact saw Catty depart from writing breakup songs; the lyrical content instead explores themes of queer love, desire, pain, discovery of feelings, resilience and hope. It was praised for being "a total embodiment of queer life".