DC alt-pop artist Cat Janice, whose music went viral while she was in hospice, died Wednesday, according to her family.
DC alt-pop artist Cat Janice, whose music went viral while she was in hospice, died Wednesday, according to her family.
“This morning, from her childhood home and surrounded by her loving family, Catherine peacefully entered the light and love of her heavenly creator,” her family posted on Instagram. She was 31 years old.
Janice was diagnosed with a rare sarcoma in 2022. She released her final song from hospice last January, arranging all proceeds of every download and stream of the song to benefit her 7-year-old son.
As her story got picked up by national news outlets, the song “Dance You Outta My Head” became a phenomenon.
Born Catherine Janice Ipsan to a music-loving family in D.C., Cat took to violin and piano at an early age, sparking 18 years of classical training in orchestral productions, jazz bands and theater shows.
The D.C. music scene soon embraced her as both a pop sensation and up-and-coming writer-producer. Janice started releasing her own music in 2015, experimenting in the Southern rock, indie rock and pop genres before finding her way into songwriting.
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