Watch Cat Power Perform “Woman” on Colbert

Cat Power, aka Chan Marshall, performed the song “Woman” Wednesday night on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The song is off her album Wanderer, due out tomorrow, Oct. 5, on Domino Records—the LP is one of our most-anticipated releases of the month.

“Woman” follows in the vein of Cat Power’s best tracks, a quietly defiant song that asserts her own self-possession without having to yell it from the rooftops. Marshall sounds positively dangerous over a sashaying bass line—performed here by TV on the Radio’s Jaleel Bunton—while she spouts off sneak-disses like, “your money’s like a weapon, a tool to get me / you think I’m like the other ones / well, my money’s like a weapon, tool for me.” The word “woman” becomes both flippant tell-off and rallying cry, a way of saying, “I’m in charge here, chief. Your input is not needed.”

Cat Power will be touring for the remainder of the year—see those dates further down.

Watch Cat Power’s “Woman” performance below.

Cat Power Tour Dates:

October
05 – Boston, Mass. @ Paradise Rock Club
06 – South Burlington, Vt. @ Higher Ground
08 – Detroit, Mich. @ The Majestic
09 – Toronto, Ont. @ The Danforth Music Hall
11 – Cleveland, Ohio @ The Agora Theater
12 – Louisville, Ky. @ Headliners Music Hall
13 – Atlanta, Ga. @ Center Stage
23 – London, U.K. @ The Roundhouse
25 – Paris, France @ Le Trianon
26 – Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique
28 – Berlin, Germany @ Astra
29 – Zurich, Switzerland @ X-TRA
30 – Lausanne, Switzerland @ Les Docks

November
01 – Barcelona, Spain @ Razzamatazz
02 – Madrid, Spain @ Circo Price
05 – Bologna, Italy @ Estragon Club
06 – Milan, Italy @ Alcatraz
17 – Seattle, Wash. @ The Showbox
18 – Portland, Ore. @ Roseland Theater
20 – Oakland, Calif. @ Fox Theater
21 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
23 – Santa Ana, Calif. @ The Observatory OC
24 – San Diego, Calif. @ The Observatory North Park
25 – Phoenix, Ariz. @ The Van Buren
27 – Austin, Texas @ Emo’s Austin
28 – Houston, Texas @ White Oak Music Hall
29 – Dallas, Texas @ Granada Theater

December
15 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ Union Transfer
16 – Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club
18 – Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Brooklyn Steel
19 – Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Mr. Smalls Theatre
20 – Chicago, Ill. @ Thalia Hall

February
09 – Melbourne, Australia @ Zoo Twilights – Melbourne Zoo
11 – Sydney, Australia @ Enmore Theatre
12 – Brisbane, Australia @ The Tivoli