Kaitlin Butts debuts her first music video with her January 29th release of “Blood,” a no-holds-barred, inside look at marital despair and what it means to love a narcissist. 

Anyone who has been fortunate enough to catch Kaitlin and her band, the Asstronauts, live since her 2022 release of her acclaimed album What Else Can She Do most likely are already aware of the emotional, and deeply personal connection she has to the “Blood” track. Co-written with Angaleena Presley of the Pistol Annies, “Blood” was largely born of Butts’ own childhood experience of bearing witness to the emotional abuse suffered by her mother at the hands of her narcissistic father. Live listeners ride cathartic waves of redemption with Kaitlin as the female protagonist of the song plaintively, but purposefully, confronts her abuser with her mistreatment. All those who have ever found themselves trapped in a similar relationship instinctively understand the bravery inherent in simply naming out loud the injustice of their maltreatment, as that mere act alone is enough to elicit an explosion of anger from the aggressor as they attempt to gaslight their victim and shift any accountability away from themselves.