{"id":3403,"date":"2024-05-22T03:11:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T02:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/?p=3403"},"modified":"2026-09-25T04:43:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T03:43:28","slug":"kaitlin-butts-self-directed-roadrunner-video-is-a-hilarious-look-at-life-on-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/22\/kaitlin-butts-self-directed-roadrunner-video-is-a-hilarious-look-at-life-on-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaitlin Butts&#8217; Self-Directed &#8216;Roadrunner&#8217; Video Is A Hilarious Look At Life On The Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kaitlin Butts<\/strong>&nbsp;takes the directors reins for the new video for &#8216;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=tjYylfkBy7U&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Roadrunner<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;, the title track from her upcoming new album&nbsp;<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/kaitlinbutts.os.fan\/presave\" target=\"_blank\">Roadrunner<\/a>!<\/em>, out June 28&nbsp;via Soundly Music. Part travelogue, part wink-wink farce, the video depicts life on the road for Butts and her band the Mules (formerly the Ass-tronauts) in adventures both real and delightfully, hilariously embellished. The endearing video plays out like a modern day mash-up of&nbsp;<em>Hee Haw<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>The Monkees<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe  id=\"_ytid_84843\"  width=\"676\" height=\"380\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tjYylfkBy7U?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;hl=en_US&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Produced by Oran Thornton (Brent Cobb, Logan Brill),&nbsp;<em>Roadrunner!<\/em>&nbsp;marks a major tonal shift from Butts&#8217; 2022 sophomore LP&nbsp;<em>what else can she do<\/em>, a character-driven exploration of complex matters like addiction, domestic violence, and generational trauma.&nbsp;<em>&#8220;With the last album I wanted to write about the struggles I&#8217;d seen people go through or experienced myself, so a lot of the songs had a sadness or darkness to them,&#8221;&nbsp;<\/em>she says.&nbsp;<em>&#8220;I feel like&nbsp;<\/em><em>Roadrunner!<\/em><em>&nbsp;is much closer to what I&#8217;m like onstage, where there&#8217;s real emotion and truth but also humor and a tendency to poke fun. It&#8217;s all those different versions of me at once.&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;Made with A-list musicians like multi-instrumentalists Russ Pahl (Sturgill Simpson, Kacey Musgraves) and Lex Price (Miranda Lambert, Parker McCollum),&nbsp;<em>Roadrunner!&nbsp;<\/em>ultimately matches that multidimensionality with a lush and fiery sound informed by Butts&#8217; eclectic influences (outlaw country, strong-minded country-pop, timeless rock-and-roll, and more).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Butts reveals, the making of&nbsp;<em>Roadrunner!<\/em>&nbsp;served as an essential milestone in her journey as an artist, allowing for the fullest expression yet of the larger-than-life vision she&#8217;s long brought to her work (e.g., her cinematic videos, high-wattage stage presence, exquisitely curated costumes reflecting her fondness for sequins and fringe).&nbsp;<em>&#8220;Some artists get up onstage in their T-shirts and jeans and do their thing, but what comes naturally to me is the drama and going that extra mile to try to create an immersive experience,&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;she says.&nbsp;<em>&#8220;The more I pull from my musical-theater background, the more emboldened I am. 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