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On the Record | Kaitlin Butts discusses the back story of her viral hit, “You Ain’t Gotta Die (To Be Dead To Me)”

November 10, 2025 01:30 PM • 
Currey McCullough

Kaitlin Butts, a Tulsa, Oklahoma native and songwriter, went viral on social media for her theatrical song, “You Ain’t Gotta Die (To Be Dead To Me).”

She talks about how the song came to be and how finding the perfect co-writer, Natalie Hemby, made it happen.

Watch On the Record every Friday at 7:30 PM Eastern on RFD-TV and the RFD-TV Now App.

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