signing to Republic Records<\/a> is absolutely everything you want from a Kaitlin Butts song. If anything, it utterly defines who she has been throughout her career, and what her signature sound and style is, just now with some more heft behind it. <\/p>\u201cNever Really Mine\u201d is a pure, traditional country song with steel guitar, a waltz beat built from brushes on snare, and super country writing from Kaitlin Butts at her \u201cdouble cross me and die\u201d best. Yes, she did solicit some co-writers for the song, but in the form of fellow acclaimed kiss-off country composers Maggie Antone and Lola Kirke. They help complete a track that feels like it leans into its human connection as opposed to bleeding it out like what happens in so many \u201csongwriting by committee\u201d singles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But despite all the praise an old fuddy duddy country fan might have for \u201cNever Really Mine,\u201d you can also hear how the lyricism, and maybe even the sound is something that would resonate wide with country audiences in the post \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d environment. Unlike some other performers who are zagging when they should be zigging, Kaitlin knows this moment in country is country<\/em>, and serves the people up the kind of country they want. <\/p>\n\n\n\n