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Butterflies
Kacey Musgraves
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- Album
- Golden Hour
- Released
- 2018
- Genres
- Country
- Length
- 3:39
- Tempo
- 142 BPM
- Label
- Lost Highway/IGA
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About this song
"Butterflies" was released alongside "Space Cowboy" as the lead singles from Kacey Musgraves' third studio album, Golden Hour. Musgraves wrote the song three weeks after meeting her future husband, Ruston Kelly.
What it's about
The song describes going through the motions of life while always missing a missing piece, until a new love builds her up rather than tearing her down, leaving her feeling almost reborn.
Summary written with AI, based on the song's page on Genius.
Fun facts
- Covered once, including “Butterflies by Hawthorne Heights”.
- Written by Luke Laird, Natalie Hemby and Kacey Musgraves.
- Produced by Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian and Kacey Musgraves.
- Recorded at Big Green Barn (Nashville and Sound Emporium (Nashville.