"Blood in the Cut" | ||||
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Single by K.Flay | ||||
from the album Every Where Is Some Where | ||||
Released | August 19, 2016 | |||
Length | 3:08 | |||
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"Blood in the Cut" on YouTube |
"Blood in the Cut" is a song by American musician K.Flay as the lead single from her second studio album Every Where Is Some Where . [1] [2] It was released through Interscope and Night Street Records on August 19, 2016, originally appearing as the first track on K.Flay's fourth EP Crush Me . The song was nominated for Best Rock Song at the 60th Grammy Awards. [3] The song also appears on the soundtrack of the film XXX: Return of Xander Cage and in the BoJack Horseman episode "Stupid Piece of Sh*t".
"Blood in the Cut" was written by K.Flay, JT Daly, and Lena Kwan Simon and produced by Daly. The lyrics of the song describe a breakup and its violent effects. K.Flay further described the background of the song in an interview with IHeartRadio: [4]
"Blood in the Cut" started as a breakup anthem. I wrote the lyrics and the riff in 20 minutes, and I was actually at home for Christmas, so I was in my parents' basement doing that. I was in a somewhat dark emotional place. I wrote that, and I immediately felt filled with this vigor that I had previously been missing. And then producing the song, just embracing that spirit of release in the chorus.
— K.Flay
The music video for "Blood in the Cut" premiered on September 7, 2016 and was directed by TJ Andrade. [5] The video begins with K.Flay walking from an overturned car unscathed into a diner bathroom. As the chorus comes in, she has a breakdown. She then walks out past a gas station and levitates into the air at the end of a dark street.
Credits for "Blood in the Cut" adapted from Apple Music. [8]
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Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [9] | 4 |
US Rock & Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [10] | 10 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [11] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [12] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |