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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‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
