๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ “Chasing Butterfliesโ by ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง & ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ addresses the repercussions of growing up with paternal mental illness.
The song is rooted in the lead singerโs upbringing, shaped by a father struggling with depressive episodes.
โ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ. ๐๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณโ๐ด ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏโฆโ
โChasing Butterfliesโ reflects on the emotional void that can follow into adulthoodโand the ongoing attempt to fill it through experiences, significant others and creative work.
Musically, the track is stripped back and intimate. ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ with vocal and resonator guitar, it was later complemented by a single nylon string overdub โ an honest and immediate sound that mirrors the vulnerability of the story.
The single follows โBad Thing Goโ and โForgivenessโ and is the third release from the upcoming album โClouds & Silver Liningsโ, set for release on August 28, 2026.