Kimberly Perry and Kaitlin Butts Breathe New Life into ‘You Lie’

The Band Perry’s 2010 self-titled debut album opened with “You Lie,” an indictment of a fibbing lover that became a staple of the era. Sixteen years later, vocalist Kimberly Perry returns to the song with a fresh perspective and an assist from Kaitlin Butts.

The reimagined take, dubbed “You Lie (Forever Version),” pairs two of country music’s most charismatic performers: Perry, the confident arena-level frontwoman and torchbearer for her family band, and Butts, the theater kid with a flair for the dramatic. For Butts, the collaboration represents a profound full-circle moment.

“If you would’ve told teenage me — who was belting ‘You Lie’ in her bedroom over boys who had absolutely no idea I existed — that one day I’d get a text from Kimberly Perry asking me to re-record the song with the Band Perry, I would’ve laughed in your face,” Butts tells RS. “It’s such a wild full-circle moment. That song was part of the soundtrack of growing up for me, and getting to revisit it with one of the voices who made me fall in love with country music is mind-blowing.”

Reflecting on the evolution of the track, Perry noted, “This is what it sounds like when girlhood becomes womanhood — same song, same spirit, but now we’ve both lived it enough to sing it like we mean it!”

The Band Perry, now led by Kimberly Perry and her husband Johnny Costello, has been navigating a new chapter. Earlier this year, the group released the single “Psychological.” During a recent appearance on Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now podcast, Perry discussed the group’s transition—following the departure of her brothers, Reid and Neil—and how she has weathered the challenges of the industry. She remains candid about the public’s curiosity regarding the band’s status, noting that she often finds the question of why they “disappeared” to be a fascinating part of their narrative.

The new version of “You Lie” was produced by Texas producer Beau Bedford, who has been a key collaborator in the group’s recent creative explorations.