KAITLIN BUTTS|HELLO,|HONKY TONK|OCTOBER 30

Kaitlin Butts will release Hello, Honky Tonk, her fourth studio album and her first on a major label, on Oct. 30, 2026, via Republic Records. Produced by Tofer Brown and recorded in Nashville, the album’s song titles were revealed one at a time by honky-tonks and music venues in the United States, Australia and England.

When does Kaitlin Butts’ Hello, Honky Tonk come out?

Hello, Honky Tonk is out Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, on Republic Records. It is Butts’ fourth studio album and her major-label debut. Tofer Brown produced the record, and Butts made it in Nashville.

The move to Republic Records marks a new chapter for Butts after three studio albums. Hello, Honky Tonk is the first record she releases with the backing of a major label, and it follows three songs already in listeners’ hands: “What More Could You Want,” “I Wanna Be Bad” and “Never Really Mine.”

The night before release, Butts plays an album release show at Skinny Dennis in Nashville on Oct. 29. The show sold out in four hours.

How Kaitlin Butts revealed the Hello, Honky Tonk songs

Butts handed the reveal to the venues where her kind of country music lives. Instead of posting a single track list, she had honky-tonks and music halls each announce one song title. The venues that took part include:

• Billy Bob’s Texas
• Cain’s Ballroom
• The Grand Ole Opry
• Luckenbach
• Jolene’s in Sydney, Australia
• Duke’s of Highgate in London

The rollout matched the album’s title. Each reveal came from a honky-tonk stage, from Billy Bob’s Texas and Luckenbach to clubs in Sydney and London.

Two of the venues sit outside the United States. Jolene’s in Sydney, Australia, and Duke’s of Highgate in London each took a song, carrying the rollout overseas. At home, the list ran from Billy Bob’s Texas and Cain’s Ballroom to Luckenbach and the Grand Ole Opry, a lineup that spans dance halls, ballrooms and the Opry stage itself.

Songs on Hello, Honky Tonk

The album opens with “Introducing: Hello Honky Tonk.” Songs on the record include:

• “Introducing: Hello Honky Tonk”
• “What More Could You Want”
• “I Wanna Be Bad”
• “Never Really Mine”
• “That Makes One of Us”
• “I Make Cowboys Cry”
• “Midnight I’ll Always Be Yours”
• “The Bartender”
• “The Joker”
• “Everybody Wanna Sing a Country Song”
• “Bacon Naked (Take It From Me)”

Three of those songs are already out. “What More Could You Want,” “I Wanna Be Bad” and “Never Really Mine” were released ahead of the album.

Who wrote songs with Kaitlin Butts on Hello, Honky Tonk?

Butts worked with some of Nashville’s most respected songwriters on the album:

• Lori McKenna on “That Makes One of Us”
• Shane McAnally on “I Make Cowboys Cry”
• Jessi Alexander and Jon Randall on “Midnight I’ll Always Be Yours”
• Natalie Hemby

Lori McKenna co-wrote “That Makes One of Us,” Shane McAnally co-wrote “I Make Cowboys Cry,” and the team of Jessi Alexander and Jon Randall joined Butts on “Midnight I’ll Always Be Yours.” Natalie Hemby also co-wrote with Butts for the album.

Those co-writes sit alongside songs such as “The Bartender,” “The Joker” and “Everybody Wanna Sing a Country Song,” titles that fit squarely inside the honky-tonk theme of the album.

Kaitlin Butts tour dates

After the Nashville release show, Butts returns to the road for a run of December dates. The shows:

• Oct. 29: Skinny Dennis, Nashville (sold out)
• Dec. 10: Harry’s Northgate
• Dec. 11: Floore’s Country Store
• Dec. 12: Brewster Street Ice House
• Dec. 17: Tower Theatre
• Dec. 18: Billy Bob’s Texas

The December run closes at Billy Bob’s Texas, one of the venues that helped reveal the album’s songs. The release show at Skinny Dennis sold out in four hours after tickets went on sale.

What’s next for Kaitlin Butts

Butts plays her sold-out release show at Skinny Dennis in Nashville on Oct. 29, 2026, and Hello, Honky Tonk arrives on Republic Records the next day, Oct. 30. Her December dates begin Dec. 10 at Harry’s Northgate and end Dec. 18 at Billy Bob’s Texas.