Kaitlin Butts is shooting off fingers and poisoning suitors — including real-life husband Cleto Cordero of Flatland Cavalry — in the gloriously campy video for “You Ain’t Gotta Die (To Be Dead to Me),” the track off her album Roadrunner! that blew up on TikTok .

The music video, directed by Chris Beyrooty, is rooted in spaghetti western imagery: sun-baked building facades, dusty roads, and horse-drawn carriages all help tell Butts’ tale of a vengeful woman, Kissin’ Katie B.

“Making this music video was something I’ve wanted to do since I put out this album,” Butts said in a statement. “I’ve had the treatment for it since January 2024, when I was writing the videos for ‘Wild Juanita’s,’ ‘Hunt You Down’ and ‘Other Girls.’ When ‘You Ain’t Gotta Die’ started to have its viral moment,

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