Culpepper wonders "Who Hurt You"

Tuesday, July 16, 2024 – Big Loud's newest signing, Kashus Culpepper, returns this Friday with his sophomore release, "Who Hurt You."

The song was made in collaboration with the same trio behind debut single "After Me?" – co-written by Culpepper and Mark Addison Chandler, produced by Brian Elmquist of The Lone Bellow

A reflective letter to himself underscored by sparse piano and acoustic guitar, Culpepper is pensive, giving himself permission to accept when other people's actions cause undeserved consequences.

Lyrics include:
Don't you think it's time to end this hell / Let go and quite beating up yourself
'Cuz you didn't make your daddy leave you and your mama
You didn't make that girl that broke you break her promise
Hell, you didn't ask Uncle Sam / to send your friends to that foreign land
Time to face the truth / it ain't the man in the looking glass / who hurt you

"This song means so much to me," Culpepper shared on socials when announcing the song yesterday. "It was one of the first original songs I put up on socials. And I wasn't expecting it to do what it did. Me and Mark the day we wrote it just wanted to get some things off of our chest, and we just put a melody behind. At first, I was kinda scared to post it because of how vulnerable I was in the song. So, thank y'all for helping me realize we all go thru things, and there's always a light at the end of the tunnel. From the comments, messages, and singing it with me at my shows has really made this ole 'Bama boy happy. Love y'all, and can't wait for y'all to hear the full version."