In a landscape often oversaturated with earnest break-up ballads, Liverpudlian songwriter Katie Brown cuts through the noise with a sharp, self-aware anthem in her new single, “Liable.” Brown’s sound is immediately ambitious, wielding the lyrical wit and millennial angst of Phoebe Bridgers and Olivia Rodrigo.
“This song is called Liable, it is about breaking up with your partner after finding out they’ve been cheating on you. It’s completely fictional, and I like to joke about that during gigs because I am in a very happy relationship! It’s one of my favourite songs to play live as well, as my audience get on board with it really quickly." – katie Brown
“Liable” opens with a deceptively simple, emotive piano figure, setting a scene of vulnerability before being abruptly undercut by a live drum groove that propels the track forward. This dynamic shift mirrors the song’s narrative—a highly-charged story of a cheated relationship, delivered, as Brown admits, with a “firm tongue in cheek.” The song is not a tearful confession, but a calculated, raw-edged performance of a break-up fantasy.
