Courtney Marie Andrews has shared new single “Little Picture of a Butterfly,” the track is off the artist’s forthcoming album Valentine, out January 16, 2026 via Thirty Tigers. “Little Picture of a Butterfly” forges defiance from the helplessness of what can’t be controlled. “After being stood up, this song fell out of me in a fit of heartbreak,” says Andrews. “Musically, I wanted the beginning of the song to sound like the whimsical, dreamy, and helplessly meek feeling of limerence, and feeling like you need a response in order to be kicked into action. Once it’s stated that limerence can create illusions of fantasy or ‘make believe,’ we’re kicked into action, kicked into waking up, kicked into our power. The band kicks in, and I’m empowered.”

Written during a period of profound endings and new beginnings, and recorded to tape at Valentine Recording Studios in Los Angeles, it is Andrew’s most sonically explorative record yet, radiating with resilience as she traces the terrain between ache and renewal. Valentine is “a record in pursuit of love,” says Andrews. “But love, it turns out, is a lot more than I gave it credit for…I was in one of the darkest periods of my life, and songs were the only way I could reckon with it.”

The new music arrives on the heels of Courtney’s second collection of poetry via Simon & Schuster this summer, Love Is a Dog That Bites When It’s Scared – furthering her work as an accomplished multidisciplinary artist across three different mediums: from music, poetry and her work as a visual artist. Her most recent studio projects were 2022’s Loose Future, which Pitchfork described as “a shimmering piece of self-acceptance,” and 2020’s Old Flowers which earned her a GRAMMY nomination for Best Americana Album.

Courtney Marie Andrews
Valentine
Tracklist
Thirty Tigers

1. Pendulum Swing
2. Keeper
3. Cons & Clowns
4. Magic Touch
5. Little Picture of a Butterfly
6. Outsider
7. Everyone Wants to Feel Like You Do
8. Only the Best for Baby
9. Best friend
10. Hangman

Courtney Marie Andrews 2026 Tour Dates:

March 27 – Blue Room – Nashville, TN
March 28 – The EARL – Atlanta, GA
March 30 – Club Dada – Fort Worth, TX
March 31 – The 04 Center – Austin, TX
April 2 – La Rosa – Tucson, AZ
April 3 – Valley Bar – Phoenix, AZ
April 4 – The Lodge Room – Los Angeles, CA
April 6 – Rickshaw Stop – San Francisco, CA
April 7 – Little Saint – Healdsburg, CA
April 9 – Aladdin Theater – Portland, OR
April 10 – Biltmore Cabaret – Vancouver, BC
April 11 – Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA
April 13 – The State Room – Salt Lake City, UT
April 14 – Globe Hall – Denver, CO
April 16 – Empty Bottle – Chicago, IL
April 17 – Turf Club – Saint Paul, MN
April 19 – The Great Hall – Toronto, ON
April 20 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY
April 22 – Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
April 23 – The Stone Church – Brattleboro, VT
April 24 – The Atlantis – Washington, DC
April 25 – Revival – Asheville, NC

Pre-order Valentine by Courtney Marie Andrews HERE