We didn’t know we needed it, but Katie Dauson’s “Won’t You” just became the soundtrack to our Friday night—and possibly many more to come. Taken from her latest album Pure Katie, the track bursts in like a shot of pure energy, shaking us out of the grey routine with a fire-lit piano, rich guitars, and a groove that demands movement.
“Baby come dance with me,” she sings—and how can you resist? With its retro-tinged rock and roll arrangement, “Won’t You” captures everything we love about spontaneous dance moments with someone special. It’s bold, it’s alive, and it’s exactly what the weekend ordered.
The song opens the door to Pure Katie, a 12-track journey where Dauson showcases the full range of her genre-defying sound. Originally imagined as a concept album, it quickly evolved into something freer, wilder—an explosion of rockabilly, folk, surf rock, and storytelling.
Katie says it best herself: “This album was a little bit of everything. It started as one thing, but the songs took on a life of their own.”
And what a beautiful, foot-stomping life that is. Press play: