About Cut To the Feeling

"Cut to the Feeling" is a song recorded by Canadian singer and songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen, from the Canadian-French animated film Ballerina (2016). It was released as a single on May 26, 2017, to promote the film's release under the title Leap! in the United States. The song was written by Jepsen, Simon Wilcox, and Nolan Lambroza, and produced by Lambroza. The song serves as the theme song for the MTV reality series Siesta Key. The song was critically acclaimed, with Billboard, The Guardian, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair naming it one of the best songs of 2017 in their respective year-end lists. Commercially, the single was successful in Japan where it was certified gold by the RIAJ.

"Cut to the Feeling" was written during the creation of Jepsen's third studio album, Emotion (2015), but was not included on the album because it was too "cinematic and theatrical". It was later intended for the album's follow-up EP, Emotion: Side B, but was then slated for release with Ballerina after Jepsen signed on for the film and felt the song was fitting for the story. The track was one of two songs, along with "Runaways", that Jepsen contributed to the film. "Cut to the Feeling" was included on the new edition of Emotion: Side B, released exclusively in Japan on September 13, 2017 and re-titled Emotion: Side B+. It was also used as the theme song for the MTV reality television show Siesta Key.