Kat Button turns electronic music into a language for mental health, identity, and recovery with Relabel, her ten-track second album. Based in Southampton, England, the singer, songwriter, producer, and music educator uses EDM and dance-pop to create immersive soundscapes where difficult experiences are given rhythm, atmosphere, and emotional shape. Her purpose is clear: to show that recovery can be difficult without being hopeless, and that a life changed by mental ill health can still move toward something beautiful.
Relabel takes its title from several layers of personal and artistic meaning. Button has deliberately relabelled her musical direction, moving deeper into EDM and its many subgenres while leaving room for unexpected turns. The album also draws on the language of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, where “relabel” forms part of a framework used in mental health treatment. Most importantly, the word reflects Button’s experience of understanding herself differently.
After receiving an ADHD diagnosis alongside an earlier OCD diagnosis, Button began recognizing that some experiences she had previously attributed to OCD were connected to ADHD. That realization becomes creative material throughout the album. Relabel explores hyperfocus, euphoria, burnout, mood changes, frustration, internal anger, exhaustion, loneliness, self-care, unmasking, and the process of developing self-compassion.
The album’s emotional journey is not presented as a neat recovery story. Button allows contradiction to remain visible: energy can become exhaustion, determination can coexist with vulnerability, and discovering an explanation for certain struggles does not instantly resolve them. That honesty gives Relabel relevance beyond a single diagnosis, speaking to anyone who has questioned their identity or struggled to understand why their mind works differently.
Songs such as "I Am" create a conceptual movement from uncertainty toward recognition, while Kintsugi introduces the Japanese art of repairing pottery as a metaphor for brokenness becoming meaningful. The imagery reflects Button’s wider philosophy: damage does not automatically erase value, and healing can create something with its own character.
Her musical influences stretch from electronic sounds of the 1980s and 1990s to contemporary EDM, but Relabel is ultimately defined by purpose. Each track is designed to immerse listeners inside its subject, allowing production and emotion to work together.
For Kat Button, Relabel is both an artistic reset and an act of self-understanding. It opens conversations about ADHD, mental health, recovery, and identity through accessible electronic music, proving that dance-oriented sound can carry serious emotional weight while still offering movement, energy, and hope.