The Cut That Always Bleeds earns RIAA Platinum for Conan Gray, recognizing 1,000,000 units on December 1, 2025.
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The Cut That Always Bleeds earns RIAA Platinum for Conan Gray, recognizing 1,000,000 units on December 1, 2025.
Conan Gray Earns RIAA Platinum for "The Cut That Always Bleeds"
The Cut That Always Bleeds earns RIAA Platinum for Conan Gray, recognizing 1,000,000 units on December 1, 2025.
Conan Gray's song "The Cut That Always Bleeds" was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 1, 2025. The certification recognizes 1,000,000 certified units in the United States. The track was released on March 20, 2020, via Republic Records as part of Gray's commercially successful debut studio album, Kid Krow.
"The Cut That Always Bleeds" is the sixth track on Kid Krow. The song is noted for its simple instrumentation, which consists mostly of guitar, and its powerful vocal delivery. According to annotations on Genius, Gray wrote the song about the difficulty of moving on from a relationship in which the other person repeatedly reopens emotional wounds. The track has resonated with a wide audience, accumulating over 511 million streams on Spotify and more than 306,000 pageviews on Genius.
This certification marks another milestone for the Texas-native singer-songwriter who has become a prominent voice for Gen Z with his brand of indie pop. His debut album, Kid Krow, peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and also achieved Platinum status. The album was propelled by the 4x-Platinum hit "Heather," a song written solely by Conan Gray that has surpassed 2 billion streams. With a career total of over 12 billion streams, Gray has continued his success with subsequent albums Superache (2022) and Found Heaven (2024) and embarked on a headlining arena tour in 2024 that included sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden and Wembley Arena.
