Black Belt Eagle Scout Shares New Song “Fantasy”

Swinomish musician Katherine “KP” Paul, who records as Black Belt Eagle Scout, has released “Fantasy”, her first new song in three years. The track reflects on the strain of capitalist society and how it affected her health, as well as her experience of burnout and pressure while working in the Native nonprofit sector.

The song’s video, directed by Paul’s cousin Priscilla Hensley and Evan Benally Atwood, features her mother, aunt and other relatives dancing in handmade Iñupiat garments. Paul was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, struggled to walk and lost the ability to play guitar; she had to stop performing after touring her 2023 album, *The Land, the Water, the Sky*. She says she left nonprofit work to make music full time and reconnect with herself.