title: Gaslighter (song)
text: # Gaslighter (song)
  
  "Gaslighter" is a song recorded by American country music group Dixie Chicks from their eighth studio album of the same name. The song was written and produced by the group and Jack Antonoff. "Gaslighter" was the final release by the group before changing their name to "The Chicks" in June 2020.
  
  ## Composition
  
  The title of the song refers to gaslighting. The song has been described as an "empowering", "fiery", and "scathing" anthem.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  Pitchfork awarded "Gaslighter" their "Best New Track" distinction, with Sam Sodomsky writing that it "merges the open-road optimism of their early records with the sharper power-pop" of their previous album many years earlier, Taking the Long Way.
  
  ## Music video
  
  The song's music video was directed by Seanne Farmer, and has been described as "a throwback to old school political propaganda".
  
  