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What Music Says About Breakups

Breakups just suck-- and while music knows it does, music can also help you get over it.

Emma Hagedoorn
Aug 29, 2016
Loyola University Maryland
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What Music Says About Breakups

This week I am experiencing my first breakup. I was in a relationship for over a year and a half, so yeah, you could say I'm taking it a bit hard. Of course, to get myself through it I had to make myself a breakup playlist. I've been listening to it nonstop. By doing so, I have learned some things. These songs are encouraging me, giving me lessons and making me know it is okay to feel the way I am. Maybe I'm just super lonely and feel as though my music is speaking to me, but here are some things my breakup anthems have told me, through their lyrics, about my breakup--

1. I'll find someone like you. (Someone Like You- Adele)

2. You can't make someone love you if they don't. (I Can't Make You Love Me- Ronnie Raitt)

3. You wrecked me. (Wrecking Ball- Miley Cyrus)

4. I have to get my forget you on. (You Broke Up With Me- Walker Hayes)

5. We are never getting back together. (We Are Never Getting Back Together- Taylor Swift).

6. Its different for girls when their hearts get broken. They can't pretend the love was never there, and it isn't really fair. Guys react differently, and not always how we would want them to. (It's Different For Girls- Dierks Bentley)

7. I have to love myself, and I don't need anybody else. (Me Too- Meghan Trainor/ Love Myself- Hailee Steinfeld)

8. I'm giving up on love because love gave up on me. (Kerosene- Miranda Lambert)

9. There's pain in my chest, but I still wish you the best. But, forget you. (Forget You- CeeLo Green)

10. All the single ladies, put your hands up. *Puts up hand.* I can participate in this song now! (Single Ladies- Beyonce)

11. I'm ready to forgive you, but forgetting is hard. When you fall asleep, I'm breaking. It's going to take time to get over this. (Little Do You Know- Alex & Sierra)

12. It's not us no more. It's just you and me. (You & Me- Marc E. Bassy)

13. If you want love, lower your expectations. But we all deserve love even when we aren't our best because love makes us suck less. (If You Want Love/Lower Your Expectations- Bo Burnham)

14. Stay with me cause you're all I need. (Stay With Me- Sam Smith)

15. You don't have to act like nothing happened and that it was nothing. (Somebody That I Used To Know- Gotye)

16. You had my heart inside your hand, and you played it to the beat. (Rolling In The Deep- Adele)

17. Come on Skinny Love, what happened here? I'm breaking. (Skinny Love- Birdy)

18. I'm not going to be that easy to leave. I'm gonna make you miss me. (Make You Miss Me- Sam Hunt)

19. If you really love me, don't let go. (Unsteady- X Ambassadors)

20. It's just me, myself and I. (Me, Myself & I- G-Eazy, Bebe Rexha)

21. I ain't thinking about you. BOY BYE! (Sorry- Beyonce)

22. Love don't live here anymore cause he walked out the door with my heart. Love is not like it is in the movies at all. (Somebody Else- Miley Cyrus)

23. You needed me. (Needed Me- Rihanna)

24. You should go and love yourself. (Love Yourself- Justin Bieber)

25. You're gone so I gotta stay high all the time (on chocolate and ice cream) to keep you off my mind. (Habits- Tove Lo)

26. I'll be the one if you want me to. You're the one that I love, and I'm going to have to say goodbye. I'm giving up on you. (Say Something- A Great Big World)

27. Fix your makeup, girl, it's just a breakup. (Mama's Broken Heart- Miranda Lambert)

28. When you see my face I hope it gives you hell. (Gives You Hell- The All-American Rejects)

29. I WILL SURVIVE. (I Will Survive- Gloria Gaynor)

Obviously, breakups cause a wide range of emotions to come out, and I'm feeling probably every one. Thankfully, my music is telling me that's perfectly acceptable.

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