I’m going through my first grown up relationship breakup and I’ve had to keep my sad in check the last week because I’ve worked every day. Today I finally have a chance to be sad so I want to get it all out at once. As soon as I got home from work I just busted into tears so I got some wine and bubble bath and now I need some music to help me get it all out lol
That's a good one!! Someone Like You by Adele also hits hard during a breakup. It's like she's singing what you're feeling.
Came here to say this and was pleasantly surprised seeing this as the first comment. Played it everyday for weeks after my high school boyfriend and I broke up in 2011. Memories!
For me its the 'Glimpse of us - Joji'
Ooooooh that’s a good one!!
Let her go
That's a classic
Great choice
Thanks! I remember hearing it and crying a lot.
Glimpse of us by Joji ! It's my all time favorite
This is the one. This song is just pain.
Yeah that's why I love It
Heartless Song by Kanye West
When you're ready, "Goodbye Earl" by the Dixie Chick's might offer you some catharsis.
Ohh I'm so sorry. Everything I listen to is breakup songs (slight exaggeration...) so I GOTCHU:
Here are five songs for wallowing:
- Gravity - Sara Bareilles
- Carefully - Ben Platt
- "Well don't you think it's funny / That I'm asking you for your mercy / After all the nights you asked me for a dance?" "If coming apart / And breaking my heart is what you need / Break it carefully"
- Honest Man - Ben Platt
- I like the pairing of this song and the previous -- Carefully is more soft, Honest Man is more ... melodramatic isn't the right word, but something like that. Both are very heartfelt, to me
- Last Kiss - Taylor Swift
- Illicit Affairs - Taylor Swift
Here's a bonus few other songs with other vibes and/or for different moods:
- Fuck, I'm Lonely - Lauv & Anne-Marie
- I really like how this song is upbeat and fun and dance-y while at the same time being clearly heartbroken
- Stayaway - MUNA
- This is a banger, intense. Driving beat. Probably also good for wallowing tbh.
- I'm Trying (Not Friends) - Maisie Peters
- This song's basically like "at least I'm trying, fuck you"
And one more for a bit further down the road (This one is more "I'm starting to move on, fuck yeah")
- Changing of the Seasons - Two Door Cinema Club
That "Fuck, I'm Lonely" song is awesome. Thank you!!!
Gravity is my number one favorite break up song. The way Sara Bareilles sings "The one thing that I still know is that you're keeping me -- DOOOWWWWMNNNN" hits perfectly every time.
Finneas - Break My Heart Again
Work Bitch - Britney Spears
Love Stinks - J. Giles Band
If You're Not The One by Daniel Beddingfield.
Oof, right in the feelings.
Almost by Bowling for Soup. Honestly, they write the best break-up songs.
All too well 10 minute version comes to mind first, but I have a whole list
Sometime around midnight-thw airborne toxic event Not being able to let the idea of someone go
I Don't Care Anymore, by Phil Collins and Genesis. His drums should be played loud. Turn it up!
I love that song.
Me too and played full blast.
Another One Bites The Dust
Heart of the Matter - Eagles
great song
If it's not Breakup Song by Greg Kihn, what are we even doing here? https://youtu.be/k8ePSJ44Fiw?si=plwd_HbqhHmK8agf
Interpol - Evil.
Don't ask me how I thought it was a breakup song...
Stupid Boy
Stupid Girl by Cold
When she loved me, Sarah Malachlan
Unbreak my heart, Toni Braxton
Thrill is gone, BB King
Love is stronger than Pride, Sade
Yesterday, Beatles
It’s out of my hands, Randy Travis
Against all odds, Phil Collins
Torn, Natalie Imbruglia
These songs are on my break up playlist, man just looking at it brings bittersweet memories.
Breakup Song. GregKihn
I'm gonna get a hit ordered on me for this. The Taylor Swift song, more specifically the one YouTuber Meatcanyon made. Ignore the animation if you want but the song hits.
"You were my touchdown, my winning play. BUT NOW IT'S THE END OF THE GAME I WAS A POINT YOU COULD CLAIM."
"YOU WERE MY ENDZONE, THOUGHT YOU FELT THE SAME BUY NOW IT'S A ONE PLAYER GAME YOU LEFT ME OUT IN THE RAIN".
The Night We Met - Lord Huron
Jagged little pill - You oughta know
I don't think you know the song at all. It's a song by Alanis Morisette. Jagged Little pill was the name of the album. How old are you? I reckon you weren't around in the 90's.
The song is you oughta know! Jagged little pill was the album 😉
I will survive.
You're Breaking My Heart by Harry Nilsson
"Sorry" by The Smithereens. When you reach the point of being pissed off.
Somebody kill me by Adam Sandler
I once broke up with a girlfriend and as we were talking 'Wherever I lay my hat' by Paul Young came on. If felt kinda fitting and I left.
Ray Charles “Hit the road Jack!”
Classic song.
Go your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac
My favorite band of all time.
all saints - never ever
Gives you hell - all american rejects
Robin, Dancing in My Own
Not sure if it's a breakup song or a rejection song but Different Drum by Linda Ronstadt. It's basically saying "it's all in your head, it'll never work out, you're just putting me on a pedestal." And it's just a very down to earth and friendly way to dump/reject somebody too. Love Linda.
anything from for emma forever ago. listen to the whole album!
Stay. By hurts.
Tornado Joe by Toh Kay
“Most of the Time” by Bob Dylan.
Radio by Alakaline Trio.
Goodbye to You - Michelle Branch
I feel like I’m just to close to love you
I'm sorry you're going thru this. It's really hard! I've been there - my first adult break up
I have a spotify playlist that helped me at the time - breakup soothing
Oh this is amazing. Thank you!
Let me know if you click w any songs! Sending you hugs 🫂
Off-beat Reliant K did a breakup album called Apathetic EP. Totally worth checking out imo.
Stick Season Noah Kahan
It's Coming Down - Cake
Sammy Hagar
Wonderful by Adam Ant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aehs-q05J9A
Did I tell you how much I miss
Your sweet kiss?
Did I tell you I didn't cry?
Well, I lied
I la la la la la la lied
True To Myself - Ziggy Marley.
So soon by Marianna trench
Unironically The Breakup Song by Wale
Meteor by Pikasonic
I’ll be alright without you- Journey
"If We Ever Broke Up" Mae Stephems
gilded lily by the cults
let her go - passenger
Ghost by the Indigo Girls. It's a good one for realising that the person you fell in love with is not the person they currently are.
That’s just about exactly what happened, putting this on now!!
Radio by Alkaline Trio
How Do I Live Without You by Trisha Yearwood
Rascal Flatts : What Hurts The Most
Alessia Cara: Out of love
Ruth B: So this is love
Toni Braxton : I don't want to
Jojo: Too Little Too Late
Becky Hill : Remember (acoustic)
Gale: abcedfu
Raye: Escapism (4am Remix)
Joji: Daylight
Mariah Carey : I stay in love, H.A.T.E.U.
Breland : Heartbreak & Alcohol, Told you I could drink
Priscilla Block : Good on you , Wish you were the whiskey , Just about over you
Maddie & Tae: Heart They Didn't Break, Die from a broken heart
Reba : For my broken heart
Carly Pearce: What he didn't do
Kelsea Ballerini: Blindsided
Jessie Reyez: Great One
Olivia Rodrigo: good 4 u, favorite crime , deja Vu
Taylor Swift: afterglow
Red Rubber Ball by The Cyrkle. https://youtu.be/rxRfbJvjsN8?si=jSRqTpy7_U6ga9_s
Kelly Clarkson songs ♥️
I'm so sorry to hear that. I've always loved breakup/heartache songs more just because, so I have a ton of recomms.
- Fancy Cars - Last Time Love, Brave (the second one isn't technically a breakup song but it's still poignant and beautiful)
- Nadia Ali - Fine Print
- tofu - Sweetest High
- Illenium - Sad Songs
- jens - I wish I was right for you
- Martin Garrix - So Far Away
- Ella Vos - Temporary - Georgia Ku - What do I do
- KIDDO - Drunk and I miss you
- LeJeune - Now we're here
- Shoya - Paper Clouds (instrumental, still fits the vibe)
Sending hugs and hoping you'll feel better each day.
Hugs back!! Thank you!
Weird Al has 2 of the funniest ever written
Oh I feel you, I’m suffering through a breakup too!
I just went through my breakup playlist to find my favourite breakup songs at the moment. Hopefully these will resonate and help you get in a good cry.
1) the district sleeps alone tonight, cover by Birdy
2) over and over by Rachel Yamagata
3) the ice is getting thinner by Death Cab For Cutie
4) I don’t feel it anymore by William Fitzsimmons
5) Landfill by Daughter
And a bonus “fuck you I hate you song” - Yule shoot your eye out by Fall out Boy!
Someone Like You
Little Dreamer- Future Islands. It's about a breakup and still reduces its maker/singer to tears every time he brings it on stage. Maybe it'll be cathartic for you as well. ❤️
Fiona Apple albums Tidal and When the Pawn
Lost the breakup by maisie peters, frankly anything by her but I recommend Boy and Trying (not friends)
Self Control by Frank Ocean
Easy On Me - Adele
Blame Brett by The Beaches!
Cry by Cigarettes after sex. Or any of their songs, they’re meant to evoke melancholy and all of their songs strike a beautiful chord of a relationship ending.
Ben Folds - Gone
Paul Simon - 50 Ways to leave your lover
Joy Divison - Love will tear us apart
Carole King - It's too late
The Police - Every breath you take
Justin Timberlake - Cry me a river
Leonard Cohen - Everybody knows
Oran "Juice" Jones - The Rain
About Today - by The National
My Interpretation by Mika
modern love - david bowie
Simili Life - quadron
Weird Al - One More Minute, You Don't Love Me Anymore
Something in the Orange - Zach Bryan (Z&E’s Version)
I can still make Cheyenne by George strait
Better Things by The Kinks
Changes by Black Sabbath
Get the Point by My Morning Jacket
Black T-shirt. Ben Folds Five.
Radio by The Alkaline Trio. The first line is amazing.
Comet by The Midnight
Rootless Teee by Damien Rice
50 ways to leave your lover
Rod Stewart Maggie May or Deep Purple Unwritten Law
perfect day - lou reed <3 makes me cry everytime
also any song off Lana’s “Ultraviolence”
You F*cked Up - Ween
I have 2 suggestions.
Wicked game - Chris Isaak however I find the Corey Taylor's voice much more pleasing to my ears in Stone Sours acoustic cover.
Another one was I gave you everything - The Interrupters if you're into a bit more SKA/Punk vibes.
Hope the heartache subsides quickly.
Butch Walker, Best Thing You Never Had
Really depends on how it ended but the following are a few I go back to every now and then to “feel all the feels” when I think back on past relationships that could’ve worked.. but didn’t. These songs even help me now to process my emotions with my current partner if we go through a fight.
Exile (ft. Bon Iver) - Taylor Swift\ Another Love - Tom Odell\ Skinny love - Birdy\ Love in the Dark - Adele\ You’re Not Sorry - Taylor Swift\ Let it go - James Bay\ Unsteady - X Ambassadors\ Only Love can hurt like this - Paloma Faith\ Iris - The Goo Goo Dolls\ Behind these hazel eyes - Kelly Clarkson\ Something to remember- Matt Hansen\ Waves - Dean Lewis (Acoustic)\ \ Hope this helps and hope you feel back to your positive self soon ❤️
Song for the Dunped, Ben Folds
Here in the real world by Alan Jackson
You guys are amazing! I turned all of these suggestions into a playlist and depression cleaned my apartment 🙌
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5opVBqU7u2ZWSHbdytlwAS?si=9HAF4xpKSTeZf9DdLvppXg&pi=u-Nt_bDhgzRPCh
💛
It hurts by 2ne1
Depends on the breakup, but "So long, Goodbye" from 10 Years if I'm wanting to feed the depression.
I think that’s what I’m doing. We ended both saying we wish it could be different but neither of us are willing to bend a specific boundary so we ended it instead of fighting about it forever…which I guess is healthy? good? Idk but god it feels so shitty right now
Breakups always feel shitty when it's fresh. You had plans and designs, invested emotions and one day you realize that shit isn't going to work out the way you thought it was going to... It starts off feeling a lot like a death in the family. After awhile though - like some mother fucking magic - you realize that the possibilities for something (someone) better are endless.
When that day comes; happy hunting.
ik this wasnt directed @ me but seeing this comment helped put things in perspective 4 me bc u r So right ! Thx♥️
ahhh thank you for this perspective i definitely needed to hear its not going to be like this forever
Bright Eyes - Lua
Crying Over You - The Band CAMINO & Chelsea Cutler
How’s It Gonna Be - Third Eye Blind
Bad Things by Wednesday 13
Goodbye by Air Supply
Heart to Heart, by Mac Demarco. its soul crushingly good
Love on the brain - Rihanna
(Even though I’ve never had a break up)
Everything You've Ever Dreamed by Arianne
Jennifer Hanson - Beautiful Goodbye
All Ends Well - Alter Bridge
I’ve admittedly never been in a relationship myself but if I HAD to choose one I’d go with one of the ol’ reliables: “Careless Whisper” by Wham!
'The end of the world. '
Old sweet song.
The City by The Dismemberment Plan
A Million to One - by KISS. Off their Lick it Up album.
Blue skies Noah and the Whale, Fool of me Meshell Ndegeocello, Dreams Fleetwood Mac
Don’t Think Twice, Mike Ness
Basically the entire album Everything Sux by the Descendants
Lover, Please Stay by Nothing But Thieves
Gnash - I hate you, I love you.
Depends on what the context of the break-up was... I listened to a Song called "Soy El Unico" by Yahritza y Su Escencia for a long time to help with my break up.
Love allways - John Connor There is nothing that will hit me harder than this song.
“Goodbye looks good on you” featuring Mitchell Tenpenny
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor swift
If you let me (acoustic) - Sinead Harnett
If you have Spotify they have a breakup and sad songs playlist. Me…. Goodbye to you… scandal I think.
"I love it" - Icono Pop
say you will by Kanye.
The Script - Break Even