So. Like a Civil War battlefield amputation, your relationship took a turn for the worse. Weโre sorry he/ she didnโt turn out to be all butterflies and strawberries. There, there. On the upside, now you can wallow for a week or so in pain songs, and what’s thisโ we’ve collected some below.
Keep your head up and remember: you donโt need a man. You donโt need a woman. You just need a sandwich.
To hear this playlist on Spotify check out: Breakin’ Up with the Houston Press 2020 by Kate McLean.
โI Canโt Make You Love Meโ by Bonnie Raitt: Damn, Bonnie. This song is really sad, good job. Dope piano solo, too.
โAnytimeโ by Brian McKnight: Do you ever cross my mind? Anytime?? Honestly, it depends on 1. How hard you made me laugh and 2. How hard you made me (bleeeeeeep.)
โWhat Hurts The Mostโ by Rascal Flatts: What hurts the most is how I think I can hit those notes windows down sitting in traffic.
โThings Iโve Learned (AUST Remix)โ by BRKLYN, Jocelyn Alice, Fairlane, AUST: I guess, BRAD, what I’ve learned is to ask you to snake the drain two weeks before it’s actually necessary.
โNot In Loveโ by Crystal Castles, Robert Smith:ย Definitely not in love. But! Maybeย you should come over one more time real fast I found your “grandpa’s cuff links”.
โShiver and Shakeโ by Ryan Adams: Crawl into the bath tub, turn on the faucet, and might as well turn on the shower head too. Who cares.
“Sideways” by Citizen Cope: Are you like obsessed with me or something?!?
โBloody Mother Fucking Assholeโ by Martha Wainwright: Yeah!!! What she said.
โYou Donโt Get Me High Anymoreโ by Phantogram, Joey Purp, A-trak: Okay, set the birthday cake frosting down. Get out of bed. Put on headphones. Walk to the living room and just start moving your body.
โSign No Moreโ by Mumford & Sons: This is the song you hear skipping on the record player as you wake up face smashed against the wood floor seven hours later because y’all didn’t break up. He died.
โPapillonโ by Secret Garden: Here is a sad piano song that turns into a sad violin song.
โHuntingโ by Ben Bohmer, JONAH: Never wait on someone else to love you. Never wait on someone else to love you. Never wait on someone else to love you.
โLet The Beat Buildโ by Lil Wayne: All right, Sunshine. Time to wake up. Ever heard of a Philly Cheesesteak?
This article appears in Jan 1 โ Dec 31, 2020.
