With Beyonce dropping “Lemonade”, The 1975 dropping “I like it when you sleep for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it” and my reawakened appreciation of “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful” by Florence and the Machine, I have been surrounded by enough break-up anthems to last me many sad years of fantasized rejection. Each artist so strongly portrays heartbreak, hurt, anger, and longing that you yourself are infected despite being at a stable, single place for the majority of your life. What makes all of these albums so powerful isn’t the break-up theme, it’s the counter idea presented about love.
The desperate screech in Beyonce’s “What is it about you that I can’t erase?”, the hopeful sadness in Florence’s “It’s the he hardest thing I’ve ever had to do/ to try and keep from calling you,” and the sudden realization in Matt Healy’s “Our love has grown cold, and you’re intertwining your soul with somebody else,” all convey
by Yara Abuelreish
The Definition of
True Love
Through the Music of Heartbreak