5 + 1 songs to listen to after the end of a relationship

The Latin tones of At once, the Spanish single by Selena Gomez released a few days ago, won me over from the very first listen.

Ok, the references we find in the video – from Frida Khalo to the pop star’s childhood – they contributed not a little.

look at her now #DeUnaVez pic.twitter.com/SqQCiFDCb5

— tyler 🧸 (@yntcdty) January 15, 2021

But the thing that struck me most about this passage, after reading the translation, is undoubtedly the text: for those who have not noticed – or if like me you do not know the language – it is a real hymn to love: or rather, it is the story in verse of how you can heal after the end of a relationship and return to love again, yourself and anyone else. In short, one of those songs to be listened to absolutely post break up, not only for the cathartic power of the music, but because his words are an invitation to accept what happened and start living again. In his case the references to the former Justin Bieber are quite obvious, but I believe each of us has experienced at least once what is sung in these stanzas: It doesn’t hurt like it used to, no / The wound of your love has healed once and for all / I’m stronger alone / I don’t regret the past / I know the time next to you has clipped my wings, but now this chest it’s bulletproof.

If you are facing a similar moment and you need a song that tells you that you can do it, that makes you excited or reflect on what you have lost (perhaps even by your will), then 5 songs to listen to after the end of a report:

AFTER HOURS – THE WEEKEND

The title track of the last album of The Weeknd talks about the end of a relationship that changed him profoundly. But after losing the person he loved by sins that he himself admits in the text (it is rumored that the reference is to Selena Gomez), apologizes and promises not to fall back into certain errors. Where are you now when I need you most? /I’d give it all just to hold you close/Sorry that I broke your heart/I said, baby I’ll treat you better than I did before/I’ll hold you down and not let you go. Here, maybe when we are blinded by the pain of loss we just need to pick up the pieces, realize what happened, try to understand where we went wrong and how we could fix it (even if the final result does not always depend only on us) .

ANGELS LIKE YOU – MILEY CYRUS

This is one of my favorite songs from his latest album, Plastic Heart. Miley Cyrus he dedicated it to Kaitlynn Carter and it’s perfect for anyone who realizes that, even if it hurts, the end of the relationship was inevitable because a relationship of that kind could no longer exist. Maybe because their way of being made the other suffer or because, more simply, if we are not comfortable with ourselves we find it hard to be with another person. It takes a lot of awareness to admit it and here the pop star shows great maturity. If you broke up for a more or less similar reason, then you will find refuge in his words: I brought you down to your knees/’Cause they say that misery loves company/It’s not your fault I ruin everything/And it’s not your fault I can’t be what you need/Baby, angels like you can’t fly down here with me.

STILL HAVE ME – DEMI LOVATO

After only two months of official engagement, Demi Lovato e Max Ehrich they broke up. It is not known what happened between them. The fact is that, a few days after the news, the pop star has released this song. I still have me is the song you need to listen to to realize that when everything goes wrong and you feel like you are going crazy, you are not alone: ​​you always have yourself. It doesn’t matter how, but you will try to get up and forget that person who has never made you feel special and no, it’s not selfishness, but love for yourself. I’m a mess and I’m still broken/But I’m finding my way back/And it feels like someone’s stolen/All the light I ever had/Like the world disappeared/And I’m laying right here/While the silence is piercing/And it hurts to breathe/I don’t have much but at least I still have me.

FALLING – HARRY STYLES

To get excited or drown in your own tears, there is no better song. Poetic, intense and full of food for thought, Falling of Harry Styles was written after her relationship with Camille Rowe. The message is clear: after a break you suffer, but the pain must be experienced fully because otherwise it does not go away and the wounds do not heal. Do not withdraw into yourself, even when it seems to you that you are falling into the void. If you don’t fall, you can’t get up. What am I now? What am I now?/What if I’m someone I don’t want around?I’m falling again, I’m falling again.

BREAK UP SONG – LITTLE MIX

After the stage of mourning and acceptance comes the time to turn the page. A pop song, with cheerful tones – despite the talk of the end of a love – and that will make you want to dance and sing at the top of your lungs. The passage does indeed refer to the pain one feels when a story comes to an end: This is for all the nights I cried for you, baby, but also speaks of the desire to move forward and get back into the game: Boy, I’ll do anything to get you off my mind. Music, for them, is the best antidote. Ah, of course, as the first verse shows: once you’ve chosen, there’s no turning back. No more reheated soups: This is not a second chance, no baby.