Break My Heart (Hey Violet song)

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"Break My Heart"
Hey Violet - Break My Heart.png
Single by Hey Violet
from the album From the Outside
ReleasedMarch 10, 2017 (2017-03-10)
Genre
Length3:29
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Rena Lovelis
  • Nia Lovelis
  • Miranda Miller
  • Casey Moreta
  • Kristian Lundin
  • Julian Bunetta
  • Cory Enemy
  • Iain Shipp
Producer(s)
  • Julian Bunetta
  • Cory Enemy
  • Picard Brothers
Hey Violet singles chronology
"Guys My Age"
(2016)
"Break My Heart"
(2017)
"Hoodie"
(2017)

"Break My Heart" is a song by American rock band Hey Violet from their debut studio album, From the Outside (2017). The song was written by the band's members, along with the song's producers Julian Bunetta, Cory Enemy, and the Picard Brothers. It was released on March 10, 2017, as the album's second single.

Contents

Composition

"Break My Heart" is a part of the sonic departure from the pop punk style Hey Violet previously created to a more synth-based sound. Lead singer Rena Lovelis described the single as a song that is "capable of experimenting with new sounds and toying with synths." [3]

Critical reception

Alternative Press called the song a "jam", [3] while Popdust dubbed it as "a full-blown addiction". [4] Mike Wass from Idolator described the song as a "monstrous electro-anthem". [1] In a review of From the Outside, Heather Phares noted that the song "takes its cues from late-2010s trends like tropical pop and EDM, but the hooks are all Hey Violet". [2]

Music video

The music video for "Break My Heart", directed by Darren Craig and Jesse Heath, premiered on April 3, 2017. [5] The video features the band's lead singer, Rena, with her boyfriend on the bleachers asking him to break her heart. Throughout the video, the other band members are seen in a foggy room and various frames show a heart tattoo on Rena's arm, a baseball hat in her hand, and her sitting on a throne in the middle of the room.

Track listings

  1. "Break My Heart" – 3:29
  1. "Break My Heart" (Stripped) – 3:49
  1. "Break My Heart" (Vertue Remix) – 4:07
  1. "Break My Heart" (Big Fish Remix) – 3:35

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Mainstream Top 40 ( Billboard ) [10] 37

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousMarch 10, 2017 Digital download
[6]
United StatesApril 4, 2017 Contemporary hit radio
[11]
VariousApril 14, 2017Digital download – Stripped
  • 5Mode
  • Capitol
[7]
May 19, 2017Digital download – Vertue Remix [8]
May 26, 2017Digital download – Big Fish Remix [9]

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