You have eaten three tubs of ice cream, spent hours crying, gone through old pictures and have debated adopting another cat. You have finished sadness, the first stage of breakup grief, you have played all your depressing heartbreak music. Well, wipe off those tears and start this playlist for the next phase, anger. Here are songs to blare in your car and sing at the top of your lungs.
Song: Gives You Hell
Artist: The All-American Rejects
Year: 2008
Runtime: 3:37
This song makes people angry even when they have no one to be angry at. Scream this and tell whoever hurt you that you are doing just fine without them. The best line to sing at the top of your lungs and remind yourself that you are better than your ex is the second chorus when the beat drops;
“When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell.”
Song: IDGAF
Artist: Dua Lipa
Year: 2018
Runtime: 4:01
Dua Lipa perfectly captures your feelings after a breakup when the other person tries to apologize and you just don’t care. The best lyric to remind yourself how much you want to tell your ex to screw off;
“Now you’re all in the past
You talk all that sweet talk, but I ain’t comin’ back
Cut you off
I don’t need your love”
Song: Best Thing I Never Had
Artist: Beyoncé
Year: 2011
Runtime: 4:14
No one is more sassy and confident than Beyoncé. Take her advice and remind yourself daily that you are the best thing they will never have again, and a breakup is not your loss but theirs. Turn up your volume and blare these lyrics;
“Lord knows that it would take another place
Another time, another world, another life
Thank God I found the good in goodbye.”
Song: Since You Been Gone
Artist: Kelly Clarkson
Year: 2004
Runtime: 3:35
This is one of Kelly Clarkson’s most iconic songs, and one of Clarkson’s first major successes. Even if you are not currently going through a breakup this song is hard to listen to without feeling angry or jubilant. Plug in the AUX cord and scream these lyrics because you are better off solo;
“Shut your mouth, I just can’t take it
Again, and again, and again, and again.”
Song: Don’t
Artist: Ed Sheeran
Year: 2014
Runtime: 3:40
“Don’t” is the breakup song of our generation, about two people hooking up who might not be officially together but have feelings for each other. Play this song on blast because you do not need a title in a relationship to deserve respect. Angrily yell along with Sheeran when he says;
“Don’t f**k with my love
That heart is so cold”
Song: Picture to Burn
Artist: Taylor Swift
Year: 2006
Runtime: 2:54
This song is a breakup anthem for all the girls screwed over by boys who do not deserve them. You will share Swift’s resentful attitude and the twangy guitar is perfect to yell along with. This is a classic Swift song from her first-ever album and the lyric’s angst is real;
“If you’re missing me,
You’d better keep it to yourself
‘Cause coming back around here
Would be bad for your health.”
Song: Changing of the Seasons
Artist: Two Door Cinema Club
Year: 2012
Runtime: 3:21
“Changing of the Seasons” is a song with a good beat and a nice way of saying screw you to your ex. You are going to get over your ex and forget them one day. Remind yourself of this fact with lyrics like this;
“And I’ve worn out all the reasons
To keep on knocking at your door
Could be the changing of the seasons
But I don’t love you anymore.”
Song: Thinking of You
Artist: Kesha
Year: 2012
Runtime: 3:05
Kesha holds nothing back in this song, and she lets whoever screwed her over know that she is doing much, much better without them. Get up and yell along to these lyrics because, just like Kesha, you are better off without whoever did you wrong;
“I know I said I wouldn’t talk about you publicly but
That was before I caught you lying and cheating on me, slut.”
Song: Forget You
Artist: CeeLo Green
Year: 2010
Runtime: 3:41
“Forget You” is a great song to remind you that you are good enough for anyone, and if someone tells you otherwise, forget them. Turn up the volume for these lyrics and remind yourself sometimes you just have to let people go;
“I’ve got some news for you
Ooh I really hate your ass right now.”
Song: Before He Cheats
Artist: Carrie Underwood
Year: 2006
Runtime: 3:19
This song is about a man that messed up big time, but Carrie Underwood isn’t crying, she is getting revenge. Instead of taking this song too literally and ending up in jail, use this song to express your anger over men who are trash, with lyrics like these;
“I might have saved a little trouble for the next girl
‘Cause the next time that he cheats
Oh, you know it won’t be on me!”