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"Break My Heart"
Single by Dua Lipa
from the album Future Nostalgia
Released25 March 2020 (2020-03-25)
Genre
Length3:41
LabelWarner
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Dua Lipa singles chronology
"Sugar (Remix)"
(2020) 		"Break My Heart"
(2020)
Music video
"Break My Heart" on YouTube

"Break My Heart" is a song by English singer Dua Lipa. It was released on 25 March 2020 through Warner Records as the third single from her second studio album Future Nostalgia (2020)[1][2] and will impact contemporary hit radio on 31 March as the second US single off the album.[3] The song was written by Lipa, Alexandra Tamposi and its producers the Monsters and the Strangerz. "Break My Heart" samples the melody from "Need You Tonight" (1987) by INXS, thus Michael Hutchence and Andrew Farriss are also credited as songwriters.[2]

Background

"Break My Heart" was leaked in January 2020 along with "Physical."[2] Lipa first revealed that the song would serve as the third single from Future Nostalgia in March 2020 on the Australian TV show Sunrise.[4] Lipa revealed the cover art and announced that the song would be released on 27 March 2020.[5][6] She later pushed up the release of the song to 25 March 2020 due to a potential and full leak of the album.[7]

Lipa said that she sees the song as a "celebration of vulnerability and being open about the vulnerable side of being in love, where I previously saw as weakness.[8]

Composition

Musically, "Break My Heart" is a three minute and fourty one second dance-pop[9] and disco-pop[10] song with a europop beat[11] in a "retro-futuristic" style.[10] It features bouncing-ball bass, handclaps[12], a staccato bass rhythm[13] and an "uplifting retro-inspired dance beat".[14] The song samples the melody from "Need You Tonight" by INXS.[15] Lyrically, the song is about being unable to resist the temptation of pursuing love.[16]

In terms of music notation, "Break My Heart" was composed using 4
4 common time in the key of E minor, with a tempo of 113 beats per minute.[17] Lipa's vocal range spans from the low note E3 to the high note of B4, giving the song four notes of range.[17]

Music video

The song's accompanying music video premiered via YouTube premiere on 26 March 2020 and was directed by Henry Scholfield.[18][19] The video was shot in Sofia, Bulgaria in January 2020 over the course of five days.[20][21][22] The video features a set of "’90s-inspired slide clips."[23]

Synopsis

The video begins with Lipa jumping on cars and walking through a traffic-jammed city block.[24] She is then seen in a man's apartment where she struggles to maintain her balance.[25] This is a metaphor for being uncertain about whether her feelings are being reciprocated.[25] Lipa then finds herself in a restaurant where she observes various couples going through issues.[19] She starts to dance on a disco floor in the middle of the restaurant before a wall explodes and she is sucked out.[24][25] She lands on an airplane seat where she gets up and walks to the back before it breaks off.[19] The carpet used on the plane is that of The Shining (1980).[24] Lipa then begins to dance on the end of the plane before a life raft explodes on her and she wakes up in a bed with a confused partner.[19] She runs scared into the bathroom picking up her shoes and beds with other men begin cycling through in the background.[19] She then falls into the bathtub which turns into a frothy pink martini one of Lipa's backup dancers is holding while she dances on a bar couch.[25] The video concludes looking at all the previous scenes and undoing some of the transitions before Lipa blows a bubble sitting on a car from the first scene.[18]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[26]

Charts

Chart (2020) Peak
position
Scotland (OCC)[27] 83
UK Singles Downloads (OCC)[28] 76

Release history

Region Date Format Label(s) Ref.
Various 25 March 2020
[29]
Australia 27 March 2020 Contemporary hit radio [30]
United Kingdom [31]
United States 31 March 2020 [32]

References

  1. ^ "Another Banger? Dua Lipa Teases New Single "Break My Heart"". Idolator. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Dua Lipa's single 'Break My Heart' from upcoming album 'Future Nostalgia' features a sample by rock band INXS". meaww.com. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Future Releases on Top 40 Radio". AllAccess. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Another Banger? Dua Lipa Teases New Single "Break My Heart"". idolator. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  5. ^ Lipa, Dua [@DUALIPA]. "1 WEEK - BREAK MY HEART - 27.03.2020pic.twitter.com/vjIxWRQeIG" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 March 2020 – via Twitter. {{Cite tweet}}: Invalid |number= (help)
  6. ^ "Dua Lipa divulga capa e data de lançamento de "Break My Heart"". POPline. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Dua Lipa Emotionally Announces 'Future Nostalgia' Has A New Earlier Release Date". Uproxx. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  8. ^ Lipa, Dua (27 March 2020). "Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia Livestream PART 2 - #StayHome #WithMe". Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via YouTube.
  9. ^ Cinquemani, Sal (25 March 2020). "Review: Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia Is a Euphoric Escape Hatch to Pop's Past". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  10. ^ a b Roth, Madeline (25 March 2020). "Dua Lipa Continues Her Disco-Pop Hot Streak With New Song 'Break My Heart'". MTV News. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  11. ^ Miller, Shannon (26 March 2020). "Social distancing could have saved Dua Lipa from angst in the video for "Break My Heart"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  12. ^ Johnston, Maura (27 March 2020). "Dua Lipa offers up high-octane pop bliss on Future Nostalgia". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  13. ^ Cardenas, Cat. "Dua Lipa's "Future Nostalgia" Is Dance Pop for When the Sky Is Falling". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Dua Lipa's New Break My Heart Music Video Will Have You Dancing Out of Your Seat". E! News. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  15. ^ Cinquemani, Sal (25 March 2020). "Review: Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia Is a Euphoric Escape Hatch to Pop's Past". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  16. ^ Slater, Bailey (25 March 2020). "REVIEW: DUA LIPA – FUTURE NOSTALGIA". Wonderland. Retrieved 27 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ a b "Dua Lipa "Break My Heart" Sheet Music in E Minor". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ a b DuaLipaVEVO (26 March 2020). "Dua Lipa - Break My Heart (Official Video)". YouTube. Retrieved 27 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ a b c d e Juneau, Jen (26 March 2020). "Dua Lipa Releases New Single 'Break My Heart' — Check Out the Upbeat Music Video". People. Retrieved 27 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ "JAVIER ALEJANDRO on Instagram: "@dualipa video 🔫🍭 another one with the Hermano Scholfield. @hscholfield 🦾 Love to the production Queens who always keep me in Line and on…"". Instagram. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  21. ^ "LOUIS MCMILLER on Instagram: "💔 BREAK MY HEART 💔 @dualipa ✨ -8 degrees mixed with 5 days of constant laughing and bopping 🥶🤣 A fab team all round and this is what we got…"". Instagram. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  22. ^ "🤤 on Instagram: "Protect your local popstars! Especially those with flu in -8°C in Bulgaria in January! Love you Dua💔 🎀BREAK MY HEART VIDEO OUT NOW🎀"". Instagram. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  23. ^ Van Paris, Calin (26 March 2020). "Dua Lipa's New 'Break My Heart' Music Video Makes the Case for Growing Out Your Roots". Vogue. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  24. ^ a b c Garcia, Kelsey (26 March 2020). "Dua Lipa Released a Groovy Music Video, and TikTok Must Be Scrambling to Learn the Dance". PopSugar. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  25. ^ a b c d Tilchen, Jordyn (26 March 2020). "DUA LIPA RIDES A HAMSTER WHEEL OF HEARTBREAK IN VIBRANT NEW VIDEO". MTV. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  26. ^ "Dua Lipa / Future Nostalgia / Credits". Tidal. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  27. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  28. ^ "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  29. ^ "Dua Lipa Unveils 'Break My Heart' Before 'Future Nostalgia' Release". Billboard. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  30. ^ "Singles To Radio". The Music Network. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  31. ^ "BBC - Radio 1 Playlist". BBC. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  32. ^ "Top 40/M Future Releases". All Access. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 March 2020 suggested (help)
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