From Shakira to Nodal, this is how they bill with heartbreak

Heartbreak in music continues to be a topic that generates millions of sales or views on various streaming platforms, the closest cases being that of Shakira with “BZRP Music Sessions #53”, which so far has more than 138 million views. on YouTube and “Flowers”, by Miley Cyrus, with more than 42 million viewers. The latter also occupies first place in the Global Top 50 on Spotify, dethroned the interpreter of “Monotonía”.

Since both released their songs, they have been a topic of conversation because of the lyrics of their songs, but also because of the references to their ex-partners. In the “BZRP Music Sessions #53”, which became the best Latin premiere in the history of YouTube, surpassing “Despacito”, by Luis Fonsi, Shakira decides to raise her voice and speak openly about the infidelity of the player Gerard Piqué, how he has dealt with the debt in the Treasury, with the siege of the press and even with having the ex-mother-in-law as a neighbor. While in “Flowers,” Cyrus seems to respond to her ex-husband Liam Hemsworth with a powerful self-love message from her in which she tells him, “I can buy myself flowers, write my name in the sand.”

They have not been the only ones who have sung to heartbreak or to an ex-partner, just remember Christian Nodal, an interpreter who, after the break with the vocalist Belinda, released “Ya no somos ni seremos”, which until yesterday had more than 190 million views on Youtube .

Heartbreak also paid off for the Colombian singer Maluma: his hit “Hawái” in Mexico obtained 660,000 certified sales, in its original version; and with The Weeknd, 30 thousand. In 2020, when it was released, it was ranked #2 on Spotify’s Global Top 50. In 24 hours it reached more than 80 million views on its YouTube channel. Although the interpreter has indicated that he did not dedicate it to his ex-girlfriend Natalia Barulich, he does speak of a love break.

For its part, “Happier Than Ever”, by Billie Eilish, was immediately linked to her ex-boyfriend Brandon Quentin Adams. Part of the lyrics read: “You do the opposite of what you said you would / And I’d end up scarier / Don’t say it’s unfair / Clearly you knew you made me miserable.” Until yesterday it had more than 263 million views on YouTube.

Adele and Taylor Swift are other artists who have sung about heartbreak, the first with songs like “Easy on Me” and “Someone Like You”; and the second with “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” and “All Too Well”. Karol G in her collaboration with Becky G, “MAMIII”, also achieved success. The song was related to the break with Anuel AA.

If we go back decades, Alejandra Guzmán and Paulina Rubio were recurring in gossip magazines for “Mío” and “Hey güera”, themes that revealed the love triangle they starred in with Erik Rubín.

Although it had always been speculation, in 2021 the rocker declared: “Yes, I dedicated it to Paulina Rubio because she brought me down to Erik Rubín. Then she sang to me the one about that man is mine and that’s how we answered each other.

“Mío”, a song released in 1992 by the Golden Girl, was a hit in Latin America and among the Hispanic public in the United States.

The controversy continues to pay off, so much so that even recently Paulina Rubio and Alejandra Guzmán did the Perrísimas Tour, in which at the end of their concerts they included the songs that were dedicated.

Lupita D’Alessio also talked about her stormy relationships in “Lies” and “That man.”

“All the men, all the ones I had, five marriages and the intervals that did not meet, lied to me. Jorge Vargas, who was the father of my children, was a liar, although he may rest in peace. Then Carlos Reinoso, he was also a liar ”, she shared.

In this way, either because people identify with heartbreak songs or because they reveal information about their artists’ relationships or courtship, they continue to be profitable, listened to, and a topic of conversation.