The Best Breakup Songs: 77 Anthems For Broken Hearts
![](https://www.udiscovermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Best-Breakup-Songs.jpg)
quot;Writer In the Dark" is a song from Lorde's sophomore album, Melodrama. During an interview, Lorde sang a line from one of her "favorite tracks" on the album, "Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark". Later, the track list revealed it was in fact titled "Writer in the Dark". About the song, Lorde said: "I think that when you do this, you have to find a way to live with yourself, because it’s not making no one feel anything. A handful of people will listen to this album and have it sort of get them [in the gut]. But it was important for me to say. And I don’t think that song is apologising for it. It’s more like, what did you think was going to happen? I was doing this before I met you and I’ll be doing this after you’re gone… I felt quite empowered. It was weird, I woke up in the middle of the night and was lying next to someone. And I wrote it down on my phone and I was like, ‘Oh God, I feel so naughty writing this!’ While somebody’s sleeping, like an evil witch. But I really love that song. I feel like it’s such a cool, painful moment in the record."
![](https://media.glamourmagazine.co.uk/photos/64351e5774e2f95cc0bab98f/1:1/w_775%2Cc_limit/GettyImages-1474294711.jpg)
36 best breakup songs that will help mend your broken heart
The 30 best songs of 1977 - Gold
![](https://media.glamour.com/photos/5e430d8725f1ac0008cabf9d/4:3/w_2500,h_1875,c_limit/river%20(4).jpg)
51 Best Sad Love Songs for a Broken Heart
Heartbreak Songs To Sing Your Heart Out To #heartbreak #sadsongs
![](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/03/big-girls-cry-sia.jpg?quality=82&strip=all)
The 100 Best Breakup Songs of All Time — Best Life
![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9loTXznGJy4/maxresdefault.jpg)
The Best Breakup Songs: 77 Anthems For Broken Hearts
![](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/hXu_Fys1iu9g7vye5vE_X0wZ1pE=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/righteous-brothers-youve-lost-that-lovin-feelin-56a968ed5f9b58b7d0fb3249.jpeg)
75 Best Breakup Songs Of All Time
![](https://www.udiscovermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Gong-GettyImages-74273721-590x354.jpg)
The Best Breakup Songs: 77 Anthems For Broken Hearts
![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UguyZtTAclQ/maxresdefault.jpg)
32 of the Best Breakup Songs, Whether You're Sad or Angry
![](https://media.timeout.com/images/105917944/750/562/image.jpg)
The 55 Best Breakup Songs Of All Time
![](https://assets.teenvogue.com/photos/5dbee98bb42b6c0008140084/1:1/pass/GettyImages-1185230918.jpg)
117 Best Breakup Songs for the Newly Single
Sophie Dorsey's Instagram, Twitter & Facebook on IDCrawl
![](https://www.liveabout.com/thmb/BX0MKjm6lTV_dJ9WBjdMzurpexY=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/police-every-breath-you-take-56a968e33df78cf772a6bc37.jpg)
75 Best Breakup Songs Of All Time
![](https://media.timeout.com/images/101467753/750/562/image.jpg)
The 55 Best Breakup Songs Of All Time
![](https://parade.com/.image/t_share/MTkwNTgxMjUzMDM2MTg4Nzk3/gloria-gaynor-ftr.jpg)
100 Best Breakup Songs of All Time - Parade