But there was no true thematic through line to this casual revue of a dozen deeply beloved songs.
Rihanna’s hits are plentiful - she has charted more than 60 times on the Billboard Hot 100 - and they are varied. During “Work,” she led them as if she were a tutor calling out moves but not participating in them. The queen of nonchalance, Rihanna first appeared Sunday night on a stage floating above the 50-yard line (a gesture cribbed from Ye’s 2016 Saint Pablo tour) singing “Bitch Better Have My Money.” She was tethered to the platform, limiting her maneuvering, but even when she reached the ground she didn’t overemphasize dance, instead holding sturdy court at the center of 100-plus dancers, sharing in their movements but never outdoing them. So if her actual onstage delivery had been slightly weary, well, there were more important things to focus on. Instead, she used one of pop music’s biggest stages to assert that despite all of that collective anticipation, she had other things to focus on: a private life to return to. Perhaps she would announce a new single or album, or maybe a tour. Rihanna hasn’t released an album since “Anti” in 2016, and many in her fervent fan base took her willingness to perform at the Super Bowl this year as a sign that her return to music might be imminent. But for Rihanna, who last year gave birth to her first child, it was a stroke of performance savvy nonetheless - maybe the only gesture that could outshine, and reframe, the show she had just given. It was, as pregnancy reveals go, not quite on the theatrical level of Beyoncé’s belly rub at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. And if it’s all too bleak, well, we've got a list of pick-me-up songs ready for you to queue up to help the healing begin.Moments after Rihanna stepped off the Super Bowl LVII halftime stage Sunday night at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., her representative confirmed what her performance had suggested: The singer is pregnant with her second child. And among the 55 greatest breakup songs of all time, you're certain to find something to relate to.
Adele is lurking in the shadows of her ex's place, as she is wont to do.
There are indignant rappers and spiteful rockers. On this list, you'll find wounded soul singers and divas walking unbowed from the ashes of bad relationships. The best breakup songs distil raw, universal human emotions into sonic symphonies. And others… well frankly they’re a little toxic, songs about burning the very concept of love to the ground. Others are thoughtful meditations on human connection. But some are righteous cries of joy that signal the end of a bad relationship. Sadness and grief are certainly the classic ones.
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Okay, maybe they fit three or four simple patterns, but we’re talking some pretty radical extremes of feeling: are you happy, are you sad? Did you dump or were you dumped? Do you want them back or do you never want to see them again?īreakup anthems are complicated things that run the full gamut of emotion. Breakups songs don’t fit one simple pattern, because breakups don’t fit one simple pattern.
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