Breakup Songs Aren’t Just For Breakups

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🗓️ 25 August 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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A good breakup song can offer you catharsis and a good, long cry. They can help you mediate the feelings caused by a long lost love, a messy goodbye, or a person you never, ever, ever want to get back together with. (Thank you, Taylor Swift). But a breakup song doesn’t have to be about a relationship — it can be about a job you’re leaving behind, a city you’re moving away from, or a friendship that has run its course. And sometimes, even when you’re feeling just fine, cranking up that emo breakup song in your car and singing the lyrics at the top of your lungs can be the exact thing you need. We’re talking about breakup songs, and we want to hear from you: What breakup song got you through a tough time? Guests: Brontez Purnell, writer, musician and author of "100 Boyfriends." His recent piece for the New York Times Magazine is titled, "I've Listened to This Breakup Song a Million Times" Courtney E. Smith, creator and co-host of the podcast "Songs My Ex Ruined" Asal Ehsanipour, audio producer and writer. Ehsanipour produced the Foretold podcast for the L.A. Times. She is a former KQED reporter and producer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:14.8	From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Priya David Clemens, in for Alexis Madrigal. A great breakup song brings catharsis and often a good long cry. These songs can mediate the
1:34.2	ache from a long-lost love, a messy goodbye, or that person you're never, ever, ever going to get
1:41.2	back together with. Thank you, Taylor Swift.
1:46.7	But a breakup song doesn't have to be about a relationship.
1:49.0	It can be about a job you're leaving behind,
1:52.8	a city you're moving away from, or a friendship that's run its course.
1:56.4	We're talking about breakup songs, and we want to hear from you.
1:59.3	What song got you through a tough time?
2:02.2	That's all coming up next after this news.
2:16.4	Welcome to Forum. I'm Priya David Clemens, in for Alexis Madrigal.
2:19.9	And folks, we have a great show for you today.
2:26.0	We are talking about breakup songs. Having a go-to breakup song feels like a rite of passage. It's that song or songs that mirror those feelings of despair and desolation, anger and revenge, good riddance, and goodbye. In college, I remember when
2:38.0	my roommate basically turned off all the lights, pulled the blanket over her head, and played
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