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Breakups are hard, but being permanently tied to your ex through a smash hit song can be even harder.
In a new Complex cover story published Wednesday (June 26) ahead of her new album C,XOXO, Camila Cabello got candid about her feelings toward “Señorita,” which she released in 2019 with Shawn Mendes just before they started publicly dating — and suffice to say, it’s not necessarily her favorite song in her discography now that the two stars are split up.
When asked whether she ever tires of hearing the Billboard Hot 100-topping duet or “Havana” — which also reached No. 1 on the chart in its heyday — the Fifth Harmony alum said yes, but especially “Señorita.”
“I think there’s always a worry when a song becomes so massive that it’s going to be bigger than you,” she told the publication. “I obviously love that they were so massive and successful. But it does get people attached to you in a certain light. I was in a really public relationship and as a woman, you’re like, ‘I don’t want this couple thing to be my new identity.’”
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Cabello and Mendes first sparked romance rumors in July 2019, one month after “Señorita” dropped. The pair went on to date for about two years before announcing their breakup in November 2021, sharing a joint statement that read: “Hey guys, we’ve decided to end our romantic relationship but our love for one another as humans is stronger than ever. We started our relationship as best friends and will continue to be best friends.”
The pair appeared to reunite in April 2023 when fans spotted them packing on PDA at Coachella; however, their rekindling was short-lived. Earlier this year, Cabello confirmed on Call Her Daddy that she and the “Stitches” singer had temporarily gotten back together but quickly decided to end it.
“It was a fun moment,” she said on the podcast. “I think you’re just kind of like, ‘Yeah, this doesn’t really … it’s not a fit — it doesn’t feel right. Luckily, I was in a place in my life where … it took us both less time to be like, ‘This doesn’t feel right and we don’t really need to try so hard to make it work. It’s all good, let’s move on.’”
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Lori Harvey and Damson Idris appeared to be the power couple of everyone’s dreams and displayed what all thought was a loving union that would last forever. However, the streets are whispering that the pair have officially split and fans on social media are sharing their observations of the breakup.
After rumors persisted online in 2022, Lori Harvey and Damson Idris made their relationship Instagram official at the top of this year. From there, the couple showcased their moments together via their respective Instagram pages. Idris also shared a birthday Instagram Story picture and post with Harvey, calling her “Nunu” in the message.
Beyond photos and the like, Harvey and Idris didn’t speak much about their relationship, opting to keep much of their dating life private. That said, both of the stats attracted a flurry of attention whenever a hint of them together online appeared with their fans rooting for this relationship to last.
The Hollywood Reporter obtained an exclusive joint statement from Harvey and Idris, which we’ll share below.
From THR:
“We are at a point in our lives where our individual paths require our full attention and dedication. We part ways remaining friends with nothing but love and respect for each other and the time we shared together.”
As expected, the news of the breakup has folks dropping all manner of comments. Some are applauding Harvey for choosing herself while others are making light of Idris and his feelings.
On X, formerly known as Twitter, fans are reacting to the news of Lori Harvey and Damson Idris breaking up. The reactions are all over the place and we’ve featured some of them below.
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Swifties are still in mourning following news that Taylor Swift and her boyfriend of six years, Joe Alwyn, have broken up.
The shocking turn of events was first reported in an exclusive April 8 piece from ET, followed by additional confirmations from other news outlets citing sources close to the situation. Neither Swift nor Alwyn have addressed the situation, but if those sources are to be believed, the split was perfectly amicable.
So why are fans, who’ve helmed an outpouring of social media grief-posts since then, so sad?
Well, Swifties are particularly invested in the happiness of one Taylor Alison Swift. Longtime fans have been at Swift’s side throughout her self-professed “hopeless romantic” search for true love for 17 years. Alwyn’s steadfast presence for six years felt like the end of a full circle journey for those who’ve been with her since the beginning (as well as younger fans who have experienced the ups-and-downs of her romantic life by listening to the visceral love songs in her back catalog).
That being said, there’s nothing wrong with being sans a significant other, no matter who you are. But the sweetness of lyrics like “My heart’s been borrowed and yours has been blue / All’s well that ends well to end up with you” starts to taste a little salty in lieu of a breakup.
With a heavy heart, Billboard rounds up 13 of the most heartbreaking Taylor Swift songs to revisit post-Alwyn (and no, they aren’t all from Lover). Read them below, but have tissues ready.
“Cornelia Street”
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Album: Lover
Why it’s heartbreaking: This one might be the most obvious in the mix — fans have literally been making pilgrimages to Swift’s infamous West Village apartment to mourn — but “Cornelia Street” is straight up painful now that “Toe” is no longer. On this Lover fan favorite, the pop star vows to never again go near the tucked-away New York home she and Alwyn once shared if they broke up, because the pain of it all would be that catastrophic.
Saddest lyric: “I hope I never lose you, hope it never ends / I’d never walk Cornelia Street again / That’s the kind of heartbreak time could never mend”
“Death By a Thousand Cuts”
Album: Lover
Why it’s heartbreaking: Swift once jokingly bragged about how “Death By a Thousand Cuts” proved she was still able to write exquisite breakup songs even while in a happy, healthy relationship (see: her Tiny Desk concert). But now, she probably relates to its piercing lyrics in real time, for the first time since she wrote them — which, if true, is such a cruel twist of fate.
Saddest lyric: “My heart, my hips, my body, my love / Trying to find a part of me that you didn’t touch / Gave up on me like I was a bad drug”
“Last Kiss”
Album: Speak Now
Why it’s heartbreaking: Yes, “Last Kiss” was written a long time before Swift ever met Alwyn. But the raw pain of one of her most brutal breakup songs seems fresh again; the hook “never thought we’d have a last kiss” is especially fitting for a love that, to outsiders, seemed like it would last a lifetime.
Saddest lyric: “So I’ll watch your life in pictures like I used to watch you sleep / And I feel you forget me like I used to feel you breathe”
“Midnight Rain”
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Album: Midnights
Why it’s heartbreaking: This Midnights track didn’t ring any alarm bells at the time of its release; fans generally assumed the clashing personalities described in the lyrics were written about an ex, not Alwyn, who was believed to still be her boyfriend at the time. Now, it seems plausible that “Midnight Rain” was actually an early warning of the reported differences that ultimately caused Swift and Alwyn’s breakup.
Swift has been open in the past about how the Favourite actor prefers a private, quiet, not-so-glamorous lifestyle. And in “Midnight Rain,” that’s the exact type of partner she describes needing to leave behind: “He wanted it comfortable, I wanted that pain / He wanted a bride, I was making my own name.”
Saddest lyric: “I guess sometimes we all get just what we wanted / And he never thinks of me, except when I’m on TV”
“Dancing With Our Hands Tied”
Album: Reputation
Why it’s heartbreaking: This anxiety-fueled track encapsulates a recurring theme on Reputation: fear that Swift’s hectic life would somehow cause her to lose her love. Actually, that’s a recurring theme throughout her latter discography — but more on that later.
No one knows for sure what truly caused the breakup, but it’s hard not to sympathize with Taylor upon discovering that this fear came true, at least to an extent.
Saddest lyric: “I loved you in spite of deep fears that the world would divide us / So, baby, can we dance / Oh, through an avalanche?”
“Lover”
Album: Lover
Why it’s heartbreaking: The title track of Swift’s mushy-gushiest album ever is one of the purest, most joyful love songs in her discography. In professing to have found her forever partner after years of getting her heart broken time and time again, “Lover” gave fans in similar boats hope that a soul mate was out there waiting for everyone — now, it doesn’t feel so certain.
Saddest lyric: “Can I go where you go? / Can we always be this close forever and ever?”
“Invisible String”
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Album: Folklore
Why it’s heartbreaking: Throughout “Invisible String,” Swift seems to give vignetted snapshots of her fated relationship with Alwyn, from his childhood job at a yogurt shop to their three-year anniversary lakeside vacation. The motif of this folksy serenade is that she and her beau were destined from the very beginning by a metaphoric “thread of gold” that connected them through all their ups and downs.
To know that the thread was broken — or worse, never actually existed — is wildly depressing.
Saddest lyric: “A string that pulled me out of all the wrong arms right into that dive bar / Something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire / Chains around my demons, wool to brave the seasons / One single thread of gold tied me to you”
“The Great War”
Album: Midnights (3am Edition)
Why it’s heartbreaking: The message of this deluxe Midnights stunner is that Swift’s relationship went through a grueling, nearly fatal rough patch before coming out stronger on the other side. She sings of jealousy, trust issues and arguments that nearly made her lose the one thing that really mattered. But because they got through it, nothing would ever be able to separate them again.
Saddest lyric: “That was the night I nearly lost you / I really thought I lost you”
“Peace”
Album: Folklore
Why it’s heartbreaking: Again, we have Swift addressing her fear that the tumultuousness of her life might interfere with her ability to preserve her relationship. “If you’re gonna be in my life, there’s a certain amount that comes with it I can’t stop from happening,” she said of the meaning behind “Peace” in her Folklore: The Longpond Studio Sessions film. “This song was basically like, is it enough? Is the stuff that I can control enough to block out things that I can’t?”
Saddest lyric: “Give you the silence that only comes when two people understand each other / Family that I chose, now that I see your brother as my brother / Is it enough?”
“Champagne Problems”
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Album: Evermore
Why it’s heartbreaking: Part of what makes the fictional breakup story in “Champagne Problems” so devastating is how Swift wrote the song with Alwyn, credited under the pseudonym William Bowery. Were they predicting their own split years before it went down without even knowing it? We’re not crying, you’re crying.
Saddest lyric: “One for the money, two for the show / I never was ready, so I watch you go”
“Sweet Nothing”
Album: Midnights
Why it’s heartbreaking: “Sweet Nothing” now feels like a premature response to the fears expressed on “Dancing With Our Hands Tied” and “Peace.” Also written with Alwyn, this simple lullaby seemed to say: yes, as long as we have each other, that’s enough.
Saddest lyric: “All that you ever wanted from me was nothing”
“You’re On Your Own, Kid”
Album: Midnights
Why it’s heartbreaking: Midnights’ Track 5 finds Swift realizing that no one is waiting at the end of the road for her, not even her partner — which is telling, given recent events. All this time she’s been alone, for better or for worse, even when she thought she had it all.
She doesn’t look back with regret, though. And at the end, she reminds us that we shouldn’t either: “Everything you lose is a step you take / So make the friendship bracelets / Take the moment and taste it / You’ve got no reason to be afraid.”
Saddest lyric: “I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this / I hosted parties and starved my body / Like I’d be saved by a perfect kiss”
“White Horse (Taylor’s Version)”
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Album: Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
Why it’s heartbreaking: A teenaged Swift used to prophesy that someday, she’d find her Prince Charming. After ten years, it seemed like she finally had.
Sigh.
Saddest lyric: “I’m gonna find someone someday who might actually treat me well”
Some fans think Liam Hemsworth’s fingerprints — or should we say, footprints — are all over Miley Cyrus‘ new album Endless Summer Vacation, which dropped midnight Friday (March 10).
More specifically, many have speculated that track nine on the album, “Muddy Feet,” calls out Hemsworth for being unfaithful during their relationship. “You smell like perfume that I didn’t purchase,” Cyrus sings on the record, a collaboration with Sia. “Now I know why you’ve been closing the curtains/ Get the f–k out of my house.”
Later on the song, she sings, “Always questioning my questioning/ Get thе f–k out of my head with that s–t.”
Of course, Cyrus doesn’t mention the Hunger Games actor by name; however, her former romance with Hemsworth is objectively the musician’s longest and most well-known public relationship. The two first met in 2009 on set of The Last Song, and dated on and off for the better part of a decade. In 2018, they got married before promptly splitting a few months later in 2019.
The length and rockiness of the former couple’s relationship has led fans to connect much of Cyrus’ new music to Hemsworth, including her Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Endless Summer Vacation lead single. On “Flowers,” the Hannah Montana star confidently sings about her ability to love herself better than her former partner, believed by many to be Hemsworth, ever could.
There’s also the not-so-subtle fact that Cyrus literally released “Flowers” on Jan. 13 this year, aka Hemsworth’s 33rd birthday. So, there’s that.
Check out some of the best reactions to Miley Cyrus potentially confirming Liam Hemsworth cheated on her below.
oh Liam Hemsworth you will crumble for your sins, Miley went into muddy feet mad mad! CALL HIM OUT MOTHER . Miley Cyrus Muddy Feet instant classic pic.twitter.com/gmOFGcA08Q— Butterfly Candy Paint (@BlackNormani) March 9, 2023
Liam should be terrified of muddy feet miley was PISSEDDD— john 🌊 (@mileyfIower) March 9, 2023
Muddy Feet Ft. Sia, I love this song so much. The moment she knows Liam is cheating on her. hahaha Endless Summer Vacation— Rex (@rexhausted23) March 9, 2023
Muddy Feet – oh she was MAD! She’s called Liam a cheater in like 28 different ways now and I eat it up every time. “IMMA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.” we ride at dawn!!! Sia killed her little ohhhhhs btw 9/10 pic.twitter.com/OhW2IFGv7g— kayla (@mckaylaknows) March 10, 2023
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