Mickey Guyton went through a bad breakup with her ex-boyfriend several years ago, which led to her previous hit single, “Better Than You Left Me.” She recently found out he was going around boasting that she wrote a song about him, which didn’t sit well with the singer. However, it did lead to her new single, “Heartbreak Song.”
“‘Better Than You Left Me.’ That song was kind of like getting over this breakup and becoming better off and realizing it. Then I come to find out that my ex-boyfriend was going around bragging to people that I wrote a song about him, a heartbreak song about him,” says Mickey. “So, I was like, ‘Hmmm, okay. Let me see how I can spin that.’ So, I went into this awesome songwriting session with these really great writers and I’m telling them this story, and I said, ‘I have ‘Heartbreak Song.’ I really want to write something about that.’ And I told them the [story] about my ex-boyfriend bragging to people. And this writer goes, ‘Ooooh. What if we said, ‘I ain’t gonna hit you with a Hearbreak Song?’ And I was like, ‘YES! Ahhhhhhhh! Oprah-style.’ And that’s where we came up with the song.”
“Heartbreak Song” will begin to hit the airwaves on Monday (June 20th). It’s also available for download on iTunes.
Audio / Mickey Guyton says her new single, “Heartbreak Song’ makes her feel sassy.
DownloadMickey Guyton (how Heartbreak Song makes her feel) OC: …mean it. :26
“‘Heartbreak Song’ makes me feel sassy. It’s like, I don’t know whenever you go through a heartbreak and you’re, not in revenge, you’re like, ‘I’m good, honey. I’m good, so I’m gonna be out here in the car, I’m going to be driving and all that, and I’ll be dancing while you’re thinking I’m moping around, buddy. But I’m not.’ That’s kind of how I feel. It’s that next phase. It’s that phase where you’re like ‘Bye! Bye, Felicia,’ and really mean it.”
Audio / Mickey Guyton explains the inspiration behind her new single, “Heartbreak Song.”
DownloadMickey Guyton (inspiration behind Heartbreak Song) OC: …the song. :44
“It’s like the answer to ‘Better Than You Left Me.’ That song was kind of like getting over this breakup and becoming better off and realizing it. Then I come to find out that my ex-boyfriend was going around bragging to people that I wrote a song about him, a heartbreak song about him. So, I was like, ‘Hmmm, okay. Let me see how I can spin that.’ So, I went into this awesome songwriting session with these really great writers and I’m telling them this story, and I said, ‘I have ‘Heartbreak Song.’ I really want to write something about that.’ And I told them the [story] about my ex-boyfriend bragging to people. And this writer goes, ‘Ooooh. What if we said, ‘I ain’t gonna hit you with a Hearbreak Song?’ And I was like, ‘YES! Ahhhhhhhh! Oprah-style.’ And that’s where we came up with the song.”
