The best country playlist for a breakup

The best country playlist for a breakup

By TAYLOR REESE

Staff Writer

You’ve just broken up with your boyfriend/girlfriend and you’re either crying out of sadness or crying tears of joy.

You’re by yourself and need a playlist that either adds to your celebration or just hits you in your feels. The perfect genre is a country playlist.

You can always rely on country music to have songs that seem to be talking about exactly what you’re feeling or songs that make you want to put on your hottest outfit and show your ex what they’re missing.

First up is a sad song that will probably make you cry, but it’s just too good not to list: “What Hurts the Most” by Rascal Flatts. It’s one of the most heart-wrenching country songs in existence, but it’s also one of the songs that you can truly connect with because you’re feeling exactly what is being sung.

Next is something a little more upbeat: “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood. If you were played by your ex, this is the empowering song you need.

Carrie singing about keying her ex’s car will make you want to go find your ex and give him/her a piece of your mind (but don’t key his/her car because then you’ll be in jail, and revenge isn’t as sweet when you’re in jail).

Next on the playlist isn’t a country song that is about a breakup, but it is sung by one of the greatest women ever: “Fancy” by Reba McEntire. “Fancy” may seem like a weird choice for this playlist since it isn’t about a breakup.

However, it does make you realize things could be a lot worse: your mom could have sold you into prostitution (insert the emoji with the hands out).

Since I’m limited to 300 words, I only have one more song for this short playlist. The last song is a new country pop song that is stuck in everyone’s head: “Meant To Be” by Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line.

This song is perfect because, while it doesn’t explicitly talk about breakups, it tells you an important lesson: what is meant to be will be.

You can’t stress about a relationship; what will happen will happen because it’s what’s meant to be.