Broken (lovelytheband song)

"broken"
Single by lovelytheband
from the album Finding It Hard to Smile
Released April 13, 2017 (2017-04-13)
Format Digital download
Genre
Length 3:24
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Mitchell Collins
  • Samantha Derosa
  • Christian Medice
Producer(s) Christian Medice
Music video
"broken" on YouTube

"Broken" (stylized "broken") is a song by the American indie pop band lovelytheband. The song and lyric video were released exclusively to Billboard on April 13, 2017.[1][2] The song was the band's breakout single and spent nine weeks at number one on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart starting in April 2018.[3] So far, the song has also peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Background

Vocalist Mitchy Collins described the background of the song saying: "We all have our demons we fight every day. It's about finding someone whose problems complement yours. Perfectly imperfect. Everyone is a little broken inside, trying to find their band aid".[4] He also explained the song by saying "This song is about finding someone who is just as f---ed up and lost as you are, but somehow you make it work together. Everyone is a little bit broken inside, nobody's perfect. This song is an ode to the broken ones".[2] Collins wrote the song when he was undergoing a difficult point in his life, soon after he split with Danielle Bouchard in his former band Oh Honey and after a heartbreak.[5]

Song description

The song takes place in "some trust fund baby's Brooklyn loft".[6] It describes a narrator who meets an unknown female at a party, and both discover they are broken, which opens them up emotionally.[4]

Music video

The music video, released in September 2017, opens with Mitchy Collins saying: "Life is funny like that, when the dust settles at the end of the day–and we've said all we can, we'll realize every part of us, even the loving ones, were a little broken".[7] The video shows Collins meeting a blonde female at a party and cuts away to fantasies in which he imagines his life with her.[7]

Critical reception

The song was given positive reviews. Atwood magazine said, "For all its theatrics, lovely.the.band's debut satisfies an essential part of our complex emotional diet".[4] Music Existence wrote, ""broken" is a bouncy, synth-pop dream of song that winds melancholy lyrics with an infectiously cheerful tune. The song has everything to make it a hit..."[1] Stereogum described the song as a "chirpy tune about the prospect of love between two deeply damaged people. Replete with gang vocals, a rhythm fit for drunken swaying, and a keyboard riff that echoes back to MGMT's "Kids"..."[6]

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[8] 44
Mexico (Billboard Ingles Airplay)[9] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 41
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[11] 22
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[12] 4
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[13] 19
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[14] 1
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[15] 3
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[16] 2
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[17] 1

References

  1. 1 2 Jacobs, Dana (April 25, 2018). ""It's okay to not be okay" – An Interview with lovelytheband". Music Existence. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "lovely.the.band's Debut Single 'Broken': Exclusive Premiere". Billboard. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Lovelytheband Is No 4 On The Emerging Artists Chart". Billboard. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 Mosk, Mitch (April 20, 2017). "Connection & Perfect Imperfection in lovely.the.band's Debut "broken"". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Writing Their Hit "broken"". lovelytheband Interview. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Alt-Pop Hit-Makers lovelytheband Are Not That Lovely If We're Being Honest". Stereogum. July 5, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  7. 1 2 "LovelyTheBand Debuts Music Video For "Broken"". Verge Campus. September 6, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Canadian Hot 100: October 6, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Mexico Ingles Airplay". Billboard. October 6, 2018. Retrieved October 7, 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
  10. ↑ "Hot 100: September 22, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Adult Contemporary, October 13, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Adult Pop Songs, October 6, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Pop Songs, October 13, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Lovelytheband's 'Broken' Rules Rock Airplay Chart". www.billboard.com. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Alternative Music: Top Alternative Songs Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  16. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/charts/rock-songs
  17. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8347407/lovelytheband-alternative-songs-chart-number-one
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