Released by: Sony Music Indonesia
Duo asal Amerika yang terdiri dari Amy Heidemann dan Nick Noonan telah merilis sebuah lagu pop yang diberi judul “Brokenhearted” sebagai single kedua mereka untuk album studio pertama mereka yang akan diberi judul “Hello”. “Brokenhearted” dirilis sebagai digital download single pada tanggal 7 Februari 2012 oleh Epic Records. Lagu dengan genre dance-pop dan pop-rock ini ditulis Karmin bersama Claude Kelly, Emily Wright, Henry Walter, John Hill dan Richard Head. Lagunya sendiri menceritakan mengenai sepasang kekasih yang baru saja bubaran dan salah satu pasangan memohon agar jangan meninggalkannya dalam keadaan patah hati malam itu. Meskipun sebenarnya, lagu ini dihias dengan lagu yang catchy dan poppish, liriknya sangat menggalaukan.
Kalau didengarkan dengan seksama, vokal Amy Heidemann terdengar seperti agak nge-rap dengan gaya-gaya Dr. Luke, keren! Kenapa keren? Meskipun terdengar seperti nge-rap wannabe, poppish dalam “Brokenhearted” masih terasa banget, seperti campuran Sara Bareilles dan Nicki Minaj. Tempo yang diberikan dalam lagu ini sangat terasa nuansa semangat dan campuran mainstream dan hip-hop yang disulam menjadi contemporary pop, padahal liriknya sendiri galau! Tetapi tetap semangat! Siapa sih yang senang patah hati karena ditinggal sama orang yang disayang? Pasti galau banget kan, nungguin telepon atau sms, meskipun gak kunjung tiba, namun demikian jangan berlarut-larut dalam kesedihan dan harapan kosong ya! Move on itu sangat penting dan sehat!
Video musik untuk “Brokenhearted” sudah dipublikasikan pada tanggal 22 Maret 2012 melalui VEVO dan Youtube. Untuk video musiknya disutradarai oleh Marc Klasfeld. Dalam videonya, Amy bersama teman-teman dalam suatu pesta, Amy naksir Nick, kirain Nick bakalan SMS Amy pada esok harinya, ternyata besoknya Amy tidak mendapatkan sama sekali SMS dari Nick, bahkan Nick malah naksir yang lain, brokenhearted banget kan?! Rumornya lagu ini merupakan dari inspirasi kisah nyata loh!
Sampai saat tulisan ini dibuat, “Brokenhearted” sudah nongol di Canadian Hot 100 pada posisi #36 dan US Billboard Hot 100 pada posisi #33. Cheerio!
(Joe Ronald / CreativeDisc Contributors)
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Lyrics:
This is more than a typical kinda thing
Felt the joints in my bones when you were touching me, oh oh
Didn't want to take it slow
In a daze, going crazed, I can barely think
You're replaying in my brain, find it hard to sleep, oh oh
Waiting for my phone to blow
Now i'm here in a sticky situation
Got a little trouble, yep and now I'm pacin'
Five minutes, ten minutes, now it's been an hour
Don't wanna think too hard, but I'm sour
Oh oh, I can't seem to let you go
See I've been waiting all day
For you to call me baby
So let's get up, let's get on it
Don't you leave me broken hearted tonight
Come on, that's right
Honest baby I'll do
Anything you want to
So can we finish what we started
Don't you leave me broken hearted tonight
Come on, that's right, cheerio
What's the time, such a crime
Not a single word, sipping on that Patron
Just to calm my nerves, oh oh
Poppin' bottles by the phone
Oh yeah
Had me up, had me down, turn me inside out
That's enough, hold me up
Maybe I'm in doubt, oh oh
Now don't even think you know, no no
See I've been waiting all day
For you to call me baby
So let's get up, let's get on it
Don't you leave me broken hearted tonight
Come on, that's right
Honest baby I'll do
Anything you want to
So can we finish what we started
Don't you leave me broken hearted tonight
Come on, that's right, cheerio
Anything you wanna do, I'll be on it too
Everything you say, it's like a gold with a view
Business on the front, party in the back
Maybe I was wrong, was the outfit really wack
This kinda thing doesn't happen usually
I'm on the opposite side of it, truthfully
I know you want it so come and get it, cheerio
See I've been waiting all day
For you to call me baby
So let's get up, let's get on it
Don't you leave me broken hearted tonight
ohhhohohhhoohhhh
Honest baby I'll do
Anything you want to
So can we finish what we started
Don't you leave me broken hearted tonight
Come on, that's right, cheeri, cheeri, cheerio
When you gonna call
Don't leave me broken hearted
I've been waiting up
Let's finish what we started, oh oh
I can't seem to let you go
Come on, that's right, cheerio, uh!