Breakup playlists for every mood

Music gets past your defenses faster than almost anything. Some nights you need to cry to it; some nights you need to scream every word in the car; some nights you need a beat that reminds you you're going to be completely fine. All of that is allowed.

You don't have to force "happy," either — meeting yourself where you actually are tends to help more than pretending you're over it. So pick the mood you're in right now, and let the next one come when it comes.

Start here — the essentials

When you just want it all in one place.

• Breakup Songs Essentials — Apple Music
• Breakup Mix — Spotify

Cry it out

For when you need to feel it, not fight it. Sad songs are genuinely comforting after a loss — let them do their job.

• Heartbreak Pop — Apple Music
• Sad Breakup Mix — Spotify
• Heartbreak — Pandora

Rage a little

The drive where you yell the whole chorus. Anger is part of this too, and it's better out than in.

• Angry Breakup Mix — Spotify
• Breakup Songs to Scream — Pandora

Better off — the comeback

When you're ready to remember who you are without them in the room.

• Feel Empowered — Apple Music
• Better Off — Apple Music
• Empowering Mix — Spotify
• Empowered — Pandora