17 Songs About Being Better Off Without Someone
Nobody wants to hear this but sometimes the person you want most is the person you’re best without. This very much applies to those in abusive, toxic relationships that bring in a lot of pain but people stay because they are in love. Once you realize you deserve better, letting go will be the best decision ever.
Below is a list of songs about being better off without someone.
1. Selena Gomez – Cut You Off
This is a midtempo track from the album Rare. The song is about someone moving on from a past relationship and feeling better about themselves. Many speculated that it was about her ex-boyfriend.
2. Chris Brown – Deuces
Deuces is a slang term for saying goodbye. The song is generally about getting rid of a girl you were in a relationship but it became full of drama.
3. Selena Gomez – Lose You To Love Me
This is a self-love anthem that talks about Selena discovering her true self through the difficult process of losing a lover. It was the lead single off her third studio album, Rare which had been seemingly confirmed to be about her rocky relationship with her ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber.
4. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
This is an uptempo track that is likely to be an amalgam of Justin’s ex and Ed Sheeran’s ex. The message is about moving on from a narcissistic and selfish girlfriend who was also manipulative.
5. Selena Gomez – Look At Her Now
The track is about becoming a stronger person after a turbulent relationship.
6. H.E.R – Hard Place
H.E.R described the song as a torn song where she finds herself stuck in between an unhealthy relationship and her own well-being.
7. Beyonce – Best Thing I Never Had
Lyrically, the song is about basically dodging a bullet when it came to a relationship. Beyonce had rejected a guy earlier and later this ended up being a very smart decision.
8. Shawn Mendes – Stitches
The song is about loving someone so much you can’t live without them despite how much they hurt you and you being so much better without them.
9. Little Mix – Shout Out To My Ex
This is a farewell message to all of the ex-boyfriends of Little Mix’s members. Each of them offers a sarcastic thanks to men for helping to make them who they are today.
10. Billie Eilish – Bored
This is a single from the Netflix-original series 13 Reasons Why. It is mainly about a relationship that’s going nowhere. You are in such a toxic place with someone and you’re treated so badly for such a long time that eventually you’re used to it.
11. Taylor Swift – It’s Time To Go
Taylor Swift depicts situations where relationships have turned sour and gives an example of her relationship with her former label, Big Machine Records for the ownership rights to the masters of her first six studio albums.
12. Avril Lavigne – I Fell In Love With The Devil
Avril ends a toxic relationship that she had been in. The song was inspired by the “toxic relationship” which she maintained during her battle with Lyme disease.
13. Mabel – Don’t Call Me Up
The track is all about getting over your exes. Mabel talks about how her ex ruined the time out with her friends and had to cut him off. She now doesn’t want anything to do with her ex because she is doing better without him.
14. Ed Sheeran – You Need Me, I Don’t Need You
The song is about record companies. Ed states that the record companies need him and his talent to make money however he doesn’t need them to make money.
15. Kygo, Selena Gomez – It Ain’t Me
This is an uptempo tropical house breakup song. Selena goes ahead to break with someone since she had had enough of his problems. He has been relying on her to comfort and help him through alcoholism and depression but now she has begun to see this as a second job.
16. Halsey – Ghost
Ghost is about being in a relationship with someone who is not emotionally invested and then finally making up your mind to leave the relationship after deciding that you deserve better.
17. Ariana Grande – Break Free
The track was released back in 2014 under the album My Everything.