Listen to this when
Pick Up Your Feelings
You don't owe them a second chance. You can hand their feelings right back. 💅🏾
Who it's for
The song is a clear, grown kiss-off, telling a former partner the relationship is finished, which models assertive boundary-setting.
Bitter / Resentful→Empowered
Feelings it meets
What it is
The second single from Jazmine Sullivan's album Heaux Tales, released by RCA on November 20, 2020. It is a breakup kiss-off in which the narrator confronts a former partner she caught being unfaithful and makes clear the relationship is over and she has closed her heart to him. It won the Grammy for Best R&B Performance, tied with Silk Sonic's Leave the Door Open.
Where to find it
Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music (widely available).
Before you start
Heads up: References to infidelity.
Age: Ages 14+
Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour;Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XXVII
