- 2026-01-05
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MUSIC
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Emilia Tarrant Releases New Song “Break Up With Myself”
London-based singer-songwriter Emilia Tarrant released a new song “Break Up With Myself” on January 2, 2026.
The song will appear on her upcoming debut album “why do i get out of bed?”, which is set to be released on March 13, 2026.
It was written by Emilia Tarrant and produced by Jules Konieczny.
The accompanying music video was directed by Emilia Tarrant and Tom Knibbs.
Emilia Tarrant said of the song, “'Break Up With Myself' is the ultimate introspective and self-questioning ode to my mental health. This song is about falling out of love with my own brain, the disconnection that entails, and the exhaustion of dealing with mental health every day. The concept of breaking up with yourself is one I didn't know how to put into words for a long time, but was something I knew others would relate to. Then during a 'menty b' (as us Gen Z's call it) in my car, the idea clicked, and the song came to life. I was in a mode of constantly contemplating life, my brain was chasing tails with itself, and honestly? I was SO fed up with myself that I felt so down all the time. So fed up in fact, that I wanted to take my brain back to the shop and buy a new one... imagine...!!!”- She added, “It was also New Years at the time. I think New Year is a weird one... there is so much pressure to celebrate, set resolutions, and be happy? It's a full circle moment releasing the song at this time of year, but with 'Blue Monday' just round the corner, I wanted to shine a light on what some would say is the saddest time of the year.”
Emilia Tarrant shared on social media, “The saddest song 'Break Up With Myself' is a song about mental health. Falling out of love with yourself and falling out love with your own brain. And therefore kind of wanting to get a new brain, which is obviously not possible. That's why I wrote the song, just to kind of process what I was going through and try and move past that feeling. It's something that's been building up for me over the years.” -
She continued, “I have kind of suffered from mental health for a really long time. It's something that has affected me a lot day to day, it's something that I really have to battle with I have to find reasons to get out of bed every morning. And I struggle sometimes with my own brain, because it's my brain that's kind of doing that to itself, in a way. Got to a point last year, in new year, when I was really struggling, and I just had to write this song and get out. I think this song is very raw, and I think it's actually quite relatable for a lot of people. Being human can be hard. And just the simple act of living sometimes just seems so unnecessarily hard. And I think that's what I really like, I'm trying to focus on in this album, and with the song. This stuff is tough.” - source : Apple Music
