“Breaking Up Was Easy in the 90s” is a song by Sam Hunt. It was released on October 12, 2020 as the fifth single from his second studio album Southside. Hunt wrote the song with Zach Crowell, Chris LaCorte, Ernest K. Smith and Josh Osborne, and produced by Zach Crowell.
“I’m sick of sittin’ at the house, dyin’ on my phone
Wishin’ I was somewhere I can be alone
Try to let you go but somethin’ always reminds me
I bet breakin’ up was easy in the ’90s
I’m tired of gettin’ drunk, tired of bein’ free
Tired of seein’ pictures I don’t wanna see
Girl, you’re everywhere, everywhere but behind me
I bet breakin’ up was easy in the ’90s”
“In the 90s, there was no SNS, like: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or more, so break ups in the 90’s were not easier”, Hunt said in an interview. “The trick was not filling it up with a bunch of technology references and trying to find the story within it. It’s just the world’s so much smaller now. In a lot of ways, like the fact that I can release the record and still stay in touch with my fans, there’s so many positives. “But when it comes to relationships and navigating old relationships or new relationships and especially breakups”.
The video was released on November 25, 2020, directed by Justin Clough. It’s a story of a man who was just released from prison. As he tries to get his life back on track, the man finds himself haunted by memories of a past girlfriend.
The country tune is current #1 across US Country charts. Listen to the song and watch the music video here.
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