Last Heartbreak Song by Ayra Starr ft. GIVEON: A Heartrending Serenade

A Honeyed Beat Drenched in Melancholy

Released on May 31, 2024, as part of Ayra Starr’s sophomore album, ‘The Year I Turned 21,’ Last Heartbreak Song is a heartbreaking yet intoxicating serenade exploring the anguish of love’s demise.

Ayra Starr The Year I Turned 21 album cover

Gliding over a sultry Afrobeats groove laced with contemporary R&B tendencies, the track transcends genres through Ayra Starr’s haunting vocal lilts and glimmering verses, buoyed by an elegant yet impactful contribution from GIVĒON.

The Conception of a Modern Lament

Penned by Ayra Starr, GIVĒON, MbryO, Louddaaa, and Milar, with Louddaaa’s elegant production moulding the soundscape, Last Heartbreak Song interweaves two distinct perspectives with rawboned poeticism.

Ayra’s sweet-sounding delivery in a mesh of English and Pidgin twines seamlessly with GIVĒON’s soul-stirring baritone ruminations, conjuring an aural intimacy that elevates the track’s lovelorn narratives.

Ayra Starr and Giveon in the Last Heartbreak music video

Unpacking the “Last Heartbreak Song” Lyrics: A Journey Through Heartache

Ayra Starr’s opening salvo smoulders with wistful indignation as her glimmering verse paints heartache with unrestrained fervour and intensity.

“Why you no dey get my time? / Is there someone else?” she pleads with palpable hurt, her words scything through the narrative like shards of broken promises.

Lines like “You dey do me corny o / Everyday, new story o” cascade with the exasperated frustrations of fading devotion.

As Ayra’s impassioned croon flows into the prelude of the chorus, the track’s melancholic undertones swell with gut-punching authenticity.

“It feels one-sided now,” she laments, her sweet yet searing vocal riding the undulating rhythm with a soulful resonance.

The hook’s anthemic feel, with its defiant decree of “This is my last heartbreak song,” radiates resilience through harrowing devastation.

GIVĒON’s verse breathes poignant retrospection into the narrative, his croon awash with aching regret.

“Why are you so quick to leave / When we both could make it work?” emerges as a beseeching inquiry, lined with the desperate hope of reconciliation.

The brooding self-reproach of “If you hurt me, I deserve it / I’ve been actin’ foolishly” unveils remorseful introspection, casting searing honesty upon the song’s heartbroken core.

A Saga of Scorching Catharsis

As Ayra and GIVĒON’s intimate vocal interplay escalates, their combined evocations of love’s disintegration become a scorching catharsis.

“Guess it’s bye to the good times / And I’ll be gone by the sunrise” resonates with the bittersweet acceptances necessitated by heartbreak’s seldom-traversed paths.

This refrain, enriched by the track’s seamless meshing of genres, distils Last Heartbreak Song into a grand modern lament.

Ayra Starr’s Shared Sentiment: “GIVĒON’s verse made me cry the first time I heard it; I was so happy. I’ve always wanted to see what we would sound like together, because we both have really low range. GIVĒON came with the most perfect perspective, because anybody that has been in an argument with a man, or any man that’s been arguing with a girl, would know [that] ‘Last Heartbreak Song’ is literally the dynamic.”

An Intimate Invitation to the Soul’s Deepest Crevasses

At its essence, Last Heartbreak Song is an unflinchingly intimate invitation into the deepest crevasses of the soul, where the profoundest devastations and adversities of love reside.

Through Ayra Starr and GIVĒON’s transcendent collaborative storytelling, this searing musical chronicle proffers solace and solidarity to all battered by Cupid’s cruellest blows.

If you yearn to have your heartstrings mercilessly plucked yet uplifted by the sheer emotional intensity awaiting within Last Heartbreak Song, immerse yourself in this modern-day lament, and you will emerge forever changed.

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Ayra Starr & GIVĒON Last Heartbreak Song Lyrics

Verse 1: Ayra Starr
Why you no dey get my time?
Is there someone else?
You dey do me corny o
Everyday, new story o
Shey I just dey waste my time?
‘Cause you don become someone else
Sip palava for me o
You no dey touch my body o

Pre-Chorus: Ayra Starr
It feels good to love somebody and somebody loves you back
But it feels one-sided now (One-sided now)
It feels one-sided now
You don’t have to pretend about it ’cause it’s crystal clear now, now (Now, now)
Guess it’s byе to the good times
I’ll be gonе by the sunrise

Chorus: Ayra Starr
I’ll be better on my own
I’ll be better on my own, na, na
Nobody should call my phone
Nobody should call my phone, na, na
This is my last heartbreak song
This is my last heartbreak song, na, na
I’ll be good all on my own
I’ll be good all on my own, na, na

Verse 2: GIVEON
Why are you so quick to leave (To leave)
When we both could make it work? (Work)
When I’m gone, I make you nervous (Make you nervous)
If you hurt me, I deserve it (Deserve it)
I’ve been actin’ foolishly
Forgettin’ what you’re worth (Forgettin’, forgettin’)
You stopped lovin’ me, I noticed (I know, I know)
But even chaos serves a purpose

Pre-Chorus: GIVEON & Ayra Starr
It feels good to love somebody and somebody loves you back (Back)
So don’t give in to your changed mind (Your changed)
‘Cause I’ll be here for a lifetime (Lifetime, lifetime)
You don’t have to pretend about it ‘ause it’s crystal clear now, now
Guess it’s bye to the good times (Times)
And I’ll be gone by the sunrise

Chorus: Ayra Starr, GIVEON
I’ll be better on my own
I’ll be better on my own, na, na
Nobody should call my phone (Call my phone)
Nobody should call my phone, na, na
This is my last heartbreak song
This is my last heartbreak song, na, na
I’ll be good all on my own
I’ll be good all on my own, na, na