The Cure for Lingering Valentine's Day Bitterness

While many of you may have spent your Valentine's Day crying into your pint of ice cream, I spent it celebrating the beginning of Chinese New Year with a magnificent Chinese feast with my family. But drunken family feasts aside, it's hard to not feel alone on Valentine's Day, no matter how much I use the commercial origin of the holiday as an excuse to refuse to participate. I mean, let's face it, it doesn't matter who you are, everyone likes to feel loved and according to the rest of the world, Valentine's Day is when you're supposed to feel it the most. But when the only gift you get is a rose from your father, no matter how sweet the gesture is, your sadness quickly turns to bitterness.

I say embrace your bitterness! Dress up in your "freak 'em" dress, as Beyonce would say, and hit the town with your favourite single friends and celebrate your freedom. But before you can kick up your heels and dance the pain away, the healing process must begin with a "I'm so over you" playlist to blast in the car when you drive by your ex's house or that place where you shared your first kiss.

While you can find these songs in any genre, my go-to would be pop because there's just nothing like singing along to these pop anthems that broken-hearted people everywhere know and love. So, if you're not quite ready to hit the town and make your ex regret their mistake, take a listen to my Top 5 "I'm So Over You" Pop Anthems.

5. "Stronger" - Britney Spears

I want to start the list off with Britney because, like for many women, she provided the pop anthems of my awkward middle school years, high school years and now in university. While maybe she should have listened herself to the lyrics she was singing, "Stronger" just reminds you to remember that you are better off without them. Plus, who could forget that chair dance?



4. "Irreplaceable" - Beyonce

"Irreplaceable" by Beyonce is for every person who needs to be reminded that you are hot shit, basically. And if you aren't ready for that just yet, hope that you can find a bunch of female friends to rock out with, because everyone knows the "to the left, to the left" part of the song.



3. "Leave (Get Out)" - JoJo

"Leave (Get Out)" by JoJo does require some stretch of the imagination, considering the song is sang by a 13-year old girl and the video takes place in what seems like middle school. But that doesn't mean that this girl can't sing it! JoJo sings what we all sometimes wish we had the guts to say, to get out and leave because you have had enough. And all of these complicated emotions are well-articulated by her "Boys Stink" t-shirt.



2. "Me, Myself and I" - Beyonce

Beyonce makes it on my list twice because, let's face it, the girl sings about heartbreak well. "Me, Myself and I" has a simple message of depending on yourself after making the mistake of depending on someone else who, in the end, just broke your heart. And nobody gives you attitude quite like Beyonce.



1. "Since You Been Gone" - Kelly Clarkson

And finally, probably one of the most well-known break-up anthems today, "Since You Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson. The song epitomizes what I'm sure everyone has felt before, the desire the mess around with and break most of the things in your ex's apartment, but on top of that, you know she is way better off without him. Not to mention everyone always jumps and sings along to the chorus whenever "Since You Been Gone" is played!



Here's to hoping my Top 5 "I'm So Over You" Pop Anthems have now cured you of your lingering Valentine's Day bitterness. Next, look forward to another countdown of my favourite dance hits as the soundtrack for when you finally put the spoon down of your favourite ice cream, put on some heels and hit the town.