Most break-up songs really suck.

They don’t get to the heart of what it’s truly like to lose someone. It’s not the cliches of waking up alone that hit hardest; it’s simply the continuation of life, knowing that you’re both going on without each other. So it makes it all the more refreshing to hear Ashley Koett’s latest single, which digs deep into the anguish of losing someone you really care about, specifically seeing them with another. Lover hits hard lyrically, relying on Koett’s exquisitely unique vocal – making lines like ‘everything is real / that you’re not here / that you don’t love me‘ get even further under the skin. Check it out below.