"No Broken Hearts" | |||||||||||||||||
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Single by Bebe Rexha featuring Nicki Minaj | |||||||||||||||||
Released | March 16, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
Format | Digital download | ||||||||||||||||
Recorded | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
Genre | Pop | ||||||||||||||||
Length | 3:59 | ||||||||||||||||
Label | Warner Bros. | ||||||||||||||||
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Producer(s) | The Invisible Men, Salt Wives | ||||||||||||||||
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"No Broken Hearts" is a song recorded by American singer Bebe Rexha. It features the vocals from Trinidadian-born rapper Nicki Minaj. It was released on March 16, 2016 and was originally intended as the lead single from her second EP, All Your Fault: Pt. 1; however it is no longer on the standard track list. It premiered on the Elvis Duran Show on NYC's Z100. The song is penned by Bebe Rexha, Nicki Minaj, Koko LaRoo, Kgaugelo Nalane and Jacob Kasher Hindlin and produced by The Invisible Men and Salt Wives.
Bebe and Nicki first collaborated on the track "Hey Mama" for David Guetta's sixth studio album Listen, which became an international hit. The girls performed the song live for the first time together during the iHeartRadio Summer Pool Party at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on May 30, 2015.
In an interview for Elvis Duran Show Bebe said that she wrote "No Broken Hearts" in a day when she felt ignored and abandoned by people. She went to the studio, put beats on the computer and free-styled the entire song in the recording booth. She kept most of what she recorded that day in the final version; even if it wasn't perfect, there was feeling in it. She thought the song was special and social and decided to send the track to Nicki Minaj, who immediately jumped on it. In another interview for Zach Sang Show, Bebe said she wanted to recreate with Minaj the same success they had when collaborating for "Hey Mama."
Kevin Apaza of Direct Lyrics wrote: "Bebe Rexha’s new single has a female empowerment feel where she tells all about her bad luck in finding true love. However, she’s all about leaving that sentiment of sadness behind at least for one night as she parties with her friends in the club where "there will be no broken hearts", she says, as where she will turn her “heartbreak” sentiment into rounds of shots and pure frenzy. “No Broken Hearts” is quite unique because it is a song where the verses are way catchier than the chorus. The melody in the verses (especially the pre-chorus) is so infectious, and GOLD, while Bebe keeps it very a cappella-y in the chorus – although that calmness is quickly forgotten when that nod-along chill urban beats drops post-chorus (reminds me to "Dark Horse" a bit). Welcome back, Bebe! THIS IS A BONA-FIDE SMASH!."