According to Sarah Rodman of "The Boston Globe", "Breakout" is "pure pop realm with the Go-Go's-style fizz" and Jody Rosen of "Rolling Stone" called the song "a more self-possessed [...] sophisticated pop record under her own name".
"== Sestava =="Breakout" je dance-pop pesem z vplivom pop rock elementov, ki traja tri minute in tri minute in šestindvajset sekund.