Breakup Dreams

"Breakup Dreams" (stylized in all lowercase) is the second single from BJAYE's third studio album, Thought U, Were. It was released on January 26, 2029, through Republic Records.
BJAYE described the song as a "self-love revival anthem" that "evolves" from previous single "Thought U, Were", while embracing a new chapter.
He opens up about how his breakup led him to making a song that talks about not needing a man, and that yourself and your feelings are more important.
Commercially, the song debuted at number one in 21 countries, including the United States, being his fifth number-one single and becoming his fourth number one debut, following "Thought U, Were", featured on the same album.
A live version of the song is featured on From Yours To Whom (DWT Live), which was released on January 5, 2030.
== Background ==
Following the release of "Thought U, Were", BJAYE hinted the song several times on his Instagram stories. The instrumental of the song was heard playing in the behind the scenes of the "Thought U, Were" music video. On December 14, 2028, BJAYE posted on Instagram a picture of him at the behind the scenes of Breakup Dreams" music video with the caption: "breakup dreams", which has amassed over 7m likes on his instagram. The song was confirmed on January 1, 2029.
On January 3, 2029, BJAYE confirmed on Twitter that the song would be the second single from Thought U, Were. The song's release date and cover art were revealed on January 10, 2029.
The song talks about how the breakup caused him to realize that it had to happen and how he used this as a learning experience to grow as a person in life.
BJAYE also confirmed that he has a rap verse becoming a rap/pop song and he said "I love being vers when it comes to music, like i've always "rapped" in some of my songs, but not at this kind of level in my music."
== Commercial performance ==
The song debuted at number one on the worldwide iTunes chart following its release. It also debuted at number one on the US iTunes chart. The song debuted at number one with 20 million stream in its first 24 hours on Spotify globally, Also in the US, it gained over 7m streams in its first day making it his personal most streamed song in a single day surpassing his own song “Thought U, Were”. which had over 19m, however, it had became his biggest debut week on Spotify in his career with 130 million streams in its first week making it his most streamed solo song in a single week surpassing his own single “Thought U, Were”, which projected over 125m streams. It also became his fastest song to reach 100 millions streams in its sixth day and 200 million streams in its tenth day (201,648,859). The song became the fastest song to surpass 300 million, 400 million, and 500 million in under two weeks. It has now became the fastest song by a black artist to reach 1 billion streams in four months.
Breakup Dreams projected over 700,000 units its first week. It was certified platinum, It’s now sold over 18 million units worldwide.
"Breakup Dreams" debuted at number one in the US Billboard Hot 100 becoming BJAYE' s fifth number-one single, following "Thought U, Were". With this, BJAYE became the second male artist to have 4 or more songs that debuted at number one the Billboard Hot 100. The song spent 15 weeks at No. 1 becoming his second song to spend more than 10 weeks at number one, and became his highest song to spend the most weeks at number one. It had the highest debut of the year.
In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at number one with 395,000 combined sales and spots the biggest streaming week in UK history with 26.9 million streams. Becoming the Biggest Week in UK history by a Non-UK Black Artist. It also debuted atop of the charts in Canada, Australia, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Sweden and Switzerland.
With this, BJAYE became the first artist to have multiple number-one debuts in multiple albums. BJAYE also became the first artist to biggest debut history at the top spot. Among component charts, "Breakup Dreams" debuted at the top of the Streaming Songs chart with 125.3 million US streams in the week ending February 9, 2029, according to Nielsen Music; the sum marked the biggest streaming week ever for a song by a black artist. It also debuted at number one on the Digital Songs chart with 396,000 downloads. As the second single to his third album Thought U, Were, BJAYE had two singles that debuted at number one on the chart, making BJAYE the __ male artist in history to have an multiple albums with two songs or more that debuted at number one on the Hot 100. "Breakup Dreams" held the top spot for a fourth week following the release of his album Thought U, Were, blocking his singles "Your Best Friend Is My Man Now" (which debuted at number two), and "Thought U, Were" (which dropped one to number three). With three songs in the top 3, + additionally placing 4 more songs in the top 10 for a second time in under 9 months. BJAYE became the fourth artist in history since Ariana Grande in 2019 to occupy the top 3 spots on the chart and the first and only solo singles artist to ever achieve this record. "Breakup Dreams" remained atop the Hot 100 for twelve non-consecutive weeks until it was unseated by and descended to number two on June 2, 2029. It jumped back to number following the release of the deluxe edition on July 7, 2029, and remained there for three consecutive weeks. Thus, becoming his longest song to spend the most weeks that debuted at number one. It remained in the top ten for its first 37 weeks until it fell to number 11 on September 29, 2029. It stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 for 59 weeks, making it his longest song to stay in the Hot 100.
==Music video==
The song's music video was directed by Dave Meyers and was released along with song on January 26, 2029. A 14-second teaser of the video was released on January 14, 2029
Billboard named the music video as BJAYE’s overall best.
The behind-the-scenes video was uploaded on February 14, 2029.
== Live performances ==
BJAYE debuted the song live at the Dreamin World Tour on March 16, 2029, which was performed every night of the tour. He debuted the performance on live television at the 2029 Billboard Music Awards on May 14, 2029. He also performed it at the 2029 American Music Awards. He performed it at the 2030 Grammy Awards. 
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== Trivia ==
• BJAYE got the song name tattooed on his rib cage and tattooed in Japanese on his hand.
Category:Singles
Category:2028
Category:2029