Love Hurts

"Love Hurts" (also stylized as ++* love hurts ** on SoundCloudhttps://soundcloud.com/playboicarti/love-hurts-travis-scott) is the lead single to Playboi Carti's debut studio album Die Lit (2018) and the fifth track on the record, preceded by Old Money.https://open.spotify.com/album/7dAm8ShwJLFm9SaJ6Yc58O?si=YKltibQUQvOZTKEp8WY3DQ The song features Travis Scott, marking their second ever collaboration followed by Travis Scott's single "Green & Purple" and is produced by the album's executive producer Pi'erre Bourne.
The song is Carti's first single since 2017 and remained his last single up until 2020 when @ MEH was released.https://open.spotify.com/album/3hXfBV9COJBTj5rnIh7wcC?si=YcFd9ztxQKyGTW8udPPA1g The two artists flex their lavish "rockstar" lifestyles throughout the song.
== Background ==
=== Pre-Release ===
The song existed as early as August 2017 when Travis posted a video of himself singing along to his part of the song.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLOUYXJ8q_8 The song would not be brought up again until early 2018. At this point in time, the song had originally been known as "Rockstar" and had a significantly longer Travis verse than what was released.https://pillowcase.su/f/251d846e63cc2f9f5c33775b04606201
The song would officially release on Playboi Carti's SoundCloud on May 2nd, 2018 as the lead single to Carti's album Die Lit.
=== Post-Release ===
The song was exclusive to Carti's SoundCloud for the first week of its release, before Carti had released Die Lit on May 11, 2018. It was track 5 of the final album.
== Lyrics ==
== Credits ==
* Performed by Playboi Carti & Travis Scott
* Produced by Pi'erre Bourne
* Written by Jordan Carter, Jacques Webster & Jordan Jenks
== Trivia ==
* The cover art of the single is Justine Mae Biticon, a contestant on America's Next Top Model.https://www.reddit.com/r/playboicarti/comments/bmtuvs/whos_the_girl_from_the_love_hurts_album_cover_on/
== References ==
Category:Songs
Category:Singles
Category:Pi'erre Bourne
Category:Travis Scott
Category:Die Lit