Don't Let It Break Your Heart

## Music video

"**Don't Let It Break Your Heart**" is the second track and fourth single from Louis Tomlinson's debut studio album *Walls*. Written by Tomlinson with Stuart Crichton, Cole Citrenbaum, James Newman, Stephen Wrabel, and produced by Crichton and Steve Mac, it was released on 23 November 2019 along with its lyric video.

The song's official music video directed by Charlie Lightening was released on 2 December 2019, and stars actor Geoff Bell.

## Background

In an official press release, Tomlinson described the track as the one he's "really proud of" and "a song about hope and seeing the glass as half full".

## Critical reception

Mike Wass of *Idolator* described the song as "a touching anthem about moving forward in the face of hardship", "anthemic, uplifting and very radio-friendly" and Tomlinson's "best solo single". Saskia Postema of Euphoria Magazine called the song "an honest and empowering anthemic ballad" and praised Tomlinson's "conversational and simple yet colorful narration of his own feelings" that "conveys emotion both in his writing and in his voice". Ilana Kaplan of *Rolling Stone* wrote that the song was "an empowering look at leaving heartbreak behind for something better". Writing for *MTV*, Patrick Hosken described "Don't Let It Break Your Heart" as "an ode to perseverance that finds rainy-guitar verses giving way to a full-throated, chant-ready chorus that could sit alongside the biggest One Direction arena anthems like "Steal My Girl."

## Live performances

Tomlinson premiered the track before its official release at Coca Cola Music Experience in Madrid on 14 September 2019. He also performed it live at Telehit Awards in Mexico on 13 November 2019 and at Hits Radio Live Manchester on 17 November 2019.
On 23 November 2019, Tomlinson performed the song on *The X Factor: Celebrity*.

## Music video

The music video, starring actor Geoff Bell and directed by Charlie Lightening, was released on 2 December 2019. It continues the narrative from Tomlinson’s previous two videos, "Kill My Mind" and "We Made It", a story about two lovers on the run amid the emotional wreckage of a criminal entanglement. Tomlinson appears in the music video as a getaway driver caught in a gangland heist.

### Lyric video

The lyric video was released along with the song on 23 November 2019.

Louis Tomlinson - Don't Let It Break Your Heart (Lyric Video)
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**[Verse 1]**

On our way to Twenty Seven

Got a place on the other side of London

Doing better, doing better

And I know you left a part of you

In New York under your bed in a box

But you're doing better, doing better

**[Pre-Chorus]**

Life gets hard and it gets messed up

When you give so much, but it's not enough

When the high's too high and the low's too low

When you love someone and they let you go

**[Chorus]**

Don't you let it kill you

Even when it hurts like hell

Oh, whatever tears you apart

Don't let it break your heart

Time takes time to heal it

You can't do it by yourself

Oh, whatever tears you apart

Don't let it break your heart

**[Verse 2]**

It comes, it goes

We're driving down a one-way road

To something better, something better

What hurts you is gonna pass and

You'll have learnt from it when it comes back

You'll be doing better, yeah, doing better

**[Pre-Chorus]**

'Cause life gets hard and it gets messed up

When you give so much, but it's not enough

When the high's too high and the low's too low

When you love someone and they let you go

**[Chorus]**

Don't you let it kill you

Even when it hurts like hell

Oh, whatever tears you apart

Don't let it break your heart

Time takes time to heal it

You can't do it by yourself

Oh, whatever tears you apart

Don't let it break your heart

**[Bridge]**

(Oh)

(Oh)

(Oh)

Don't let it break your heart

**[Pre-Chorus]**

'Cause life gets hard and it gets messed up

When you give so much and it's not enough

When the high's too high and the low's too low

When you love someone and they let you go

**[Chorus]**

Don't you let it kill you

Even when it hurts like hell

Oh, whatever tears you apart

Don't let it break your heart

Time takes time to heal it

You can't do it by yourself

Oh, whatever tears you apart

Don't let it break your heart

**[Outro]**

Don't let it break your heart (Oh)

Don't let it break your heart (Oh)

Don't let it break your heart (Oh)

Don't let it break your heart (Oh, don't let it break your heart)

Don't let it break your heart (Oh, oh, don't let it)

Don't let it break your heart (Oh, break your heart, no, no)

Don't let it break your heart (Oh)

Don't let it break your heart (Oh, don't let it break your heart)

## Credits and personnel

* **Written by** – Louis Tomlinson, Stuart Crichton, Cole Citrenbaum, James Newman, Stephen Wrabel
* **Produced by** – Stuart Crichton and Steve Mac
* **Vocal production by** – Stuart Crichton and Wrabel
* **Beats, bass and programming by** – Stuart Crichton
* **Engineered by** – Stuart Crichton
* **Guitar by** – Cole Citrenbaum
* **Gang vocals** – James Newman, Stephen Wrabel and Stuart Crichton
* **Additional production and programming by** – Dan Grech-Marguerat and John Foyle
* **Mixed by** – Dan Grech-Marguerat
* **Synths, guitar, bass guitar, drums, programming by** – John Foyle
* **Performed by** – Louis Tomlinson
* **Backing vocals by** – Wrabel

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hear Louis Tomlinson’s New Single ‘Don’t Let It Break Your Heart’
2. ↑ Louis Releases 'Don't Let It Break Your Heart'
3. ↑ Louis Tomlinson Soars On “Don’t Let It Break Your Heart”
4. ↑ LOUIS TOMLINSON – DON’T LET IT BREAK YOUR HEART
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Louis Tomlinson pulls off a heist in 'Don't Let It Break Your Heart' video
6. ↑ Louis Tomlinson debuts new song “Don’t Let It Break Your Heart” on “X-Factor Celebrity”