Bebe Rexha is extra ready for Valentine’s Day this year. The 27-year-old pop star — best known for her Billboard Hot 100 top 10 duet with G-Eazy, “Me, Myself & I” — is releasing her debut album, All Your Fault: Pt. 1, a few days after the holiday (Warner Bros., Feb. 17). To celebrate, the Brooklyn native shares festive tunes perfect for the lovestruck and lovelorn alike.
Rihanna, “Love On The Brain” (2016)
“It’s all in the title of the song. You could definitely dance with somebody — or for somebody — to this one.”
Coldplay, “Yellow” (2000)
“I love Coldplay — I think ‘Look at the stars, look how they shine for you’ is one of the most beautiful first lines of a song.”
Bebe Rexha, “I Got You” (2016)
“I’d gone through a breakup, and about a year later I found somebody who I liked — but we were both emotionally unavailable. It’s about meeting someone you feel connected to and telling them to let their walls down because you’ve been hurt too.”
No Doubt, “Don’t Speak” (2003)
“For anyone breaking up with someone right around Valentine’s Day, this is essential. I remember hearing it in a restaurant right after I had gotten my heart broken, and suddenly it made so much sense. There was nothing the guy could say to me. There’s no easy way to break a heart.”
Big Sean feat. E-40, “I Don’t F– With You” (2014)
“Honestly, this was the first song I thought of, because I’m single this year. Not bitter, it’s just funny. So don’t cry, just yell the lyrics to this out your window at everyone walking by.”
This article originally appeared in the Feb. 18 issue of Billboard.