Imagine what it could feel like to be in a relationship with someone and then a few days later, you are broken up and that person is in a relationship with someone else. It seems a little sus, right? On one hand, that person moved on fast, so you wouldn’t have to wonder if or when that would happen. On the other hand, how could someone be ready to start another relationship so soon? It is awkward and hurtful and confusing, which are topics that Caroline Romano knows well. For her final release of the year, she recaps what it was like to deal with this very situation on “Tell Her I Said Hi.”
A spiteful and witty anthem, “Tell Her I Said Hi” gives Caroline the final say in a breakup. Her remarkable storytelling skills come through in the run-on lyrics, the details hitting us faster than we can fully process what is happening. With an edgy alt-rock attitude that we have heard her adopt in previous releases, she takes note of the sketchy behavior she witnessed before, during, and after the break. Caroline even name drops this other girl, supposedly, letting us know that she is already steps ahead. When she sings, “So tell her I left my ring on your desk / She can have it if it fits / What’s another thing to miss?” we get the sense that Caroline won this breakup, in a way, bold enough to be so generous to this new girl. You can check it out below.
About “Tell Her I Said Hi,” Caroline shares,
“‘Tell Her I Said Hi’ is me closing the final chapter on a particular heartbreak I’ve been writing about for a while. I wrote this song after finding out he had already moved on with someone else just days after we broke up. I was thinking about it nonstop, playing out different scenarios in my head about what I’d say to him if I ever saw him again, and ‘tell her I said hi’ is the line that came to mind. There’s a finality to that sentence that’s both heartbreaking and cathartic. The song itself is jealous, angry, pretty, and exhausting all at once, much like the end of our relationship.”
You can listen to “Tell Her I Said Hi” on platforms like Spotify and Apple Music.
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