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Our newsletter hand-delivers the best bits to your inbox. Sign up to unlock our digital magazines and also receive the latest news, events, offers and partner promotions. Looking for the courage to confess your unrequited love, or just in need of a big old cry? We got you. Here are the best love songs ever written. Entries are by Time Out Editors. For more about how we curate, have a look at our editorial guidelines.
Been there, done that? Think again, my friend. No wonder it set TikTok alight for the best part of a year. A departure from her darker, more melancholic explorations of break-ups and self-destructive relationship tendencies, Del Rey brings a nostalgic perspective to this song, sharing her appreciation of young innocent love. With its swelling melody and vintage strings and booming moments this is exactly what you imagine a love song to sound like.
As the opening track for her album Lust for Life, it perfectly sets up a reminiscent and warming feeling. But our favorite boost for the song has to be when it was sung by Barack Obama at a fund-raising event back in Since her debut in , Lorde has affirmed herself as the voice of adolescent heartbreak. This song is an oldie but a goodie for a reason. It perfectly captures the feeling of letting go completely and falling into the uplifting arms of a romantic love.
Normally The Weeknd expresses his love in a ahem explicit way, but with this tune he decided to crank up the dramatics. With lyrics describing a painful-sounding breakup with a lady who he is still undeniably obsessed with, this is as romantic as the Canadian singer gets. Despite lyrically not being the most typical love song, with its intensely beautiful melody The Weeknd really pulls on those tropes, declaring his utter devotion to his lover.
