Raph Solo “Broken Hearts”

The WORD OF LOVE album is Raph Solo’s little notebook on relationships, a “what to do and what not to do” with matters of the heart, which he wrote from experience. In his new single, Broken Hearts, he continues where he left off from the title track. Broken Hearts is about wrestling and coming to terms with the mistakes that led to past break-ups, re-discovering self-worth and becoming the king of hearts every man is meant to be. “I wrote the song a few years ago at around the time I met my partner,” says Raph Solo. “We were both newly out of major relationships that had left us broken and

bruised. While the lovemaking was hot, the baggage I carried from my past caused a lot of friction and undue fear in our relationship.”

Similar to the other songs on the WORD OF LOVE album, Raph describes the sound of Broken Hearts as “POPTECSOL,” a new sound he created that combines pop, tech, and R&B soul. However, he sings Broken Hearts in a lower key and adds melancholy strings and anthem-like synth riffs over a lazy throbbing bass groove to give it a dark, edgy and sexy feel that reflects the bittersweet sentiment behind the song. Raph Solo’s Broken Hearts is being released globally through Angel King Musique and is available for sale on iTunes and Amazon and through streaming on Spotify.

“Broken Hearts heal with time,” sings Raph in his new single. He should know. Before meeting his partner, he experienced 7.5 breakups in nine years (one of the splits only scored a 0.5 on his pain-o-meter). His hardest failed relationship was with a man he regarded as a father figure. “It crushed me. It changed my perception of love,” he admits. “Though I still believe in love, I don’t view it through rose-colored glasses anymore.”

Born to Lebanese/Chilean parents on the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria, West Africa, Raph Solo is a singer, songwriter and music producer. He has released four full- length albums: FINALLY/ THE ALBUM, AM I TOO MUCH?, THE ANONYMOUS ICON, featuring the hit singles Star and Good Morning London and WORD OF LOVE which features his smash hit from last summer, Love Lives.