India, Nov. 6 -- Everyone's got a breakup playlist - something with self-pity, regret, a diss track and eventually closure. But what do musicians listen to when their own hearts shatter? We asked six of them about the albums they have turned to. Not one asks you to wallow.

If you want to cry, but dance too...

Pratika picks The Weeknd's After Hours

The playback singer behind Vaazhkaye, Piranth and Laagli Waat was going through a breakup in 2020, when the album dropped. "It gave me the space to cry and dance at the same time. Very few albums can do that."

Lurking beneath the album's '80s arrangements and dream-pop vibe is a darkness, which she likes. It deals with a toxic relationship, a man cheating on his girlfriend, then going on a b...