Hearts

"Hearts" is a download only release from British recording artist Dakota Prescott. Although not an official single, the track was released as the third and final of Dakota's 'buzz' singles released before her debut single. The song was written by the singer herself and focuses on female empowerment, and shows Dakota take the role of a 'heartbreaking male' in a females body.

Background
On 13 August 2015, Dakota revealed that her third and final promo single would be titled "Hearts" and would be released the following week on 17 August. Dakota also revealed that the song is more dance orientated than her two prior releases. The songs official cover art was revealed on the same day.

The song premiered on the same day.

Release and reception
The song premiered on 13 August 2015. HuffingtonPost wrote about the song "Dakota's latest promo single "Hearts" is a modern attestation of self-worth and feminine empowerment... it's an opening statement as to the corners of the earth she's helping us to explore through this upcoming album. Joe Rivers of No Ripcord gave the song a positive review, saying: "It makes you wonder why Dakota Prescott isn't all over commercial radio; it's a catchy, well-constructed pop song that manages to pack a lot in without conforming to the Guetta/Harris dance-pop template, instead injecting an effortless, swaggering cool."

In its list of the best songs of 2015, Pitchfork ranked "Hearts" at number 61, saying that it "could even make Tumblr’s weird pop elite attempt a shimmy." Marc Hogan of Spin Magazine said that the new single "wonderfully emphasizes the pure-pop joy and street-cool swagger that lurks behind the hypnotic shadows on tracks by Dakota".

Music video
The video premiered on 19 August 2015. The video for "Hearts" is set in a dark underground club.

The video is relatively simple. Dakota walks around the club, with boys trying to make moves on her, however she doesn't at any point show them any attention, and as she pushes each one away - cartoon stylised hearts pour out of the boys and shatter on the floor. On occasions, cartoon tears fall from their eyes too.

Various other cartoony images are portrayed throughout the video, such as Dakota blowing a kiss and a cartoon red pair of lips flying across the club and knocking a guy off his feet.

As the video ends, Dakota dives backwards into a sea of the broken hearts she created throughout the video and laughs as she somewhat crowd surfs amongst them.

Track listing
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Credits

 * "Hearts" &mdash; written by Dakota Prescott

Chart performance
The song debuted at #4 on the Digital chart with downloads of 23,569. It debuted at #44 on the Airplay chart before rising into the top forty at #33 and then to #24.