Sisters Alyson "Aly" Michalka and Amanda Joy "AJ" Michalka were very much a part of the Troy and Gabriella Disney school of wholesome pop until they released this electropop ditty. The lead single from Insomniatic, it found Aly and AJ evolving from their previous guitar-based material to a rock-infused synth sound with vocal processing effects. The song received positive reviews from critics, with most acknowledging it was superior to the teen fodder that corporate America was shoveling at its impressionable youth. Time magazine went as far as ranking "Potential Breakup Song" the ninth-best song of 2007 in their year-end list.
Lyrically the song is, as the title states, about a potential breakup, with all the emotion involved. The guy is a jerk; he forgot his girlfriend's birthday and Aly and AJ know they're better off without him.
Aly and AJ give a wink to the popular trend in the mid-2000s of pop artists having at least one breakup song. This is the potential breakup song Our album needs just one However, there is a twist at the end when after spending the whole song criticizing the boyfriend, the sisters offer the guy a second chance - on one condition. This is the potential make up song Please just admit you're wrong Which will it be?
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