--- description: Her EP 'Slow Dancing' is out April 8 title: Watch Betty Who "Heartbreak Dream" Video, Read Her Interview image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # VIDEO: Betty Who's "Heartbreak Dream" — And the Deeper Meaning of Pop Music  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Apr 3, 2014 2:00 PM CUT  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Apr 3, 2014 2:00 PM CUT In this new video for her song “Heartbreak Dream,” rising pop star Betty Who takes listeners through a tour of her life. And, it turns out, it’s a life that’s changing rapidly. The major-label debut EP from the 22-year-old singer, _Slow Dancing_, is out next week — and in this week’s issue of TIME, the songstress talks about finding success with last year’s self-released EP, signing with RCA Records and why pop shouldn’t be overlooked by serious music buffs. Though the genre often gets a bad rap, it’s opening up to new power structures and a new level of authenticity for artists, a change exemplified by her career and her music. “It’s pop music, but it’s not cheap pop,” Perez Hilton, who’s a fan, told TIME. “It’s smart pop, which is actually really hard to do.” [**_Click to read the full article or find it in this week’s TIME_**](http://ti.me/1k2yMFN "undefined")**_._** ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/45861/betty-who-slow-dancing-teaser/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/45861/betty-who-slow-dancing-teaser/"},"headline":"VIDEO: Betty Who's \"Heartbreak Dream\" — And the Deeper Meaning of Pop Music","datePublished":"2014-04-03T14:00:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:04:51.318Z","description":"Her EP Slow Dancing is out April 8","url":"https://time.com/45861/betty-who-slow-dancing-teaser/","keywords":["Music","Pop","Album"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lily Rothman","jobTitle":"Rothman is managing editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/45861/betty-who-slow-dancing-teaser/","name":"VIDEO: Betty Who's \"Heartbreak Dream\" — And the Deeper Meaning of Pop Music"}}]}] ```