A breakup can make a person feel certain for a day, then doubtful again by nightfall. Brenna Menz gives that unstable cycle room to breathe on “Shattered Perspectives”, her debut concept pop album.

The Seattle singer-songwriter follows a complicated, two-plus-year on-and-off relationship through changing points of view, letting the record move with the feelings instead of forcing them into one final answer.

The central story is not a single heartbreak. It is the repeated reshaping of what that heartbreak means.

Menz puts her feelings and personal experiences into songs so people can relate and feel connected. On “Shattered Perspectives”, that instinct becomes the album’s organising force.

The songs are ordered according to when the experiences happened, so the project carries a sense of time passing rather than circling the same argument.

One moment can sound raw and outward-facing, then another can turn toward self-examination. It feels close to a handwritten notebook, where earlier pages are not erased simply because a later page sees things differently.

The album uses its pop foundation with flexibility. Electronic pop appears alongside folk and reggae-style influences, and those shifts mirror the changing outlook at the heart of Menz’s writing.

A new style marks a change in emotional temperature, giving the relationship story room to move from frustration to reflection.

For pop listeners who enjoy a record with several entry points, “Shattered Perspectives” offers a personal narrative that stays central even as its genre references change.

The focus track, “I hope you miss me”, lands at the album’s most direct point of grievance. Menz describes it as her pettiest and most honest song, written after the relationship ended.

The title itself carries a sting. It admits the desire to be remembered by someone who caused pain, even when that desire may sit uneasily beside the wish to move forward.

That decision allows a difficult reaction to be heard without turning it into a permanent identity.

“Break this Habit” gives the project another side of its argument. Here Menz looks at her own flaws and asks how a relationship can last if familiar habits remain unchanged.

Put beside “I hope you miss me”, the song offers a useful shift in focus. One song lays feeling at another person’s door; the other asks what the narrator may need to face.

“Cliff”, the final song, closes the record with an idea Menz connects to taking a chance and learning from whatever follows.

Menz’s process also helps explain the album’s flexibility. A song may start from a short melody and a few words, or from words alone.

From there, feeling, other tracks and input from two producers she met through social media help shape the finished recording.

Some songs came together in her apartment, while most were recorded at a producer’s studio in Issaquah. That fragment-first approach fits the record’s emotional premise.

Nothing begins fully resolved, and each song has to find its own form.

For ViViPlay readers looking for emerging pop artists with a personal point of view, “Shattered Perspectives” offers an inviting first statement.

Menz has been performing at open mics, and this debut presents a writer unafraid to hold pettiness beside self-awareness. The album does not promise that difficult love ends in a lesson.

Press play for “I hope you miss me”, then follow the record through the turns that give its title weight.