"Broken Umbrella" is a song written and recorded by Canadian

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artist

Jojo Mason Jojo Mason (born February 26, 1990) is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter. Mason moved to Victoria, British Columbia in 2004 to play hockey at the junior (Saanich Jr Braves, VIJHL) ranks but suffered a herniated disk. Later, he met songwr ...

. The song was the lead single off his 2021 extended play ''Sky Full of Stars''.

Background

Mason stated that "Broken Umbrella" "really speaks about who I am as an artist, showing my fun, loving, and happy side," adding "it's all about doing the best we can and enjoying that kind of positivity".

Critical reception

Nanci Dagg of ''Canadian Beats Media'' reviewed the song positively stating "Mason’s vibrant vocals and stellar charisma shine through in this sweet love song".

Commercial performance

"Broken Umbrella" peaked at number five on the ''Billboard''

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chart for the week of February 26, 2022. It peaked at number 89 on the

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for the same week. It was the most-played Canadian song, and the fifteenth most-played song overall on Canadian

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in 2022, according to

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Music video

The official music video for "Broken Umbrella" premiered on ''

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'' on September 8, 202 and features Mason driving his own motorcycle. The video was directed by Cole Northey and stars Jessamine Salas and Melvin Medici as a man and woman first flirting and later ending up together under an umbrella. Mason referred to the video as "one of the most fun videos" he's ever shot and felt it "captures the essence of the song".

Charts

References

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