heartsickness

With their bed-head and heartsickness, her characters can also seem to have fallen out of Dusty Springfield’s “Dusty in Memphis” album.

“Years later, I still think about it,” he rapped, racing through his heartsickness as if trying to outrun it.

Nearly 25 years into her career, her heartsickness has become a chronic condition, and she’s twisting the emotional arc of her songbook accordingly.

Without Putman, country music would have been denied one of its most consistent songwriters who was not afraid to write about troublesome subjects: divorce, murder, infidelity, desperation and heartsickness.

“My first reaction was a feeling of heartsickness, because we were in charge of monitoring this project,” Mr. Bian said in a recent interview.