Phoebe Bridgers has announced UK, Ireland and European arena dates for 'The Lost Tour'•
Aziya introduces her alter ego 'the saboteur' on new track 'Sabotage!'•
Madonna has premiered 'Love Sensation' with surprise Times Square performance for 50,000 fans•
Holly Humberstone has reimagined 'Cruel World' with her new EP, 'it's a real Cruel World'
•
Ryan Beatty has kicked off a new era with 'Secret Language' from his upcoming new album•
Radio Free Alice have signed to Atlantic Records and shared new single 'Lunch Money'•
venbee celebrates solitude with her new single 'Encore, Encore'•
Nia Archives has released her love-drunk new single 'Vertical'•
Weezer reveal 'The Gold Album' alongside Wednesday collaboration 'We Might As Well Be Strangers'•
Getdown Services have announced a second Roundhouse headline show•
DMA'S have shared new single 'Hurracane' and announced a 2027 UK and Ireland tour•
Ama has announced her self-titled second album 'AMA'•
Reading & Leeds has added Villanelle, Beth McCarthy and more to its 2026 bill•
Role Model has introduced mysterious new character Chuck Timely on his new single 'High Hopes 3000'•
Sienna Spiro's 'The Visitor' arrives with a ballet-inspired video•
Audrey Hobert has unveiled a new video for 'Sex and the City' as she begins her headline tour•
The Dork 2025 Readers' Poll nominations are in, featuring CMAT, Turnstile, Wolf Alice, Djo, Hayley Williams and loads more•
flowerovlove has released her first-ever first Christmas track, 'wishlist'•
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander have announced Trans Mission, a concert for trans solidarity•
JADE has announced a deluxe edition of her debut album, 'THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! THE ENCORE'•
Phoebe Bridgers has announced UK, Ireland and European arena dates for 'The Lost Tour'•
Aziya introduces her alter ego 'the saboteur' on new track 'Sabotage!'•
Madonna has premiered 'Love Sensation' with surprise Times Square performance for 50,000 fans•
Holly Humberstone has reimagined 'Cruel World' with her new EP, 'it's a real Cruel World'•
Ryan Beatty has kicked off a new era with 'Secret Language' from his upcoming new album•
Radio Free Alice have signed to Atlantic Records and shared new single 'Lunch Money'•
venbee celebrates solitude with her new single 'Encore, Encore'•
Nia Archives has released her love-drunk new single 'Vertical'•
Weezer reveal 'The Gold Album' alongside Wednesday collaboration 'We Might As Well Be Strangers'•
Getdown Services have announced a second Roundhouse headline show•
DMA'S have shared new single 'Hurracane' and announced a 2027 UK and Ireland tour•
Ama has announced her self-titled second album 'AMA'•
Reading & Leeds has added Villanelle, Beth McCarthy and more to its 2026 bill•
Role Model has introduced mysterious new character Chuck Timely on his new single 'High Hopes 3000'•
Sienna Spiro's 'The Visitor' arrives with a ballet-inspired video•
Audrey Hobert has unveiled a new video for 'Sex and the City' as she begins her headline tour•
The Dork 2025 Readers' Poll nominations are in, featuring CMAT, Turnstile, Wolf Alice, Djo, Hayley Williams and loads more•
flowerovlove has released her first-ever first Christmas track, 'wishlist'•
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander have announced Trans Mission, a concert for trans solidarity•
JADE has announced a deluxe edition of her debut album, 'THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! THE ENCORE'•
Dork
News
Features
Reviews
Magazine
Shop
Listings
Directory
Festivals
Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST
Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD
Festival Guides-YOUR ESSENTIAL FESTIVAL COMPANION
Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST
Mixtape-DORK'S BEST NEW TRACKS
Play-DORK'S NEW MUSIC FRIDAY EDIT
Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD
Playlist Covers
Playlist Directory
Recommender
Before Doors-LIVE SESSIONS
Music Video Directory
Down With Boring-THE DORK PODCAST
Chart Attack-UK NUMBER ONES, DISSECTED
Dork Live
Dork Radio
Live
Live 24/7
Dork Radio
  1. Tracks
  2. Kanye West
  3. 808s & Heartbreak
  4. Heartless
Heartless by Kanye West

SINGLE

Kanye West

Heartless

Release date: 24th November 2008

From 808s & Heartbreak
Track 3
3:31
Hip-Hop/RapMusic
Spotify Apple Music More on Kanye West

About This Track

"Heartless" is a single by Kanye West, from the album 808s & Heartbreak, released 24th November 2008. The track is 3:31 long. It's filed under Hip-Hop/Rap. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about Kanye West.

About the Artist

Kanye West

Kanye West

Lyrics

Heartless

In the night I hear 'em talk
The coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road
He lost his soul to a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?

How could you be so, cold as the winter wind when it breeze, yo
Just remember that you talkin' to me though
You need to watch the way you talkin' to me, yo
I mean after all the things that we've been through
I mean after all the things we got into
Ayo, I know of some things that you ain't told me
Ayo, I did some things, but that's the old me

And now you wanna get me back and you gon' show me
So you walk around like you don't know me
You got a new friend, well, I got homies
But in the end it's still so lonely

In the night I hear 'em talk
The coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road
He lost his soul to a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?

How could be so Dr. Evil?
You bringin' out a side of me that I don't know
I decided we weren't gon' speak so
Why we up 3:00 a.m. on the phone?
Why do she be so mad at me for?
Homie, I don't know, she's hot and cold
I won't stop, won't mess my groove up
'Cause I already know how this thing go

You run and tell your friends that you're leaving me (hey)
They say that they don't see what you see in me (hey)
You wait a couple months then you gon' see (hey)
You'll never find nobody better than me

In the night I hear 'em talk
The coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road
He lost his soul to a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?

Talk and talk and talk and talk
Baby let's just knock it off
They don't know what we been through
They don't know 'bout me and you
So I got something new to see
And you just gon' keep hatin' me
And we just gon' be enemies

I know you can't believe
I could just leave it wrong
And you can't make it right
I'm gon' take off tonight
Into the night

In the night I hear 'em talk
The coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road
He lost his soul to a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

View full lyrics page →

Track details

From 808s & Heartbreak

3:312008Single
Listen
Album
808s & Heartbreak
808s & Heartbreak
Kanye West
24th November 2008
Track number
3
Release year
2008
  1. 1Say You Will
    6:18
  2. 2Welcome To Heartbreak (feat. Kid Cudi)
    4:23
  3. 3Heartless
    3:31
  4. 4Amazing (feat. Young Jeezy)
    3:58
Watch the music video

Kanye West — Heartless

Kanye West — Heartless
3:41

 

Heartless

More from Kanye West

Albums & EPs

BULLY
BULLY
2026
BULLY - EP
BULLY - EP
2026
VULTURES 1
VULTURES 1
2024
Vultures 2
2024
Donda 2
Donda 2
2022
Donda (Deluxe)
Donda (Deluxe)
2021

Explore

More tracks by Kanye West

  1. ??? (Mad)
  2. 530
  3. 80 Degrees (Demo)
  4. Alien / Godzilla
  5. All Day (Demo)
  6. ALL THE LOVE
  7. Ashes [V1]
  8. BEAUTY AND THE BEASTBULLY - EP
    1:46
  9. BULLY
  10. BULLY (First Pressing / BULLY V1 Version)

Showing 10 of 50

If you like Kanye West

¥$

KIDS SEE GHOSTS

KIDS SEE GHOSTS

JAY-Z & Kanye West

The Throne

Ty Dolla $ign

Ty Dolla $ign

DONDA

Dork
Down With Boring

Join thousands of music lovers getting the best new tracks, exclusive interviews, and breaking news delivered straight to your inbox every week.

In print now

June 2026

Latest issue variants

View archive
Dork, June 2026 (Bleachers cover)

Bleachers

Dork, June 2026 (Myles Smith cover)

Myles Smith

Dork, June 2026 (Towa Bird cover)

Towa Bird

Advertise|Support|About Dork|Privacy Policy|Genres|Years|Sitemap|RSS|Cookie settings
© 2026 The Bunker Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
Powered by PlaywireAdvertise on this site.
5Love Lockdown
4:30
  • 6Paranoid (feat. Mr Hudson)
    4:38
  • 7RoboCop
    4:34
  • 8Street Lights
    3:10
  • 9Bad News
    3:59
  • 10See You In My Nightmares (feat. Lil Wayne)
    4:18
  • 11Coldest Winter
    2:44
  • 12Pinocchio Story (Freestyle Live From Singapore)
    6:02
  • —Heartless
    3:31
  • —Pinocchio Story
  • —Welcome To Heartbreak
  • —See You In My Nightmares
  • —Say You Will
    6:18
  • —Amazing
    3:58
  • —Bad News
    3:59
  • —Love Lockdown
    4:30
  • —Paranoid
    4:38
  • —RoboCop
    4:34
  • —Street Lights
    3:10
  • —Coldest Winter
    2:44
  • —See You In My Nightmares
    4:18
  • —Welcome To Heartbreak
    4:23

    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Malik Yusef, No I.D.
    Producer
    Kanye West, No I.D.
    Co-Producer
    No I.D.
    Keyboards
    Jeff Bhasker
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Christian Plata, Erik Madrid
    Mastering Engineer
    Vlado Meller
    Mixing Engineer
    Manny Marroquin
    Piano
    Ken Lewis
    Recording Engineer
    Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer
    READ MORE ABOUT KANYE WESTREAD MORE ABOUT KANYE WESTREAD MORE ABOUT KANYE WESTREAD MORE ABOUT KANYE WEST
    READ MORE ABOUT KANYE WESTREAD MORE ABOUT KANYE WESTREAD MORE ABOUT KANYE WESTREAD MORE ABOUT KANYE WEST
    Kanye West, shopkeeper of the year 2016, plans new pop-up stores
    News

    Kanye West, shopkeeper of the year 2016, plans new pop-up stores

    Happy shopper.

    18 Aug 2016 • 7:17 am
    Kanye West was left "depressed" by Glastonbury 2015 error
    News

    Kanye West was left "depressed" by Glastonbury 2015 error

    Yeezy is talking to Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1 tonight (August 1st)

    1 Aug 2016 • 12:12 pm
    Kanye West to be awarded for contributing to online culture
    News

    Kanye West to be awarded for contributing to online culture

    Next time someone tells you to be more cultured, just show them your Twitter timeline.

    5 May 2016 • 6:19 pm
    Kanye West updates 'Wolves', gives Frank Ocean own track
    News

    Kanye West updates 'Wolves', gives Frank Ocean own track

    Another day, another update from the world of Kanye. Though today, he’s actually done something involving Actual Music, rather than posting a stream of...

    16 Mar 2016 • 8:52 am
    Kanye West appears to be changing 'The Life of Pablo' mixes
    News

    Kanye West appears to be changing 'The Life of Pablo' mixes

    Kanye West is currently changing the version of ‘The Life of Pablo’ available via TIDAL. Edits to some tracks have been made - mostly to the Taylor Swif...

    13 Mar 2016 • 8:27 pm
    Kanye West plans on releasing three albums a year
    News

    Kanye West plans on releasing three albums a year

    Kanye West likes to keep busy. Not content with his workload re-finishing new album ‘The Life of Pablo’, or working on the follow up - currently titled...

    12 Mar 2016 • 4:42 pm