Cold Little Heart

"Cold Little Heart" is a song by British singer/songwriter Michael Kiwanuka, from his second studio album, Love & Hate.

The song was used in the opening credits of the American black comedy series Big Little Lies[1] A music video to accompany the release of "Cold Little Heart" as a single was first released onto YouTube on 23 March 2017, where it has reached over 230 million views as of February 2025.

[2] Marcus J. Moore of Pitchfork Magazine stated that "Cold Little Heart" was the best song on Love & Hate, saying "the album’s 10-minute opener is easily the record’s best song, landing somewhere between Pink Floyd’s soul/rock hybrid and Isaac Hayes’ orchestral arrangements.

That confidence could obviously be wildly misplaced – a five minute instrumental overture replete with strings, wordless backing vocals and melancholy slide guitar that sounds not unlike the work of Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour could be an exercise in terrible hollow pomposity.

But instead, Cold Little Heart proceeds with a stately assurance: the moment where the song suddenly pulls into focus is really thrilling.