"Hopeless Romantic" is a song by American singer and songwriter Michelle Branch, released as the lead single from her third studio album of the same name on February 3, 2017.
The song was written by Branch, Patrick Carney of The Black Keys, Gus Seyffert, Amy Kuney and Harlan Silverman.
[3] In 2015, Branch filed for divorce from Teddy Landau after eleven years of marriage, she requested joint custody of her daughter, Owen Isabelle.
"[6] The song premiered on February 2, 2017 exclusively on the Billboard website from her Vevo channel and was made available to stream and purchase the next day.
"I haven't had a video out in so long, so I wanted to push the envelope in that sense, and not have something that was ‘cheery’ or what people expect from me".