My Man (Tamar Braxton song)

"My Man" is an R&B and soul song recorded by American singer Tamar Braxton for her fifth studio album Bluebird of Happiness (2017).

"My Man" was the first single from Braxton's independent record label, Tamartian Land, created with the support of eOne Entertainment.

Laurieann Gibson directed the music video, which features Braxton confronting her lover and his mistress in a hotel room.

[21][22] The lyrics for "My Man" are about infidelity;[4][18] Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times said its central message was "never trust a lonely woman with the one you love".

[24] Discussing the first verse, "Stood right by your side through everything that you went through…Why is she around", SoulTracks' Justin Kantor compared Tamar's voice to her sister Toni Braxton's "rich low alto".

[26] AllMusic's Andy Kellman wrote that the album "crest[ed] with the two-timed belter" and its final track "Empty Boxes".

[27] In the Houston Chronicle, Joey Guerra praised "My Man", along with "Blind", "How I Feel", and "Empty Boxes", as "searing, tear-your-heart-out ballads".

[28] Arielle Chester from We TV said the lyrics were relatable, calling the song "the next best break-up remedy since ice cream".

[18][25] Justin Kantor commended her for conveying the song's varying emotions,[18] and Andres highlighted her ability to express the "heartache of deception" with her voice.

[20][23] Describing Braxton as a "glorious drama queen", Elias Leight enjoyed her "series of well-honed, highly dramatic gestures"; he wrote that "the force of her stagecraft" kept the attention on her rather than the dancers.

[20] In an article for Billboard, Dan Rys praised Braxton's vocals and highlighted her mic drop as a "fitting exclamation point" to the performance.

[40] Despite this positive response, Twitter users believed Braxton was lip syncing;[41] Michael Arceneaux also thought this and jokingly asked why she kept "aggressively moving her wig like it was dipped in a fire ant bed before she glued it to her head".

[42] During an appearance on the game show Hip Hop Squares, Braxton had an argument with host DeRay Davis when he joked that she had lip-synced for the BET performance.

[43] In an interview with the radio show The Breakfast Club, Braxton said she is close friends with Davis and that Lil Mama "needs the spirit of the hush sometimes".

An image of a blonde woman sitting on a stool in front of a microphone. She is looking away from the microphone.
Tamar Braxton (pictured in 2013) wrote "My Man" about her parents' divorce and one of her past relationships.