Nilüfer Yanya makes her jazzy pop anthems both slow-burning and urgent, pairing delicate verses with bursts of cinematic guitar-plucking. The London-based singer-songwriter’s last single, “Thanks 4 Nothing,” detailed a failed relationship that spiraled beyond her control, and her latest, “Heavyweight Champion of the Year,” follows her heartsick anguish with a twist. Here, Yanya delivers piercing rage, channeling Karen O’s histrionic delivery as she chooses self-preservation over destruction.

On “Heavyweight Champion of the Year,” Yanya hits her limit with a partner. “I’m tired,” she barks before tearing into a sucker-punch guitar solo, wrestling with her inner resolve. In acknowledging her partner’s inability to be faithful, she imagines the possible outcomes of staying with them. “Fall, or do you crawl back to where you’re from?” she wonders, thudding guitar chords growing louder over her anxious howls as the tension bubbles over. “I’m heartbroken, I gave you up,” she decides ultimately. Yanya may be disheartened, but her kiss-off is an act of resilience.