Broken Heart Syndrome

By V.J. Liew

Who were you thinking of when you recited the line 'that I was adored once too?'
Hansen O'Yang never meant to look back. But when an advance copy of a new documentary about his former band - MayFlower lands in his inbox, he begins to write. What starts as a journal becomes a reckoning: with fame, with heartbreak, and with the people who defined his youth.
Told through Hansen's voice, and interwoven with transcripts from the 2023 docuseries filmed in the absence of its three most elusive members, the story traces the band's meteoric rise and quiet collapse; memories of stealing hearts to the eventual crushing heartbreaks. From their shaky debut in 2007 to a viral fan cam that saved their career, from Coachella to Europe, from Hansen's first hiatus to his final one - every triumph is shadowed by something unspoken.
At the heart of it all is a complicated triangle, of deeply buried feelings, growing closeness and the unravelling of a friendship that once felt unbreakable. When one member lands in rehab and another resigns without a word, MayFlower disbands. No press release. No farewell tour. Just silence.
Years later, in a quiet town in Hokkaido, Hansen writes to remember, and maybe, to forgive.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FMQ68YCX
• ISBN13: 9798298267069
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"