50 Best Fake Friend Songs for IG Reels & Stories
Best Songs for Fake Friends on Instagram Reels and Stories
There’s a certain sting that comes when you realize someone you thought had your back was only hanging around for the spotlight. It’s not clean or cinematic. It’s messy, loud, sometimes funny in a way you only get later. The right track kicks in and suddenly the vibe shifts from laughing along at the table to side-eyeing across the room. That energy belongs on a reel, the kind where people watching stop for a second because they know the feeling too.
These aren’t songs that smooth it over or try to make betrayal look glamorous. Some tracks go for the gut, some lean on sarcasm, some just ride out that bitter aftertaste like a chant. And not every pick is literally tied to fake friends, but the mood hits anyway. It’s pop, rock, country, and R&B songs pulled together in one spot, all wired into that strange mix of anger and humor that happens when the mask slips.
The best part is how these tracks line up with quick cuts, meme captions, or that one clip you save for when you want to make your feed speak louder than you can. Some of them are sharp, some are messy, and some are way too real for comfort. Here are the best fake friend songs for Instagram reels and stories.
Top 10 Fake Friends Instagram Songs
1. 'Bad Blood' by Taylor Swift
2. 'Backstabber' by Kesha
3. 'Fake Friends' by Joan Jett
4. 'Fake Friends' by Joel Adams
5. 'Real Friends' by Kanye West
6. 'Smiling Faces Sometimes' by The Undisputed Truth
7. 'Traitor' by Olivia Rodrigo
8. 'F.F.F.' by Bebe Rexha
9. 'Liar' by Lil Peep
10. 'This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things' by Taylor Swift
Popular Songs About Friendship Betrayal #11 to 20
11. 'True Friends' by Bring Me The Horizon
12. 'Friends' by Whodini
13. 'Ignorance' by Paramore
14. 'Toxic' by BoyWithUke
15. 'The Story of Us' by Taylor Swift
16. 'Fairweather Friends' by Queens of the Stone Age
17. 'Positively 4th Street' by Bob Dylan
18. 'Case of the Fake People' by TLC
19. 'I Knew I Couldn't Trust You' by Silverstein
20. 'my tears ricochet' by Taylor Swift
Great Songs for Fake Friends Instagram Reels #21 to 30
21. 'You Oughta Know' by Alanis Morissette
22. 'Friend of Mine' by Lily Allen
23. 'Crucify the Dead' by Slash
24. 'Seventy Times Seven' by Brand New
25. 'Fake Happy' by Paramore
26. 'Liability' by Lorde
27. 'We Used to Be Friends' by The Dandy Warhols
28. 'Last Chance to Dance (Bad Friend)' by A Day to Remember
29. 'I Forgot That You Existed' by Taylor Swift
30. 'FRENEMIES' by Stand Atlantic
Popular Friendship Breakup Songs for Instagram Stories #31 to 40
31. 'I'd Rather Be Me' by Barrett Wilbert Weed
32. 'Broski' by Joyner Lucas
33. 'You're So Vain' by Carly Simon
34. 'No More Parties in LA' by Kanye West
35. 'The Grudge' by Olivia Rodrigo
36. 'Long Black Veil' by Johnny Cash
37. 'Friend or Foe' by t.A.T.u.
38. 'Everybody's Fool' by Evanescence
39. 'Needled 24/7' by Children of Bodom
40. 'Motion Sickness' by Phoebe Bridgers
The Best Songs About Fake People #41 to 50
41. 'Fake Nice' by The Aces
42. 'Champagne for My Real Friends, Real Pain for My Sham Friends' by Fall Out Boy
43. 'Now That We Don't Talk' by Taylor Swift
44. 'You Don't Own Me' by Lesley Gore
45. 'Friend Is a Four Letter Word' by Cake
46. 'Jerk' by Oliver Tree
47. 'Complicated' by Avril Lavigne
48. 'We're Going to Miss You' by James
49. 'Bury a Friend' by Billie Eilish
50. 'Walk' by Pantera
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