Sabrina Carpeter - Tears

[Karl 3,421]

On 8/29/2025 at 3:08 PM, Killa said:

This Is all cute bit thats a 6th single, what Is It serving? And Who.. 

 

It's the second single from her new album no? 

[happymistake 85]

her music videos are so good

[StrawberryBlond 14,883]

3 hours ago, Bronco said:

Do you struggle with sarcasm?

Because that's like Sabrina's entire schtick. 

Like her entire persona is built around baby talking men and treating them like idiots. She even references the joke that she's a serial killer targeting men at the end of the video for this song.

I feel like you're just not in on the joke. 

I am in on the joke but it's not shown in these specific lyrics. Please Please Please and Manchild are better examples of what you stated but Tears isn't like that, it's just face value and doesn't subvert anything.

[JustJustan 950]

I'm loving the horror references: Rocky Horry Picture Show, Suspiria, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Evil Dead, The Birds, Psycho. So good, so cheeky. What a fun video.

[Killa 17,491]

9 hours ago, Karl said:

It's the second single from her new album no? 

Yes. I meant. It sounds like a last Song present kind of single.

[Bronco 11,772]

7 hours ago, StrawberryBlond said:

I am in on the joke but it's not shown in these specific lyrics. Please Please Please and Manchild are better examples of what you stated but Tears isn't like that, it's just face value and doesn't subvert anything.

She sarcastically uses shikitah every time she refers to them being responsible turning her on. Shikitah has historically been used with a similar meaning to a performer saying abracadabra after a magic trick or doing jazz hands after a trick. It is a very obvious sarcastic moment.

[A D A M 560]

8 hours ago, StrawberryBlond said:

I am in on the joke but it's not shown in these specific lyrics. Please Please Please and Manchild are better examples of what you stated but Tears isn't like that, it's just face value and doesn't subvert anything.

I think the song really nails today's hookup rush of dopamine. People forget about all the basics of human interaction and just goes straight to the freaky stuff. Ghosting, degradation only for own pleasure, being ignorant, this is all the problems of today's social media, because people can "swipe you" out of life and it so easy to jump to another hollow relation. Sabrina's commentary on the song says that she is open to go full on the close contact but it requires the mandatory respect to the other person, this is when the magic happens "shikitah".

[StrawberryBlond 14,883]

16 hours ago, Bronco said:

She sarcastically uses shikitah every time she refers to them being responsible turning her on. Shikitah has historically been used with a similar meaning to a performer saying abracadabra after a magic trick or doing jazz hands after a trick. It is a very obvious sarcastic moment.

That sound is just a reference to the disco/funk beat. There's sometimes sound effects like that used in that genre and it can also be used in a "slay queen" way like when someone debuts an amazing look. So much of this is aimed at the drag and ballroom scene and that word is part of it. I think it's about being fun but not sarcastic. 

15 hours ago, A D A M said:

I think the song really nails today's hookup rush of dopamine. People forget about all the basics of human interaction and just goes straight to the freaky stuff. Ghosting, degradation only for own pleasure, being ignorant, this is all the problems of today's social media, because people can "swipe you" out of life and it so easy to jump to another hollow relation. Sabrina's commentary on the song says that she is open to go full on the close contact but it requires the mandatory respect to the other person, this is when the magic happens "shikitah".

I don't disagree with that, I just think it's weird to be turned on by a man just being responsible and respectful. Surely he has to actually do something sexual to do that? Saying that just doing the dishes is enough to make her want to put out is so similar to what Katy Perry said recently and I'd really like us to move away from the idea of rewarding men with sex for doing chores that women do without the expectation of sex. I also think it's weird how she refers to the wetness as the consistency of tears when it clearly is not that. 

[Bronco 11,772]

5 hours ago, StrawberryBlond said:

Surely he has to actually do something sexual to do that? Saying that just doing the dishes is enough to make her want to put out is so similar to what Katy Perry said recently and I'd really like us to move away from the idea of rewarding men with sex for doing chores that women do without the expectation of sex. I also think it's weird how she refers to the wetness as the consistency of tears when it clearly is not that. 

The tears reference is a very common jokey way of saying someone is wet in modern day slang. 

As for what turns her on? I get what you are saying, I think you are deliberately ignoring she's making a tongue in cheek song about this and it isnt that serious.

But on a wider level - people get turned on and stimulated by plenty of non-sexual things, that is a very normal factor of human sexuality. And it can be as a result of identities like demisexuality or as a result of kinks/fetishes. 

And ultimately, it is very normal for people to require emotional connection as a prerequisite for a sexual relationship. I think this idea that being open about wanting someone emotionally mature and available is a bad thing is a very silly path to walk down.

[A D A M 560]

7 hours ago, StrawberryBlond said:

I just think it's weird to be turned on by a man just being responsible and respectful. Surely he has to actually do something sexual to do that? Saying that just doing the dishes is enough to make her want to put out is so similar to what Katy Perry said recently and I'd really like us to move away from the idea of rewarding men with sex for doing chores that women do without the expectation of sex. I also think it's weird how she refers to the wetness as the consistency of tears when it clearly is not that. 

I perceive it as the whole camp of the song. The guys come and will tell you what naughty stuff they gonna to you (literally same e-penis ego like owning expensive stuff and bragging about it) forgetting about fundamentals. So she speaks about stuff like Ikea chair which sounds ridiculous but this really breaks their imaginary world (she wants a man, not a soulless **** machine). Sentences like "cleaning the dishes makes me hot" are not meant to be taken seriously, this is just Sabrina's spin on the situation explaining that she wants to reward guys that are thoughtful and are not obsessed with ****ography (which lacks of normal human interactions).