Tears in the Club

2021 single by FKA Twigs featuring the Weeknd

"Tears in the Club"

Single by FKA Twigs featuring the Weeknd
from the album  Caprisongs
Released| 16 December 2021
Genre|

* Pop
* R&B

Length| 3:16
Label|

* Atlantic
* Young

Songwriter(s)|

* Tahliah Barnett
* Abel Tesfaye
* Ali Tamposi
* Henry Walter
* Alejandra Ghersi
* Pablo Díaz-Reixa

Producer(s)|

* Cirkut
* Arca
* El Guincho

FKA Twigs singles chronology
| "Measure of a Man"
(2021)  | "Tears in the Club"
(2021)  | "Killer"
(2022)

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The Weeknd singles chronology
| "La Fama"
(2021)  | "Tears in the Club"
(2021)  | "Poison"
(2021)

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Music video
"Tears in the Club" on YouTube

"Tears in the Club" (stylized in all lowercase on the album version only)[1] is a song by English singer-songwriter FKA Twigs featuring Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd. It was released on 16 December 2021, as the lead single from the former's first mixtape, Caprisongs (2022).[2] The two artists wrote the song alongside Ali Tamposi and producers Cirkut, Arca, and el Guincho.[3]

## Background and composition[edit]

"Tears in the Club" leans towards a more contemporary pop sound that strays away from the type of FKA Twigs' regular music, but "maintains the etherealness and distortion for which she's become known".[4] The song has been described as an R&B-pop track,[5] that pairs "a booming dance floor beat and atmospheric synths" with Twigs and the Weeknd belting out lyrics "that are packed with heartache and angst".[6] It interpolates the section of "@@@@@" known as "Phantasy", composed and performed by Arca.[7] Twigs announced the release date of the single alongside a trailer video on 13 December 2021.[8]

## Music video[edit]

A music video for the song premiered on 16 December 2021. It was directed by Amber Grace Johnson. The video pays homage to Canadian rapper Drake's Sprite commercial in the beginning. It starts with FKA Twigs dancing in a nightclub with bright lights. Twigs walks down the street crying and is subsequently picked up by a group of dancers.[9] She is then joined by the Weeknd and performs for him in a fish tank, who watches her in tears.[10]

## Charts[edit]

Chart performance for "Tears in the Club"  Chart (2021–2022)  | Peak
position

|

Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[11] | 79
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[12] | 12
Portugal (AFP)[13] | 168

## References[edit]

1. ^ tears in the club (feat. the weeknd) by FKA twigs, 14 January 2022, retrieved 15 January 2022
2. ^ Wang, Steffanee (16 December 2021). "FKA Twigs' 2022 Mixtape: Release Date, Track List, & More". Nylon. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
3. ^ Bowenbank, Starr (16 December 2021). "FKA Twigs & The Weeknd Team Up on 'Tears In The Club': Stream It Here". Billboard. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
4. ^ Richards, Will (17 December 2021). "Watch FKA twigs taunt The Weeknd in new video for 'Tears In The Club'". NME. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
5. ^ Harris, Latesha (17 January 2022). "On 'CAPRISONGS,' FKA twigs vibrates at her highest frequency". NPR. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
6. ^ Legaspi, Althea (16 December 2021). "FKA Twigs, the Weeknd Try to Dance the Love Away on New Song 'Tears in the Club'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
7. ^ Kent-Smith, Jasmine (17 December 2021). "FKA twigs and The Weeknd release video for new single 'Tears in the Club'". Crack Magazine. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
8. ^ Hussey, Allison (13 December 2021). "FKA twigs and the Weeknd Tease New Song "Tears in the Club"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
9. ^ Gularte, Alejandra (16 December 2021). "FKA twigs Got Us Fighting 'Tears in the Club' in New Music Video". Paste. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
10. ^ Cubas, Ana (17 December 2021). "FKA twigs Shares New Single Featuring The Weeknd, "Tears in the Club"". Paste. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
11. ^ "FKA Twigs Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
12. ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
13. ^ "FKA Twigs feat. The Weeknd – Tears in the Club". AFP Top 100 Singles. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

* v
* t
* e

FKA Twigs

* Discography
* Awards and nominations

Studio albums|

* LP1
* Magdalene

Mixtapes|

* Caprisongs

Extended plays|

* EP1
* EP2
* M3LL155X

Singles|

* "Two Weeks"
* "Pendulum"
* "Cellophane"
* "Sad Day"
* "Tears in the Club"

Collaborations|

* "Fukk Sleep"
* "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)"
* "Ego Death"
* "Sum Bout U"

Promotional singles|

* "Water Me"

Tour|

Magdalene Tour

Related topics|

* Arca
* Boots
* Inc. No World
* Sampha
* Young

* v
* t
* e

The Weeknd songs

* Discography
* Songs

Trilogy (2012)|

| House of Balloons (2011)|

* "High for This"
* "The Morning"
* "Wicked Games"
* "Twenty Eight"
* "House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls"

|

Thursday (2011)|

* "The Zone"

Echoes of Silence (2011)|

* "D.D"

Kiss Land (2013)|

* "Belong to the World"
* "Live For"
* "Wanderlust"
* "Kiss Land"

Beauty Behind the Madness (2015)|

* "Tell Your Friends"
* "Often"
* "The Hills"
* "Acquainted"
* "Can't Feel My Face"
* "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)
* "In the Night"
* "Prisoner"

Starboy (2016)|

* "Starboy"
* "Party Monster"
* "False Alarm"
* "Reminder"
* "Rockin'"
* "Secrets"
* "Stargirl Interlude"
* "Sidewalks"
* "Six Feet Under"
* "A Lonely Night"
* "All I Know"
* "Die for You"
* "I Feel It Coming"

My Dear Melancholy (2018)|

* "Call Out My Name"
* "Try Me"
* "Wasted Times"
* "I Was Never There"
* "Hurt You"

After Hours (2020)|

* "Alone Again"
* "Too Late"
* "Hardest to Love"
* "Scared to Live"
* "Snowchild"
* "Escape from LA"
* "Heartless"
* "Faith"
* "Blinding Lights"
* "In Your Eyes"
* "Save Your Tears"
* "Repeat After Me (Interlude)"
* "After Hours"
* "Until I Bleed Out"

Dawn FM (2022)|

* "Gasoline"
* "How Do I Make You Love Me?"
* "Take My Breath"
* "Sacrifice"
* "Out of Time"
* "Best Friends"
* "Is There Someone Else?"
* "I Heard You're Married"
* "Less than Zero"

Soundtrack songs|

| The Idol (2023)|

* "Popular"
* "Double Fantasy"
* "One of the Girls"

|

Other|

* "Elastic Heart"
* "Earned It"
* "Pray for Me"
* "Power Is Power"
* "Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)"

Other songs|

| 2011|

* "Crew Love"

|

2012|

* "Remember You"

2013|

* "One of Those Nights"
* "Odd Look"
* "Sexodus"

2014|

* "Or Nah (remix)"
* "King of the Fall"
* "Love Me Harder"

2015|

* "Might Not"
* "Nocturnal"

2016|

* "FML"
* "Low Life"
* "6 Inch"
* "Wild Love"

2017|

* "Some Way"
* "Comin Out Strong"
* "Lust for Life"
* "A Lie"
* "Curve"

2018|

* "What You Want"
* "Wake Up"

2019|

* "Lost in the Fire"
* "Price on My Head"

2020|

* "Smile"
* "Over Now"
* "Off the Table"
* "Hawái (remix)"

2021|

* "You Right"
* "Better Believe"
* "Moth to a Flame"
* "One Right Now"
* "La Fama"
* "Die for It"
* "Hurricane"
* "Tears in the Club"
* "Poison"

2022|

* "Creepin' "

2023|

* "K-pop"
* "Circus Maximus"
* "Another One of Me"

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