Right now, I'm in a state of mind
I wanna be in like all the time
Ain't got no tears left to cry
So, I'm pickin' it up, pickin' it up
I'm lovin', I'm livin' (Oh, ayy), I'm pickin' it up
I'm pickin' it up, pickin' it up (Yeah)
I'm lovin', I'm livin', I'm pickin' it up (Oh, yeah)
[Refrain]
I'm pickin' it up (Yeah), pickin' it up (Yeah, ayy)
Lovin', I'm livin', so we turnin' up (We turnin' it up)
Yeah, we turnin' it up
[Verse 1]
Ain't got no tears in my body
I ran out, but, boy, I like it
I like it, I like it
Don't matter how, what, where, who tries it
We out here vibin'
We vibin', we vibin'
[Pre-Chorus]
Comin' out
Even when it's rainin' down
Can't stop now
Can't stop so shut your mouth
Shut your mouth
And if you don't know, then now you know it, babe
Know it, babe, yeah
Right now, I'm in a state of mind
I wanna be in like all the time
Ain't got no tears left to cry
So, I'm pickin' it up, pickin' it up (Oh, yeah)
I'm lovin', I'm livin', I'm pickin' it up
Oh, I just want you to come with me (Ooh)
We on another mentality
Ain't got no tears left to cry (To cry)
So, I'm pickin' it up, pickin' it up (Oh, yeah)
I'm lovin', I'm livin', I'm pickin' it up (Oh)
[Refrain]
Pickin' it up (Yeah), pickin' it up (Yeah, ayy)
Lovin', I'm livin', so we turnin' up (We turnin' it up)
Yeah (Yeah), we turnin' it up
[Verse 2]
They point out the colors in you, I see 'em too
And, boy, I like 'em
I like 'em, I like 'em
We way too fly to partake in all this hate
We out here vibin'
We vibin', we vibin'
[Pre-Chorus]
Comin' out
Even when it's rainin' down
Can't stop now
Can't stop, so shut your mouth
Shut your mouth
And if you don't know, then now you know it, babe
Know it, babe, yeah
Right now, I'm in a state of mind
I wanna be in like all the time
Ain't got no tears left to cry
So, I'm pickin' it up, pickin' it up (Oh, yeah)
I'm lovin', I'm livin', I'm pickin' it up
Oh, I just want you to come with me (Ooh)
We on another mentality (Oh)
Ain't got no tears left to cry (To cry)
So, I'm pickin' it up, pickin' it up (Oh, yeah)
I'm lovin', I'm livin', I'm pickin' it up
[Bridge]
Comin' out
Even when it's rainin' down
Can't stop now (Mm-oh)
Shut your mouth
Ain't got no tears left to cry
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah
[Chorus]
Oh, I just want you to come with me (Me)
We on another mentality
Ain't got no tears left to cry (Cry)
So, I'm pickin' it up (Yeah), pickin' it up (Oh, yeah)
I'm lovin', I'm livin', I'm pickin' it up (Pickin' it up)
Pickin' it up (Mm), pickin' it up (Mm)
Lovin', I'm livin', so we turnin' up (Mm-hm)
Yeah, we turnin' it up
Über uns
“no tears left to cry” is a self-lifting anthem by pop songstress Ariana Grande. This is the lead single to her fourth studio album, Sweetener. It also marks Ariana’s return to music after a hiatus from performing in the wake of the 2017 Manchester bombing attack that occurred during her Dangerous Woman Tour.
After teasing the single through a series of photos taken of her wearing a sweatshirt with the lead single’s title and through her Instagram story, Ariana broke her social media silence to confirm the single via her twitter alongside with teardrop emoji, and stating: “missed you”.
For the single cover, Ariana looks on as a rainbow rests across her eyes. Rainbows are a natural phenomenon that appear after rain, as the sun refracts through the water droplets. Symbolically, a rainbow tends to represent the idea of hope and optimism. The image illustrates the idea that Ariana’s teardrops have faded, resulting in the rainbow, and she is ready to move on.
Her accompanying music video was teased on Instagram on April 19, 2018, and was officially published on Youtube the next day.
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During a visit to Disneyland, Ariana Grande wore a sweatshirt with the song title stylized in an upside down typeface. Fans noted that the phrase matched with rumors that this title would become Ariana’s new single.
Many of Ariana’s colleagues and friends such as Scooter Braun and Matt Bennett had also teased the single by posting pictures in the same sweatshirt, as well as adding rain and teardrop emojis in their captions.
Initially, the worker bee was adopted as a motif for Manchester during the Industrial Revolution, and quickly became in one of the best-known symbols of Manchester.
After the Manchester’s terrorist attacks during an Ariana concert at the Manchester Arena, where a bomb was placed and several were injured and dead, the bee emblem gained popularity as a public symbol of unity against terrorism, appearing on protest banners and graffiti.
The bee in the music video is a tribute to those fans who lost their lives and were injured in the Manchester Arena bombing.
In the BTS video released by Ariana Grande, music video director Dave Meyers talked about the concept behind the music video and how it relates to the song itself. He said,
The concept that we wanted to explore was the disorientation that you go through in life. And the quest we all go through to find the ground again. We sort of explore the ambiguity of whether we need to find the ground or the ground is just what you make of it. It relates to the optimism in her song.
The music video also features a scene where an apparent tracklist is seen including a track titled, R.E.M. which has also been teased by Grande herself. Many fans were quick to speculate that the list is the actual tracklist of Grande’s upcoming fourth studio album.
- 2.blazed
- 4.R.E.M.
- 6.sweetener
- 7.successful
- 8.everytime
- 9.breathin
- 10.no tears left to cry
- 11.borderline
- 12.better off
- 13.goodnight n go
- 14.pete davidson
- 15.get well soon