Tear
Appearance
Tear, tears or tearing may refer to:
- Tearing, the act of breaking apart a material by force
- Tears, a clear liquid secreted by the tear gland in the eyes of land mammals
Arts and entertainment
Literature
- "Tears", a poem by Edward Thomas
- "Tears", a poem by Walt Whitman
Music
Groups and labels
- The Tears, an English rock band
Albums
- Tears (Paul Bley album)
- Tears (The Crocodiles album)
- Tears (The Crüxshadows album), 2001
- Tears (Joseph Williams album)
- Tears, album by Fumiya Fujii
- Love Yourself: Tear, a 2018 album by the South Korean boy band BTS
Songs
- "Tear", a song by Lotion from Full Isaac, 1993
- "Tear", a song by Smashing Pumpkins from Adore, 1998
- "Tear", a song by Red Hot Chili Peppers from By the Way, 2002
- "Tears" (1930 song), 1965 hit by Ken Dodd
- "Tears" (Rush song), 1976
- "Tears" (X Japan song), 1993
- "Tears" (Fayray song), 2000
- "Tears" (Clean Bandit song) featuring Louisa Johnson, 2016
- "Tears", a song by Aly & AJ from Insomniatic, 2007
- "Tears", a song by Charli XCX from Pop 2, 2017
- "Tears", a song by Health from the Max Payne 3 soundtrack, 2012
- "Tears", a song by Macklemore from Ben, 2023
- "Tears", a song by Rockell from Instant Pleasure, 2000
- "Tears", a song by The Stone Roses from Second Coming, 1994
- "Tears", a song by Tinie Tempah featuring Cleo Sol, 2007
- "Tears", a song by Underground Solution featuring Colour Girl, 1998
- "Tears", a jazz song performed by guitarist Django Reinhardt
- "Tears!", a song by 5 Seconds of Summer from 5SOS5
- "Tearz", a song by Wu-Tang Clan from Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), 1993
- "Outro: Tear", a 2018 song by BTS from the album Love Yourself: Tear
Other uses in arts and entertainment
- Tear (scratch), a type of scratch used by turntablists
- Tear (The Wheel of Time), a fictitious nation in the Wheel of Time series of fantasy novels
- Tears (film), a 2000 South Korean film directed by Im Sang-soo
People
- Robert Tear (1939–2011), a Welsh singer
- Amanda Tears, Belgian drag queen
See also
- Rip and Tear (disambiguation)
- Tare (disambiguation)
- Screen tearing, a visual display artifact
- Data races, called "torn reads" or "torn writes"
- Tearfund, a British charity
- Tears for Fears, an English pop rock band
- Tear sheet, a proof of publication used in advertising