Tear

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

Performers

• The Tears, an English rock band

Albums

• Tears (The Crocodiles album), 1980
• Tears (The Crüxshadows album), 2001
• Tears (Paul Bley album), 1983
• Tears, by Fumiya Fujii, 1996
• Tears, by Joseph Williams, 2007
• Love Yourself: Tear, by BTS, 2018

Songs

• "Tear", by Lotion from Full Isaac, 1993
• "Tear", by Smashing Pumpkins from Adore, 1998
• "Tear", by Red Hot Chili Peppers from By the Way, 2002

• "Tears" (Clean Bandit song), 2016
• "Tears" (Fayray song), 2000
• "Tears" (1930 song), by Frank Capano, made famous by Ken Dodd, 1965
• "Tears" (Rush song), 1976
• Tears (Tyla song), 2024
• "Tears" (X Japan song), 1993
• "Tears", by Aly & AJ from Insomniatic, 2007
• "Tears", by Charli XCX and Caroline Polachek from Pop 2, 2017
• "Tears", by Health from the Max Payne 3 soundtrack, 2012
• "Tears", by Jisoo from Amortage, 2025
• "Tears", by Macklemore from Ben, 2023
• "Tears", by Rockell from Instant Pleasure, 2000
• "Tears", by The Stone Roses from Second Coming, 1994
• "Tears", by Tinie Tempah featuring Cleo Sol, 2007
• "Tears", by Underground Solution featuring Colour Girl, 1998
• "Tears!", by 5 Seconds of Summer from 5SOS5
• "Tearz", by Wu-Tang Clan from Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), 1993
• "Outro: Tear", by BTS from Love Yourself: Tear, 2018

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