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Cry for Me (The Weeknd song)

"Cry for Me"
Single by the Weeknd
from the album Hurry Up Tomorrow
ReleasedFebruary 4, 2025
StudioLight Sonic Division (Woodland Hills)
Length3:45
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
The Weeknd singles chronology
"São Paulo"
(2024)
"Cry for Me"
(2025)
"Rather Lie"
(2025)
Audio sample
"Cry for Me"
Music video
"Cry for Me" on YouTube

"Cry for Me" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd. It was sent to US contemporary and rhythmic radio through XO and Republic Records as the third single from his sixth studio album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, on February 4, 2025.[1] The song was produced by the Weeknd himself, Mike Dean, and Metro Boomin, with all three of them writing it alongside Belly, Karen Patterson, and Curtis Williams. Following the release of the album, the song received widespread critical acclaim, and was an immediate commercial success, reaching the top ten in the United Kingdom and Canada, and top 40 in various countries, including number 12 in the United States.

Background and release

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The song, which was first released as a second listed track of Hurry Up Tomorrow, was released as the third single off the album on February 4, 2025.[2]

Composition and lyrics

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"Cry for Me" is composed of distorted synthesizers and drums that are very hard-hitting before it ends with a trap-influenced outro.[3] On the song, the Weeknd says that he feels trapped in a "penthouse prison" as he expresses his internal feelings of pain and suffering.[4][5] Carl Lamarre of Billboard ranked "Cry for Me" as the ninth best song on the album as he felt that "The Weeknd's vulnerability is palpable as he positions Hurry Up Tomorrow as his swan song" and "he leans into his mortality and departure, realizing it may be too late to resuscitate his relationship".[6] The song is composed in the key of G minor with a tempo of 125 BPM.

Music video

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The music video for "Cry for Me" was released on February 11, 2025.[7] Self-directed by the Weeknd, the black-and-white visual features the singer in a sparkling outfit with a hood covering part of his face, as he walks towards a young woman in the pitch black.[8] The scene frequently flashes to the musician wandering a city and the woman crying thick, dark liquid.[9]

Credits and personnel

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Credits adapted from first pressing credits and Tidal.[10][11]

  • The Weeknd – vocals, keyboards, programming, songwriting, production
  • Mike Dean – synthesizer, songwriting, production, mixing, mastering
  • OPN – synthesizer
  • Metro Boomin – songwriting, production
  • Sage Skolfield – engineering, vocal engineering, vocal producer, mixing
  • Tommy Rush – engineering, second engineering, assistant mixing
  • Shin Kamiyama – engineering
  • Nathan Salon – engineering
  • Faris Al-Majed – recording, second engineering
  • Ahmad Balshe – songwriting
  • Curtis Fitzgerald Williams – songwriting
  • Lynette K. Patterson – songwriting

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for "Cry for Me"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[71] Gold 20,000
France (SNEP)[72] Gold 100,000
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece)[73] Gold 1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Release history and formats for "Cry for Me"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
United States February 4, 2025 Contemporary hit radio [1]
Rhythmic contemporary radio [1]
Italy February 5, 2025 Radio airplay Universal [74]

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