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While it didn&#8217;t chart at the time in either the UK or US, it saw renewed interest in both 1986 and 2026, and it&#8217;s now remembered as one of their signature songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The song was written by all three band members at the time\u2014Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith, and Lol Tolhurst, with lyrics by Smith. Written when Smith was just 20, &#8220;Boys Don&#8217;t Cry&#8221; spoke to the societal expectations of men, long before terms like &#8220;toxic masculinity&#8221; were used, and that theme is likely why the song blew up on TikTok in early 2026 and hit one million streams on Spotify. Smith himself noticed the song&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/robert-smith-power-cures-boys-dont-cry-never-goth-2559113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;very contemporary resonance&#8221;<\/a> during a live performance in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Cure - Boys Don&amp;apos;t Cry (Official Music Video) [HD]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9GkVhgIeGJQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Boys Don&#8217;t Cry&#8221; and Expressing Emotions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout &#8220;Boys Don&#8217;t Cry,&#8221; Smith sings of a breakup that&#8217;s left him in tears, despite the expectation that boys and men aren&#8217;t supposed to show their emotions. Smith spoke about this in a 2019 interview with <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen I was growing up, there was peer pressure on you to conform to be a certain way,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And as an English boy at the time, you\u2019re encouraged not to show your emotion to any degree. And I couldn\u2019t help but show my emotions when I was younger. I never found it awkward showing my emotions. I couldn\u2019t really continue without showing my emotions; you\u2019d have to be a pretty boring singer to do that. So I kind of made a big thing about it. I thought, \u2018Well, it\u2019s part of my nature to rail against being told not to do something.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the opening verse, Smith acknowledges his role in the breakup. He wants to fix things, but he knows he&#8217;s gone too far and doesn&#8217;t think anything he can say will make her stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I would say I&#8217;m sorry<br>If I thought that it would change your mind<br>But I know that this time<br>I have said too much, been too unkind<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the chorus, he sings about his attempts to hide his true feelings because he knows it&#8217;s not acceptable for him to cry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I try to laugh about it<br>Cover it all up with lies<br>I try to laugh about it<br>Hiding the tears in my eyes<br>&#8216;Cause boys don&#8217;t cry<br>Boys don&#8217;t cry<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second and third verses echoes the first, but with more desperation. 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