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
  • Tears (Danish band), a jazz-rock group

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" (Perrie Edwards song), 2024
  • "Tears" (Rush song), 1976
  • "Tears" (Sabrina Carpenter song), 2025
  • "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
  • "Rei III", an episode of the television series Neon Genesis Evangelion, known in Japan as "Tears"

People

  • Tear (surname)
  • 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