Alexander posted this snippet on his TikTok account on November 22, 2020, and again on his monthly “Happy 23rd” Instagram live on November 23, 2020.
He finally uploaded the official video of the song on his YouTube channel on January 27, 2021, where he is seen to take a suit from a dry cleaner and...
[Intro]
Ayy, ayy
[Verse 1]
You cry over boys you haven't even met in real life
Yeah, you know he's the worst but you tell all your friends he seems nice, oh, oh
You change like the seasons in LA
And by that I mean that you don't ever really even change
No, you just cry over boys you haven't even met in real life
Oh, oh
[Chorus]
How many nights can you spend
Staining your pillow with makeup?
When you're really upset
It's so annoying to take off
Just to do it again
Oh, what's the point in dressing up to be let down?
[Bridge]
Aren't you tired of getting hurt?
Aren't you sick of, of making it worse?
[Verse 2]
You cry over boys you know would never cry about you
He used to light up your room, now your phone is darker than a tattoo, oh, oh
You move like the Earth around the stars
Broken-hearted when you end up in the same place that you start
No, back to crying over boys you know would never cry about you
Oh, oh
[Chorus]
How many nights can you spend
Staining your pillow with makeup?
When you're really upset
It's so annoying to take off
Just to do it again
Oh, what's the point in dressing up to be let down?
[Bridge]
Aren't you tired of getting hurt?
Aren't you sick of, of making it worse?
[Refrain]
Yeah, when you gonna learn? (When you gonna learn?)
When you gonna learn?
When you gonna learn (how not to get hurt?)
When you gonna learn?
[Outro]
You cry over boys you haven't even met in real life
Yeah, you know he's the worst
But you tell all your friends he seems nice
Cry Over Boys was written by remy (USA) & Alexander 23.
Cry Over Boys was produced by Alexander 23.
Alexander 23 released Cry Over Boys on Wed Jan 27 2021.
This song is about a loop I think a lot of people are stuck in. Romanticizing romance at the cost of their own sustainable happiness. I hope it can help people break out of that cycle.
— Alexander 23 via Variance magazine (January 2021)