Following a string of collaborations after her singles compilation, PRODUCT, was released in 2015, SOPHIE surprise-released the tender “It’s Okay To Cry” with a self-directed video in October of 2017. The video marks the first time she has shown her face in any promotional image or material.
[Verse 1: SOPHIE]
I don't mean to reproach you by saying this
I know that scares you
All of the big occasions you might have missed
No, I accept you
And I don't even need to know your reasons
It's okay, it's okay, it's okay
I think you sometimes forget
I would know you best
I hope you don't take this the wrong way
But I think your inside is your best side
[Chorus: SOPHIE]
I, was that a teardrop in your eye?
I never thought I'd see you cry
Just know whatever hurts, it's all mine
It's okay to cry (It's okay to cry)
I can see the truth through all the lies
And even after all this time
Just know you've got nothing to hide
It's okay to cry (It's okay to cry)
It's okay to cry (It's okay to cry)
It's okay to cry (It's okay to cry)
[Verse 2: SOPHIE]
I remember one time you were lost
I came to find you
And I knocked on your front door
That was you I'd never seen before
And I saw the magazine you were reading
And I read the page
And if I had just one single wish
Wish I could have said this
It's okay to cry
[Chorus: SOPHIE]
I, was that a teardrop in your eye?
I never thought I'd see you cry
Just know whatever hurts, it's all mine
It's okay to cry (It's okay to cry)
I can see the truth through all the lies
And even after all this time
Just know you've got nothing to hide
It's okay to cry (It's okay to cry)
[Bridge: SOPHIE]
(It's okay to cry, it's okay to cry)
There's a world inside you
(It's okay to cry, it's okay to cry)
I wanna know what it feels like
(It's okay to cry, it's okay to cry)
I wanna go there with you
(It's okay to cry, it's okay to cry)
'Cause we've all got a dark place
(It's okay to cry, it's okay to cry)
Maybe
(It's okay to cry, it's okay to cry)
If we shine some light there
(It's okay to cry, it's okay to cry)
It won't be so hard (It's okay to cry)
I want to know those parts of you
[Chorus: SOPHIE]
I, was that a teardrop in your eye?
I never thought I'd see you cry
Just know whatever hurts, it's all mine
It's okay to cry (It's okay to cry)
I can see the truth through all the lies
And even after all this time
Whatever it is, just know it's alright
It's okay to cry (It's okay to cry)
[Outro: SOPHIE & Cecile Believe]
It's okay to cry (It's okay to cry)
It's okay to cry (It's okay to cry)
It's okay to cry (It's okay to cry)
It's okay to cry (It's okay to cry)
It’s Okay to Cry was written by SOPHIE.
It’s Okay to Cry was produced by SOPHIE.
SOPHIE released It’s Okay to Cry on Thu Oct 19 2017.
I’m really happy that we managed to realize the video exactly how I imagined it. It’s about this idea of the richness and complexity of our inner and outer worlds — the emotional world and the external world, like the planets, the weather, and the universe. Just being overawed by how surreal, myster...