Cry Like A Boy

“Cry Like a Boy” is a song about accountability, irony, and what happens when someone finally experiences the kind of heartbreak they once handed out so easily.

I wrote this song after thinking about how differently emotional pain can look depending on who’s experiencing it. Someone can spend years ghosting people, keeping things casual, sending mixed signals, or treating hearts like they’re replaceable. But when suddenly they’re the one waiting for a text, wondering why someone disappeared, or realizing they cared more than the other person did, the same behavior feels completely different.

That irony became the heart of the song. The line, “She’s not your angel, she’s your mirror.” captures what I was really trying to say. Sometimes another person doesn’t necessarily teach you something new. They simply hold up a mirror and let you experience your own behavior from the other side.

The title “Cry Like a Boy” is intentionally playful and exaggerated. It flips the stereotype that women are the emotional ones who need to “get over it,” while men are supposed to be unaffected by relationships. The song takes that stereotype, turns it upside down, and asks: What happens when the person who was so comfortable creating emotional chaos suddenly has to sit inside it? It isn't about saying women should start treating people badly, and it isn't really celebrating someone else's heartbreak. It's about perspective. There’s a difference between understanding intellectually that your choices hurt people and finally recognizing what that hurt feels like when you’re standing on the receiving end of it.

That’s why I think of the “karma” in this song less as punishment and more as a mirror. Sometimes accountability arrives through a conversation. Sometimes it arrives through consequences. And sometimes life simply hands you the same script you gave everybody else and says, “Okay. Now read their part.”