Teenager Tears is a great song and I really enjoyed the music video!!! I can't believe you filmed all those music videos back to back. It must be so exciting and exhausting at the same time.
i'm loving all the crybaby songs but this one really hit immediately somehow - i put it on repeat for like an hour the first time i listened, lol. isn't it funny how some songs you can listen once, think it's fine but nothing special, then you find it later and it becomes your new obsession? and then others spark right away? weird stuff.
Sorry I discovered this really late, it seems my email is playing up.
I’ll try and make this shorter than my average post cause it’s almost 1:30am and I don’t have a great excuse, (other than Siri’s terrible reading).
I really like the song, I love a lot of the colabs you both do with other bands. I like this one particularly, cause even though I don’t have that much relationship experience I did have two (that I count) and both didn’t end great, 1 much better than the other, so I find the song relatable anyway. It’s part of the reason I find a lot of your songs about relationships relatable. (Ironically I found you two when I was 13 almost 14, so at the start of my teens and before the angst had set in (it took me a while but now the con’s in my top three albums)).
You talked about how you like some of the imperfections, and I whole heartedly agree, I love the imperfections, I’ve seen so many recordings of you two on stage and some of them one of you stuffs up, and I love that 90 percent of the time you grin at each other or laugh it off on stage and keep going. I love the stuff up’s in the vid for Yellow too. Sometimes it’s good to have a reminder that you two are actually human and you make mistakes, it makes me feel closer to you both! So think about that too when you think of being perfectly imperfect!
Phoenix, he/they/ri/it, 15, Australia
PS: all I could think about for a while after I met you was the 2 years younger versus 2 months older thing until I excepted that we all make mistakes. Then I was just VERY excited to have met you! I’ll try to plan out what I’m going to say in advance a little better next time! Let’s be perfectly imperfect together!
Your final paragraph of thoughts reminded me of the Regina Spektor lyrics: "Good is better than perfect - scrubbed til your fingers are bleeding. And I'm crying for things I tell others to do without crying."
...and it just wove itself through all the themes of teenage pressure, growing up, letting go, and being self-reflective enough to allow yourself to change, instead of using it to self-implode. I'm so proud of you. I found you in *my* 'teenage tears' 19-20yrs ago. I love this growth chapter for all of us.
Tegan, You two always work so hard, all the time and I thank you for that. The song and video are amazing, another fantastic collaboration. I hope Sara recovered from the busy few days, it's so hard sometimes to juggle parenting and career. Sara will adjust and be a boss at everything. Love you both, and always be safe.
Man 3 videos in 2 days, you guys are machines. Congrats the video and song is great, I imagine shooting at night in an empty mall was a lot less stressful than at sunset in a popular park. :)
What a surprise this was. I do like your collaborations with other artists and this certainly doesn’t disappoint. Take care of yourselves and keep surprising us.
Tegan, you are a very sweet person. I had to say it. The way you worry and care about Sara even while filming a music video is so sweet. I loved the song and absolutely adored the music video. It felt summery and fresh.
You weren’t joking when you said this is going to be the craziest year ever. It feels like yesterday when you posted about starting Substack and how you would share your future insight and projects here...etc. Time has passed so quickly with you guys giving us one project after the other I fear I would get withdrawal when things calm down. Knowing you, though, you’ll probably never rest and will still be working on other projects (but please rest when you can). On top of all of the projects you have been working on, there are collaborations and multiple mvs and to top all that there’s a baby Sara has to take care of. Like, whoa, how do you even manage to breathe? But I guess that some people are the most creative when they’re the busiest or have the busiest schedules. Good luck on everything. 💜
I love this song!! For some reason I was getting major LY2D vibes with your makeup/outfit, Tegan! I'm loving all of this BTS content you post on here! It's all so interesting.
I listened to it the minute it came out. I liked this one, it was on repeat for a few hours today. Seriously love what y'all have been putting out these past few months. These lyrics were kinda reminding me of lyrics from "HIJLY" , an album I really resonate with, maybe because you guys were around my age when you wrote those songs. The music video was awesome too, loved the outfits , super cool(except the Crocs, sorry Sara. Jk. ). Going to the Portland show and I almost can't wait. PLEASE PLEASE PLAY BWU I WILL ACTUALLY CRY (you probably won't but it's definitely my favorite song and it means a lot to me, love the meaning) . Seriously thank you for being my favorite band and changing my life, I listen to you every single day for HOURS.
Edit: also debating to order another tegan and Sara shirt, but that depends on if you guys are going to be selling t&s foundation stuff like at the shows because I do want to get a t&s foundation shirt . 💛💛
This is an awesome track! I had such a frisson when you came back in at the end of the bridge. I'm so excited by the collabs you've done recently, Getaway hit me the same way. So good!
(oh and BTW the bridges on Yellow and Faded Like a Feeling are both stellar. The first time I heard Faded you could see the goosebumps on my ams. Love love 😍)
This title is perfect. I love how the lyrics intertwine between two stages in life, teasing at the butterfly feelings and uncertainties that comes with first relationships and tantamount to the devastation of ending an intimate adult partnership. The intensity of firsts and lasts swallow you whole during those times. Great song!
Thank you both for working so hard supplying content to the T&S IV I'm tapped into.
Enjoyed this song and video.
Still beats me how you manage to fit everything in! But glad you do!!
Teenager Tears is a great song and I really enjoyed the music video!!! I can't believe you filmed all those music videos back to back. It must be so exciting and exhausting at the same time.
Great song! Waiting for more collabs 🥰
i'm loving all the crybaby songs but this one really hit immediately somehow - i put it on repeat for like an hour the first time i listened, lol. isn't it funny how some songs you can listen once, think it's fine but nothing special, then you find it later and it becomes your new obsession? and then others spark right away? weird stuff.
Yesterday I listened to the song on the loop for about 2 hours, it feels so late summer somehow. Good enough is perfect, as I grew to understand.
Hey Tegan,
Sorry I discovered this really late, it seems my email is playing up.
I’ll try and make this shorter than my average post cause it’s almost 1:30am and I don’t have a great excuse, (other than Siri’s terrible reading).
I really like the song, I love a lot of the colabs you both do with other bands. I like this one particularly, cause even though I don’t have that much relationship experience I did have two (that I count) and both didn’t end great, 1 much better than the other, so I find the song relatable anyway. It’s part of the reason I find a lot of your songs about relationships relatable. (Ironically I found you two when I was 13 almost 14, so at the start of my teens and before the angst had set in (it took me a while but now the con’s in my top three albums)).
You talked about how you like some of the imperfections, and I whole heartedly agree, I love the imperfections, I’ve seen so many recordings of you two on stage and some of them one of you stuffs up, and I love that 90 percent of the time you grin at each other or laugh it off on stage and keep going. I love the stuff up’s in the vid for Yellow too. Sometimes it’s good to have a reminder that you two are actually human and you make mistakes, it makes me feel closer to you both! So think about that too when you think of being perfectly imperfect!
Phoenix, he/they/ri/it, 15, Australia
PS: all I could think about for a while after I met you was the 2 years younger versus 2 months older thing until I excepted that we all make mistakes. Then I was just VERY excited to have met you! I’ll try to plan out what I’m going to say in advance a little better next time! Let’s be perfectly imperfect together!
Your final paragraph of thoughts reminded me of the Regina Spektor lyrics: "Good is better than perfect - scrubbed til your fingers are bleeding. And I'm crying for things I tell others to do without crying."
...and it just wove itself through all the themes of teenage pressure, growing up, letting go, and being self-reflective enough to allow yourself to change, instead of using it to self-implode. I'm so proud of you. I found you in *my* 'teenage tears' 19-20yrs ago. I love this growth chapter for all of us.
❤️
Tegan, You two always work so hard, all the time and I thank you for that. The song and video are amazing, another fantastic collaboration. I hope Sara recovered from the busy few days, it's so hard sometimes to juggle parenting and career. Sara will adjust and be a boss at everything. Love you both, and always be safe.
Man 3 videos in 2 days, you guys are machines. Congrats the video and song is great, I imagine shooting at night in an empty mall was a lot less stressful than at sunset in a popular park. :)
What a surprise this was. I do like your collaborations with other artists and this certainly doesn’t disappoint. Take care of yourselves and keep surprising us.
Tegan, you are a very sweet person. I had to say it. The way you worry and care about Sara even while filming a music video is so sweet. I loved the song and absolutely adored the music video. It felt summery and fresh.
You weren’t joking when you said this is going to be the craziest year ever. It feels like yesterday when you posted about starting Substack and how you would share your future insight and projects here...etc. Time has passed so quickly with you guys giving us one project after the other I fear I would get withdrawal when things calm down. Knowing you, though, you’ll probably never rest and will still be working on other projects (but please rest when you can). On top of all of the projects you have been working on, there are collaborations and multiple mvs and to top all that there’s a baby Sara has to take care of. Like, whoa, how do you even manage to breathe? But I guess that some people are the most creative when they’re the busiest or have the busiest schedules. Good luck on everything. 💜
I love this song!! For some reason I was getting major LY2D vibes with your makeup/outfit, Tegan! I'm loving all of this BTS content you post on here! It's all so interesting.
I listened to it the minute it came out. I liked this one, it was on repeat for a few hours today. Seriously love what y'all have been putting out these past few months. These lyrics were kinda reminding me of lyrics from "HIJLY" , an album I really resonate with, maybe because you guys were around my age when you wrote those songs. The music video was awesome too, loved the outfits , super cool(except the Crocs, sorry Sara. Jk. ). Going to the Portland show and I almost can't wait. PLEASE PLEASE PLAY BWU I WILL ACTUALLY CRY (you probably won't but it's definitely my favorite song and it means a lot to me, love the meaning) . Seriously thank you for being my favorite band and changing my life, I listen to you every single day for HOURS.
Edit: also debating to order another tegan and Sara shirt, but that depends on if you guys are going to be selling t&s foundation stuff like at the shows because I do want to get a t&s foundation shirt . 💛💛
This is an awesome track! I had such a frisson when you came back in at the end of the bridge. I'm so excited by the collabs you've done recently, Getaway hit me the same way. So good!
(oh and BTW the bridges on Yellow and Faded Like a Feeling are both stellar. The first time I heard Faded you could see the goosebumps on my ams. Love love 😍)
This title is perfect. I love how the lyrics intertwine between two stages in life, teasing at the butterfly feelings and uncertainties that comes with first relationships and tantamount to the devastation of ending an intimate adult partnership. The intensity of firsts and lasts swallow you whole during those times. Great song!
Thank you both for working so hard supplying content to the T&S IV I'm tapped into.