The Weeknd Save Your Tears (Lyric video)

"Save Your Tears" is a song by Canadian singer the Weeknd for his fourth studio album After Hours (2020). The Weeknd wrote and produced the song with producers Max Martin and Oscar Holter, with Belly and Jason Quenneville receiving additional writing credits. Critics noted how the song's chorus and tone share similarities to Wham!'s "Everything She Wants" and Post Malone's "Circles".A remix of the song by Oneohtrix Point Never was officially released alongside the deluxe edition of its parent album on March 23, 2020.

Billboard hailed the song as the best track on the album, stating: "Although 'Save Your Tears' is one of the most pop-driven songs on the album, The Weeknd doesn't hold back when it comes to the rather cold nature he usually finds himself adopting when it comes to his lovers. The production remains upbeat and steady the entire time, thanks to work from Max Martin, Oscar Holter, DaHeala, and The Weeknd himself, combining the best of his old content and some newer, more mainstream-driven sounds."The publication also noted the song's resemblance to Post Malone's "Circles", in it slow burning sound and tone. Craig Jenkins of Vulture raved, "The Weeknd perfects the kitschy '80s genre experiment with Save Your Tears, a gutting breakup tune gorgeous and simple enough to stand alongside peak '80s pop like the Cars' 'You Might Think' (and slick enough to swipe a bit of melody from Wham!'s 'Everything She Wants' in the chorus). The piece concocts sound informed by both trap and dance music, encased in dense atmospherics, and heavy on crisp, bright keys".
"'Save Your Tears' has both tonal echoes of Depeche Mode's melancholy and a nod to 'Everything She Wants' by Wham!, exhibiting shimmery mid-80s luxuriance", praised New York Times editor Jon Caramanica.

Slant columnist Seth Wilson observed, "'Save Your Tears' revels in spite, flaunting how over-it Tesfaye is in front of his ex while teasing the possibility of reconciliation. Tesfaye's distinct brand of R&B consistently draws from other genres, but hearing him embrace a straight-up synth-rock sound here is an exciting change of pace".
"He draws on synth-pop nostalgia to mirror the tragic glitz of '80s Hollywood: the plinking synths and slick hand-claps of 'Save Your Tears' evokes a long-lost Wham! track. His bleeding-heart melodies and unforgettable hooks remind us why we keep listening to the '80s first place", exclaimed Pitchfork writer Isabella Herrera.Jem Aswad of Variety commented, "'Save Your Tears', which could have been an MTV staple in the early '80s, is begging for period-appropriate videos. The record has thwacking electronic percussion and the vocoder hearkening back to Electric Light Orchestra's 'Mr. Blue Sky'".

Mark Richardson from the Wall Street Journal asstered that "'Save Your Tears includes soaring melodies that provide ample opportunity for Mr. Tesfaye to show off his vocal range, being used on television singing competitions. By design, it is big and broad, less specific lyrically and further from the shadowy persona at the heart of the Weeknd—Mr. Tesfaye often seems downright affable here. Mr. Martin and The Weeknd show the influence of 1980s synth pop. The piece sounds like something from a John Hughes soundtrack". Michael Cragg from Vogue UK praised the record as "the sort of synth experimentation last heard in 1984 on The NeverEnding Story soundtrack".GQ's Zak Maoui applauded "Save Your Tears" as one of the Weeknd's "best musical offerings to date"

The song was released as the album's fourth single on August 9, 2020 in Europe. It impacted US radio on November 24, 2020