Video: NoMBe, ‘Boys Don’t Cry’

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Noah McBeth seconds the Cure’s emotion.

“Boys Don’t Cry” is his latest single as NoMBE, which arrives with the news that his sophomore album, “Chromatopia,” will be out May 7. It’s the follow-up to the singer-songwriter-producer’s debut “They Might’ve Even Loved Me,” released in 2018.

The new single is a nimble yet dreamy dance-pop number. “On the production,” NoMBe says, “I took a lot of reference from Daft Punk, ’80s modular music, but even Electric Guest and Queen.”

As for the sentiment:

“‘Boys Don’t Cry’ is about not showing weakness. How our traditional ideas of masculinity expect toughness and always knowing what to do,” says NoMBE, who recently decamped to Hawaii (and just turned 30). “Literally, the lyrics of the song are about the engines of my spaceship going out and me trying to keep a cool head during this crisis. On a very personal level, the song is about my inability to fix my relationship and not wanting to appear weak. When writing the lyrics, I also imagined a character that wants to appear strong in front of someone who caused them pain. Sort of ‘walking with your head held high’ when you see them with someone new in public.”

||| Watch: The video for “Boys Don’t Cry”

||| Previously: NoMBe’s “Chromatopia” playlist (2020) / “Heels”, “Paint California,” “Drama,” “Young Hearts,” “California Girls”