"Crybaby" is a song performed by

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recording artist

Paloma Faith Paloma Faith Blomfield (born 21 July 1981) is an English singer and actress. Her debut studio album, ''Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?,'' was released in 2009 and was certified double platinum in the UK. The album spawned the sing ...

. The song was released as a digital download on 31 August 2017 as the lead single from her fourth studio album '' The Architect'' (2017). The song peaked at number 36 on the

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Background and composition

"Crybaby" is a "slinky

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track. The song was written by

Lindy Robbins Lindy Robbins is an American songwriter from Los Angeles, whose songs include Demi Lovato's " Skyscraper", Jason Derulo's "Want to Want Me", David Guetta's " Dangerous" featuring Sam Martin, MKTO's "Classic", Hot Chelle Rae's " Tonight, Toni ...

, Cleo Tighe and Fin Dow-Smith, with the latter handling production. The song talks about toxic masculinity, with Paloma describing the song's lyrics as "a conversation between a man and I ''(sic)'', and the song questions whether global conflicts would cease to exist if men successfully dealt with their feelings. Would things be resolved without attack and with measured discussion?"

Music video

The dystopian visual for "Crybaby" premiered on 22 September 2017. British actor Wesley Kent-Hargreaves played “Lead Boy”. The lead Elder, who gives the speech to the boys at the beginning of the video, is the actor Tom Keller.

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