Open search form
Noah Cyrus got this “RIDE OR CRY” tattoo on her arm in August 2018 which is a play on the phrase “ride or die.” She has been playing up her “sad girl” persona recently in anticipation of her first headlining tour which is called The Good Cry Tour. “I can’t wait for [my fans] to come experience this sad girl’s dream world,” she says. “We’re either gonna dance or cry the night away.”
This sad little smiley face is one of four tattoos that Noah Cyrus got during a single session with artist Dakota Gomez in August 2018. She already had a similar tattoo on her wrist featuring a happy face with X’s for eyes. This time she got a frowning face with a tear drop below its eye.
Noah’s own sadness comes through in the new music that she’s been writing. She told Access:
I wanted to let people see where I am in my life right now as a person. Like how I deal with hella anxiety, and I get depression, and I get upset, and I have feelings, and I’m alone on tour sometimes, and I’m sad.
Maggie Lindemann has a tattoo on the back of her right arm which says “Depression & Obsession,” inspired by the song of the same name by alternative rapper XXXTentacion. She was a fan of his music and was saddened by his June 2018 murder. This song in particular relates to her own emotions. She has struggled with depression her whole life, has written a song of her own called “Obsessed,” and once tweeted his lyrics “depression and obsession don’t mix well.”
Florence Welch added the words “Always Lonely” above the eye on the back of her left arm in May 2018. The phrase seems to be a lyric from her upcoming album High as Hope as she has been selling “Always Lonely” t-shirts in one of the album pre-order packages. Her feelings of loneliness are one of the central themes of the album though it’s not all negative. She wrote in a press release:
“There’s a lot of love in this record, loneliness too, but a lot of love.”
Regarding lead single “Hunger,” she says:
“This song is about the ways we look for love in things that are perhaps not love, and how attempts to feel less alone can sometimes isolate us more. I guess I made myself more vulnerable in this song to encourage connection, because perhaps a lot more of us feel this way than we are able to admit. Sometimes when you can’t say it, you can sing it.”
Lena Dunham has a tattoo on her right hip of two mermaid-tailed Kewpie dolls scooping a bucket of tears. This drawing is one of the many cartons by Kewpie illustrator Rose O’Neill. It was tattooed on Lena’s hip by Robert Bonhomme in June 2017.
Justine Skye has a tattoo on the back of her right upper arm of two face — one sad and one happy. “Laugh now Cry later,” writes artist Soto Gangster. Emotive faces are one of Soto’s signature designs and she has done similar designs for many clients. Justine got this tattoo in November 2016 in the same session as a barbed wire tattoo on her finger.
Lil Debbie has tattoos on the insides of her pinkie fingers which say “Cry Baby” with one word on each hand. She got them from artist imxtana in July 2013 and they have mostly worn off by now.
Lil Debbie has a tattoo of a frowning face on the inside of her right thumb.
Melanie Martinez got this pair of Kewpie doll heads tattooed on her arm by artist Linnea Pecsenye in February 2015. On left is a happy little boy holding a lollipop and on the right is a crying little girl, representing happiness and sadness. (more…)
Cher Lloyd got this crying eye tattoo on her left arm to represent all of the sadness and struggles that she has faced in her life. Swirls fill the space between this and the birdcage above it. (more…)
