"Cowboys Cry Too" is a song performed by American singer-songwriters Kelsea Ballerini and Noah Kahan.

[3] Ballerini wrote the chorus of "Cowboys Cry Too" in November 2023 on her back porch, before coming to the conclusion that the song needed a male's perspective to bring it to the next level.

He wrote his part while on tour, and the two united with Alysa Vanderheym in the studio to record the song shortly before they performed a mashup of "Stick Season" and "Mountain with a View" together on the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards on May 16, 2024.

[1][5] Lyrically, the song is written from a female perspective addressing the concept of toxic masculinity, with Ballerini saying that "in our world and culture and echo chamber of highlight reels and pretty things, sometimes real feelings start to feel like something you just set aside or push down to keep up.

[4] Ballerini announced that her fifth studio album was already finished at the time of the release of "Cowboys Cry Too" and that the song would be the only collaboration on the record.