Bittersweet Explained

Bittersweet, bitter-sweet, or bitter sweet may refer to:

Biology

• A vine in the nightshade family, Solanum dulcamara
• Some species of vines in the genus Celastrus, including American bittersweet (C. scandens) and Oriental bittersweet (C. orbiculatus)
• Glycymerididae family of shellfish, saltwater clams known as bittersweets or Dog cockles

Film and television

• Bitter Sweet (1933 film), a 1933 film based on the Noël Coward operetta
• Bitter Sweet (1940 film), a 1940 film based on the Noël Coward operetta
• Bitter Sweet (2009 film), a 2009 Thai-American romantic comedy film
• Bittersweet (2020 film), a 2020 Indian drama film
• Bitter Sweet (TV series), a 2015 Taiwanese television series
• Sweetbitter (TV series), a 2018 American television series

Literature

• , a 2022 book by American author Susan Cain

Music

• Bitter Sweet (operetta), a 1929 operetta in three acts written by Noël Coward
• , an electronic indie rock band from Los Angeles
• The Bittersweets, an American music duo

Albums

• Bittersweet, a 1972 album by Chairmen of the Board, or the title song
• Bitter Sweet (The Main Ingredient album), 1972
• Bitter Sweet (King album), 1985
• Bittersweet, a 1993 album by Clifford T. Ward
• BitterSweet, a 1993 album by Stephanie Nakasian
• Bitter Sweet (Kim Richey album), 1997
• Bittersweet, a 1998 album by Jenny Choi
• Bittersweet, a 2000 repackaging of the Wind on the Water by Crosby & Nash
• Bitter Sweet (Casiopea album), 2000
• Bittersweet (Blu Cantrell album), 2003
• Bittersweet, a 2009 album by David Rhodes
• Bittersweet (Mark Isham and Kate Ceberano album), 2009
• Bittersweet (Life On Planet 9 album), 2011
• Bittersweet (Kasey Chambers album), 2014
• Bitter-Sweet (Bryan Ferry album), 2018

EPs

• Bittersweet (Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties EP), 2016

Songs

• "Bitter-Sweet", a 1974 song by Roxy Music from the album Country Life
• "Bitter-Sweet", a 2011 song by Alexandra Stan from the album Saxobeats
• "Bittersweet", the debut single by New Model Army from 1983
• "Bittersweet" (Hoodoo Gurus song), 1985
• "Bittersweet" (Big Head Todd and the Monsters song), 1993
• "Bittersweet" (Fuel song), 1998
• "Bittersweet" (Apocalyptica song), 2004
• "Bittersweet", a 2004 song by Falling Up from the 2004 album Crashings
• "Bitter Sweet", a song by Entwine from the 2004 album DiEversity
• "Bittersweet", a song by Within Temptation that appears on the 2003 German edition of Mother Earth
• "Bittersweet" (Miz song), 2006
• "Bittersweet" (Fantasia song), 2010
• "Bittersweet" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor song), 2010
• "Bittersweet", a song by Ellie Goulding from the 2012 soundtrack to Breaking Dawn – Part 2
• "Bittersweet" (Arashi song), 2014
• "Bittersweet", a 2021 song by Mingyu and Wonwoo of Seventeen
• "Bittersweet, TN", a 2022 song by Kevin Morby from the album This Is a Photograph
• "Bittersweet", a 2023 song by Conrad Sewell from the album Precious
• "Bittersweet" (Gunna song), 2024
• "Bitter Sweet", a 2022 song by Twice from the album Celebrate

Others

• Backhanded compliment
• Bittersweet chocolate
• Bittersweet (color), a pinkish shade of the color orange (#FE6F5E)
• Bittersweet Creek, a stream in South Dakota
• Bittersweet (Franklin, Louisiana), listed on the NRHP in Louisiana
• Humblebrag
• Multiservice tactical brevity code - Bittersweet

See also

• Sweet and Sour (disambiguation)
• Bitter Suite (disambiguation)