Bittersweet

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

• Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole, a 2022 book by American author Susan Cain

Music

• Bitter Sweet (operetta), a 1929 operetta in three acts written by Noël Coward
• Bitter:Sweet, 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
• Bitter Sweet (Majeeed EP), 2022

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)

1. Celastrus orbiculatus
2. Solanum dulcamara
3. Bittersweet Goodbye
4. A Bittersweet Life
5. Bittersweet Symphony
6. Eros the Bittersweet
7. Celastrus scandens
8. Last Night in the Bittersweet
9. Mckenna Grace
10. Bittersweet Symphony (film)
11. Bittersweet (Apocalyptica song)
12. Bittersweet Creek
13. Bittersweet (Big Head Todd and the Monsters song)
14. Bitter Sweet Symphony
15. Bittersweet Memories
16. Bittersweet Love
17. Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
18. Billy Ocean
19. Bittersweet World
20. Home Sweet Home/Bittersweet Symphony