I Hate This Part

The Pussycat Dolls - I Hate This Part

"**I Hate This Part**" is a song by American girl group The Pussycat Dolls from their second album, *Doll Domination* (2008). It was released on October 10, 2008. The song was written by Wayne Hector, Lucas Secon, Jonas Jeberg and Mich Hansen and produced by the latter two along with Ron Fair and Nicole Scherzinger. The 1st verse is sung by Nicole Scherzinger, the 1st pre-chorus is sung by Melody Thornton and after chorus is sung by Kimberly Wyatt. The 2nd verse is sung by Nicole Scherzinger and the 2nd pre-chorus is sung by Kimberly Wyatt and the after chorus is sung by Melody Thornton. The bridge is sung by both Nicole Scherzinger and Melody Thornton. the chorus is sung by all the Dolls. The final after chorus is sung by Nicole Scherzinger.

## Music video

The music video for "I Hate This Part" directed by Joseph Kahn filmed 28 September 2008. Kahn had previously directed "When I Grow Up", the lead single of Doll Domination. In an interview for Rap-Up, Melody Thornton said that her 24th birthday will be spent shooting the video and unveiled that it would be a desert-themed video. While filming the video Scherzinger explained that they are going to "explore all different emotional sides of this song in making this video."

## Synopsis

The video like any other is mainly focused on Nicole Scherzinger. The video starts with Scherzinger playing the piano to the beat of the song, and images of a book and flowers blowing in the wind. When the first verse begins, it shows Scherzinger singing on the piano while the girls are shown on the road with a broken-down car, waiting for a car to arrive. At the beginning of the chorus, the girls start walking to the beat of music. In the next verse Scherzinger is seen singing in the desert alone, while Jessica Sutta is shown trying to wave down a passing car with her bandanna. All the girls are then shown on top of many broken-down cars during the bridge of the song. During the second chorus, the girls are seen dancing on the sand in sync. In both pre-chorus all the girls are then shown in different elements in the desert: Scherzinger in front of the broken-down car with a wolf, Sutta in a parking lot on top of an arcade machine, Ashley Roberts walking in a parking lot with a pink stuffed elephant-doll, Melody Thornton with a flower, and Kimberly Wyatt in a broken-down pick-up truck. During the climax of the scene, Scherzinger is singing during an incoming storm at night. The girls are then shown in the same scene as before while dancing in sync, but this time, it is raining. The music videos ends with an eruption of emotions from all the girls, climaxing with a clip of Roberts comforting Thornton who is in sadness. The video closes with Scherzinger still playing with the beat of the background on the piano and a butterfly on her hand, before ending with a shot of the rain-soaked girls united in an embrace.

## Reception

John Kordosh of Yahoo! Music negatively commented that the video "shows Nicole pretending to play the piano while the rest of the [Pussycat Dolls] troupe looks good in situations that have nothing to do with anything." MTV Buzzworthy noted that "[Scherzinger's] post-breakup ritual is less skulking-around-the-house and more crazy, desert-style Wet T-shirt contest." Nick Levine from Digital Spy, wrote that: "[the] video is a less racy affair than usual, though the girls do get to flash some flesh during a dancing-in-the-rain scene at the end." In 2009, the video received a MuchMusic Video nomination for Best International Group Video, but lost to the Black Eyed Peas's music video for "Boom Boom Pow".

## Vocals

* Nicole Scherzinger - lead vocals, chorus vocals
* Melody Thornton - main vocals, chorus vocals
* Kimberly Wyatt - main vocals, chorus vocals
* Ashley Roberts - chorus vocals
* Jessica Sutta - chorus vocals