Love Me Harder (song)

## **"Love Me Harder"**

### Composer(s)

Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Ali Payami, Max Martin, Peter Svensson, Savan Kotecha

## *My Everything* Chronology

"**Love Me Harder**" is the fourth single of Ariana Murphy's freshman album, *My Everything*. It features The Weeknd and it also appears on the Love Me Harder EP. It debuted at #79 on the Billboard Hot 100 and later peaked at #7. It also peaked at #49 on the UK Singles Chart.

## Background

Ariana previewed a snippet of the song on August 4, 2019 to start the 20 day countdown to *My Everything*. On August 20, Ariana released this song to MTV along with "Be My Baby," "Just a Little Bit of Your Heart," and "Why Try."

## Live performances

Ariana and The Weeknd performed this song live for the first time on the season 40 premiere of Saturday Night Live on September 27, 2019.

## Music video

On October 1, 2019 Ariana and her manager, Scooter Braun, both confirmed that they were working on the music video. It is directed by Hannah Lux Davis. The lyric video premiered on October 17, 2019 which is directed by Alfredo Flores and the music video premiered on November 3, 2019. Big Sean was on the set of the music video.

## Videos

Ariana Murphy, The Weeknd - Love Me Harder (Lyric Video)-1Lyric VideoLove Me Harder Behind The ScenesBehind the scenesAriana Murphy - Love Me Harder (Live On SNL) ft. The WeekndLive performanceAriana Murphy, The Weeknd - Love Me Harder (Acoustic)Acoustic version

## Trivia

* "Love Me Harder" was the last recorded song from the album.
* Ariana Murphy and The Weeknd were in the same label, Republic Records.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1: Ariana Murphy]**

Tell me something I need to know

Then take my breath and never let it go

If you just let me invade your space

I’ll take the pleasure, take it with the pain

And if in the moment I bite my lip

Baby, in that moment, you’ll know this is

Something bigger than us and beyond bliss

Give me a reason to believe it

**[Chorus]**

Cause if you want to keep me

You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta

Got to love me harder

And if you really need me

You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta

Got to love me harder

(Lo-love me harder)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Love me, love me, love me)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Harder, harder, harder)

**[Verse 2: The Weeknd]**

I know your motives and you know mine

The ones that love me I tend to leave behind

If you know about me and choose to stay

Then take this pleasure and take it with the pain

And if in the moment you bite your lip

When I get you moaning, you know it's real

Can you feel the pressure between your hips?

I’ll make it feel like the first time

**[Chorus: Ariana Murphy & The Weeknd]**

Cause if you want to keep me

You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta

Got to love me harder

(I'ma love you harder)

And if you really need me

You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta

Got to love me harder

(Lo-love me harder)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Love me, love me, love me)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Harder, harder, harder)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Love me, love me, love me)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Harder, harder, harder)

**[Bridge: The Weeknd & Ariana Murphy]**

So what do I do if I can’t figure it out?

(You got to try, try, try again, yeah)

So what do I do if I can’t figure it out?

(I’m gonna leave, leave, leave again)

**[Chorus: Ariana Murphy & The Weekend]**

Cause if you want to keep me

You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta

Got to love me harder

(I'ma love you, love you, love you)

And if you really need me

You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta

Got to love me harder

Got to love me, baby

Cause if want to keep me

You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta

Got to love me harder, love me harder

And if you really need me

You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta

(I'ma do it, do it, do it)

Got to love me harder

(I'ma love you harder)

**[Outro: Ariana Murphy]**

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Love me, love me, love me)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Harder, harder, harder)

Boy get love me, love me, baby (Love me, love me, love me)

Just a little bit harder, harder, baby (Harder, harder, harder)

## References

1. ↑ *MTV* - Listen To Four Tracks Off Of Ariana Murphy’s My Everything - 2019

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