Easy

* Original
* Remix

**"Easy"** is a song by Australian singer Troye Sivan from his upcoming EP, *In a Dream*. It was released on 15 July 2020, accompanied by its music video, which was directed by Sivan.

## Background

"Easy" addresses when someone or something comes in between people in love. Sivan proclaims "I’m still in love and I say that because/I know how it seems between you and me," he sings in the opening verse. "It hasn’t been easy darlin’." On the chorus, he begs for his love to stay: "‘Cause he made it easy/Easy/Please don’t leave me/Leave me."

## Remix

"Easy" was remixed with vocals from American singer Kacey Musgraves and production from British musician Mark Ronson. It was released on 10 December 2020. Musgraves co-wrote and performed a new verse for the song, and Ronson added a "disco-pop heartbeat" to the track.

#### Background and release

Sivan tweeted that he collaborated with "two of [his] favourite artists of all time" and filmed a music video that "[had] potential to be [his] favourite [he's] ever made" in November, and announced his collaboration with Musgraves and Ronson on 7 December. Sivan and Musgraves previously collaborated on the song "Glittery" from The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show (2019).

The song was sent to contemporary hit radio in the United States on February 2, 2021, making it Musgraves' first pop radio crossover single.

#### Music video

The music video for the remix was filmed in Nashville, Tennessee and directed by Bardia Zeinali, who previously directed the music video for Sivan's 2018 song "Dance to This". It was released to coincide with the song on 10 December 2020. It features Sivan and Musgraves as two people on the run, driving vintage cars, dyeing their hair in a motel bathroom and going to melodramatic drag shows, with Sivan explaining to Vogue that his and Musgraves's character have "separately had our own experiences, regrets, scorned our lovers and will find solace in each other".

## Lyrics

You ran away to find something to say

I went astray to make it okay

And he made it easy, darlin'

I'm still in love, and I say that because

I know how it seems between you and me

It hasn't been easy, darlin'

I can't even look at you

Would you look at the space just next to your feet?

The wood is warping

The lines distorting

This house is on fire, woo!

Burning the tears right out my face

What the hell did we do?

Tell me we'll make it through

'Cause he made it easy, easy

Please, don't leave me, leave me (Easy)

What's left of the dance?

The smell on my hands

The rock in my throat, a hair on my coat

The stranger at home, my darling

(Like some kind of freak, my darling)

Now I'm vulnerable, so sad and alone

But don't cry for me, 'cause everyone knows

You reap what you sow, my darling

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I can't even look at you

Would you look at the space just next to your feet?

The wood is warping

The lines distorting

This house is on fire, woo!

Burning the tears right out my face

What the hell did we do?

Tell me we'll make it through

'Cause he made it easy, easy

Please, don't leave me, don't leave me

He made it easy, please, don't leave me

He made it easy, please, don't leave me

I can't even look at you

Would you look at the space just next to your feet?

The wood is warping

The lines distorting

This house is on fire, woo!

Burning the tears right out my face

What the hell did we do?

Tell me we'll make it through

'Cause he made it easy, easy

Please, don't leave me, no, don't leave me

He made it easy

Please, don't leave me

He made it easy

Please, don't leave me