I Hate This Part

## Music Video

**"I Hate This Part"** is a song by The Pussycat Dolls from their second studio album, *Doll Domination*. The song was originally recorded for Nicole's scrapped studio album, *Her Name Is Nicole*, but was placed in the group’s album after the cancellation. It was released as the fourth single from the album.

## Music video

The music video for "I Hate This Part" was directed by Joseph Kahn and filmed in 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.

## Lyrics

We're driving slow through the snow on 5th Avenue

And right now radio's all that we can hear

Now we ain't talked since we left, it's so overdue

It's cold outside but between us it's worse in here

The world slows down

But my heart beats fast right now

I know this is the part

Where the end starts

I can't take it any longer

Thought that we were stronger

All we do is linger

Slipping through our fingers

I don't wanna try now

All that's left is good-bye

To find a way that I can tell you

I hate this part right here

I hate this part right here

I just can't take your tears

I hate this part right here

Everyday, 7 takes of the same old scene

Seems we're bound by the laws of the same routine

Gotta talk to you now before we go to sleep

But will we sleep once I tell you what's hurting me

The world slows down

But my heart beats fast right now

I know this is the part

Where the end starts

I can't take it any longer

Thought that we were stronger

All we do is linger

Slipping through our fingers

I don't wanna try now

All that's left is good-bye

To find a way that I can tell you

I hate this part right here

I hate this part right here

I just can't take your tears

I hate this part right here

I know you'll ask me to hold on

And carry on like nothing's wrong

But there is no more time for lies

Cause I see sunset in your eyes

I can't take it any longer

Thought that we were stronger

All we do is linger

Slipping through our fingers

I don't wanna try now

All that's left is good-bye

To find a way that I can tell you

That I gotta do it,

I gotta do it,

I gotta do it

I hate this part

I gotta do it,

I gotta do it,

I gotta do it

I hate this part right here

I hate this part right here

I just can't take these tears

I hate this part right here