Ariana Grande, The Weeknd - Love Me Harder
"Love Me Harder" is the fourth single of Ariana Grande's sophomore album, My Everything. It features The Weeknd. It also appears on the titular promotional 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, 2014 to start the 20 day countdown to the later chart-topping 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, 2014.
Music video[]
On October 1, 2014 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, 2014 which is directed by Alfredo Flores and the music video premiered on November 3, 2014. Big Sean was on the set of the music video.
Trivia[]
- "Love Me Harder" was the last recorded song from the album.
- Ariana Grande and The Weeknd were in the same label, Republic Records, at the time of the song's recording.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1: Ariana Grande]
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 Grande & 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 Grande]
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 Grande & 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 Grande]
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)