So Easy (To Fall In Love)

On "So Easy (To Fall In Love)" Olivia Dean insists love doesn't always have to be a grand, cinematic ordeal. She tells a potential romantic interest that love with her is safe, uplifting, and enjoyable. "Some people make it hard, with me, that isn't the case," she sings.

The song came from Dean watching her friends fret over first dates. "They'd be so caught up in worrying if the other person will like them," she told Elle. Her mission was to flip that dynamic and put the emphasis on whether they like the other person. "I just wanted to say, 'You'd be really easy to fall in love with. Anyone will be lucky to have you in their life.'" "So Easy (To Fall In Love)," she told the publication, offers "a pat on the back when you're going out the door." It's the same warm, self-assured energy that flowed through her earlier single, "Nice To Each Other," where Dean championed kindness as a quiet form of strength.

Dean specifically wrote "So Easy (To Fall In Love)" to uplift other women, though, in a twist, straight men have taken to TikTok to share videos of them serenading their romantic interests with the track. "It's hilarious!" Dean told Elle. "It's actually so sweet that straight men are enjoying the song that way. Sometimes men can be quite obliterated in pop culture and told they're trash or useless. And... sure," she added with a laugh, "but maybe we do need to remind them that we need each other."