Easy (Camila Cabello song)

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"Easy"
Camila Cabello Easy.jpg
Single by Camila Cabello
from the album Romance
ReleasedOctober 11, 2019
RecordedSeptember 2019
Studio Electric Feel Recordings
(West Hollywood, California)
Genre Pop [1]
Length3:14
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Camila Cabello singles chronology
"Cry for Me"
(2019)
"Easy"
(2019)
"Living Proof"
(2019)
Audio video
"Easy" on YouTube

"Easy" is a pop song by Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello from her second studio album Romance (2019). It was released as the fourth single from the album on October 11, 2019. [2] [3] Cabello co-wrote the song with Justin Tranter and its producers John Hill, Louis Bell, Frank Dukes, Carter Lang, and Westen Weiss. "Easy" debuted in the top 100 of several countries, including Australia, Canada, the UK, Slovakia, and Ireland. Although it did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100, it debuted at number ten on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.

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Background and composition

Cabello announced the song's release on October 9, 2019, via her social media. [4]

"Easy" was written by Cabello, Justin Tranter, John Hill, Adam Feeney, Louis Bell, Carter Lang and Westen Weiss. It runs for three minutes and sixteen seconds. [5] Hugh McIntyre of Forbes characterized "Easy" as a pop song. [1]

Throughout the track, Cabello can be heard addressing her many insecurities and things that she does not like about herself, such as overthinking to the point where things are ruined, her "crooked teeth" and the stretch marks on her thighs. [6] The track is about how her partner helped her love herself and finding true love for the first time. [7]

Live performances

Cabello performed the song live for the first time on Saturday Night Live on October 12, 2019. [8] She also performed the song with other singles from the album at Apple Music's New Music Daily Presents event for select fans in November 2019. [9] On the 8th of December, Cabello performed the song on Michael McIntyre's Big Show . [10] [11]

Track listings

Digital download [12]
No.TitleLength
1."Easy"3:14
Digital download – live version [13]
No.TitleLength
1."Easy" (Live)3:16

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Romance . [14]

Publishing

Recording

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [15] 76
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [16] 19
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [17] 82
France (SNEP Sales Chart) [18] 110
Greece (IFPI) [19] 63
Ireland (IRMA) [20] 67
Lithuania (AGATA) [21] 46
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [22] 8
Scotland (OCC) [23] 58
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [24] 93
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) [25] 11
UK Singles (OCC) [26] 86
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [27] 10
US Digital Song Sales ( Billboard ) [28] 10

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [29] Platinum40,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Easy"
RegionDateFormatVersionLabelRef.
VariousOctober 11, 2019Original
December 20, 2019Live

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