"The Hardest Part" is a song by English singer-songwriter Olivia Dean,released in August 2020 as the lead single from her second extended play,What Am I Gonna Do on Sundays?[1] As of June 2023,it had been streamed over 117 million times.[2]
Upon release,Dean told Haste Magazine:"I had literally just come out of a really serious relationship that I was in for two years. And it really felt like the closing chapter,you know when you're closing a chapter and starting a new one. And I just didn't want to be really sad. So I just wanted to write a song that was like a positive outlook on moving on from someone and growing up,and accepting that we're different people now. And it's sad but unfortunately we can't really go back so we need to go forward. So 'The Hardest Part' was really a song that I needed to write for myself to just remind me 'You're moving on babe and you're doing OK'."[1]
In June 2023,Dean released a re-recorded version the song with Leon Bridges,with Bridges saying:"The first time I heard 'The Hardest Part',it hit me as a 'one-listen' record. Just has that instant classic feel. Olivia paints such a beautiful world with the song and I'm honoured she asked me to join it."[2][3]
For the week commencing 29 August 2025,Andre Paine from Music Week said if it were not for chart rules limiting the number of entries to three per week,"The Hardest Part" would have made the official Top 40.[4]
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