So Easy (To Fall in Love)

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"So Easy (To Fall in Love)"
Single by Olivia Dean
from the album The Art of Loving
Released26 September 2025
Genre
Length2:49
Label
Songwriters
Producers
Olivia Dean singles chronology
"Man I Need"
(2025) 		"So Easy (To Fall in Love)"
(2025)
Music video
"So Easy (To Fall in Love)" on YouTube

"So Easy (To Fall in Love)" is a song by English singer-songwriter Olivia Dean, released on 26 September 2025 as the fourth single from her second studio album The Art of Loving, which was released on the same day. It was produced by Zach Nahome, John Ryan and Julian Bunetta, with Amy Allen and Max Wolfgang serving as additional and vocal producers respectively. It reached number four on the UK Singles Chart and has been certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

Background

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In an interview with Elle, Olivia Dean said of the song:

I've had songs in the past that I've specifically written to uplift other women. Men, of course, can take what they want to take from it, music is for everybody, but I'm such a strong feminist, and I can't help but let that seep into my music. I've had friends go on first dates and be so caught up in worrying if the other person will like them and thinking about what they can be to slot into this person's life without actually stopping to think, "Hang on a minute. Maybe this date is me just checking if I like them," rather than putting all the emphasis on them liking you. 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." And it's easy to forget that sometimes. So I think this song is just a pat on the back when you're going out the door on your first date.[1]

Composition and lyrics

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"So Easy (To Fall in Love)" is a bossa nova[2][3] and jazz pop song,[4] with an instrumental composed of drums,[5] piano[5][6] and trumpet.[6] Music critics have compared the style to that of The Supremes,[4][7] and "Carpenters-style MOR pop that would once have been considered entirely beyond the pale."[8] It finds Olivia Dean in a confident mood and using flirting and persuasion to address her lover,[4][9] as she expresses her excitement of entering a new relationship.[2][10] She proclaims herself to be "the perfect mix of Saturday night and the rest of your life".[3][4][6]

Critical reception

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The song received generally positive reviews. Thomas Smith of Billboard ranked it as the third best song from The Art of Loving and lauded Dean's performance in bossa nova, describing the song to be "perhaps the most forthright attempt at reviving Astrud Gilberto's impactful and achingly beautiful vocals alongside a lithe percussion section."[11] Rhea Hagiwara of The Skinny described the song as a "charming number that highlights Dean's wide range of vocal inflections, whether endearing, confident or flirtatious, accompanied by a playful assortment of instrumentation and backing vocals."[10] Helen Brown of The Independent called the song "sweet-strummed" and wrote "Backing vocals are layered like chiffon as cocktail piano notes shimmy around a Bacharach and David-indebted trumpet."[6] Larisha Paul of Rolling Stone commented on the song, "The saccharine jazz pop standout calls to mind the glamour of Diana Ross."[4]

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for "So Easy (To Fall in Love)"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[43] Gold 35,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[44] Gold 15,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[45] Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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