"Hard Place"

April 4, 2019 (2019-04-04)

3:32 (single version)
4:32 (EP version)

Music video[edit]

The music video for "Hard Place" was released on April 26, 2019. It features H.E.R. and a love interest who make music together until a promoter wants to recruit H.E.R. without her partner.[1] The rest of the music video shows their relationship and the difficulties that they face as the singer's career rises.[2]

Live performances[edit]

H.E.R. first performed "Hard Place" on NPR's Tiny Desk, in an episode released on YouTube on December 13, 2018.[7] She also performed it at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.[8] She performed it again the following month on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.[9] She also performed it on Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That on September 28, 2019.