Earned It

在電影《五十度灰》原聲專輯的製作過程中，詞曲創作者史蒂芬·摩西歐參與了主題曲《Earned It》及插曲《I Know You》的譜寫工作。2014年10月，《五十度灰》的作者E·L·詹姆斯和導演薩姆·泰勒-約翰遜與他會面並向他展示了電影的結尾片段，導演薩姆希望能有一個男藝人來演唱電影的片尾曲。11月，摩西歐開始與The Weeknd共同工作，並在十天的時間內錄製下了歌曲的Demo。12月上旬，歌曲被選定為電影的片尾曲 ^[1]  . ^[6]  。

You make it look like it's magic

'cause I see nobody, nobody but you, you, you

I'm never confused

Hey, hey

I'm so used to being used

So I love when you call unexpected

'cause I hate when the moment's expected

So I'ma care for you, you, you

I'ma care for you, you, you, you, yeah

'cause girl you're perfect

You're always worth it

And you deserve it

The way you work it

'cause girl you earned it, yeah

Girl you earned it, yeah

You know our love would be tragic (oh yeah)

So you don't pay it, don't pay it no mind

We live with no lies

Hey, hey

And you're my favourite kind of night

So I love when you call unexpected

'cause I hate when the moment's expected

So I'ma care for you, you, you

I'ma care for you, you, you, you, yeah

'cause girl you're perfect (girl you're perfect)

You're always worth it (you're always worth it)

And you deserve it (and you deserve it)

The way you work it (the way you work it)

'cause girl you earned it (earned it, yeah)

Girl you earned it (earned it, yeah)

On that lonely night (lonely night)

You said it wouldn't be love

But we felt the rush (felt the love)

It made us believe it there was only us (only us)

Convinced we were broken inside, yeah

Inside, yeah

'cause girl you're perfect (girl you're perfect)

You're always worth it (you're always worth it)

And you deserve it (and you deserve it)

The way you work it (the way you work it)

'cause girl you earned it (girl you earned it, yeah)

Girl you earned it (you earned it, yeah)

Nana nana

So girl you're worth it

The way you work it

I deserve it

I can tell you ^[7] 

你讓一切都變得不可思議

使我眼中再無旁人，只因為你，唯有你~

我先前未曾困惑過

嘿，嘿

我現已然被帶着節奏

所以我愛你出其不意的來電

因為我厭倦了預見風平浪靜

所以我在乎你，唯有你

我心裏全是你，唯有你

親愛的呀你天生完美

值得我傾盡所有

這是你應得的

你讓我神魂顛倒

因為親愛的你已贏得這份愛

親愛的啊你俘獲了我的心

你明白我們的愛終將慘淡收場

於是你不付諸真情，不記掛心頭

你我坦誠相待？

嘿，嘿

你是撩撥我心絃的夜色

所以我愛你出其不意的來電

因為我恨透了預期一成不變

所以我在乎你，唯有你

我心裏全是你，唯有你

親愛的啊你天生完美

值得我傾盡所有

這是你應得的

你讓我神魂顛倒

因為親愛的你已贏得這份愛

親愛的啊你俘獲了我的心

在那生人莫近的夜

我們矢口否認這是愛

去感受到此情澎湃

讓我們惟願互相虧欠藕斷絲連

堅信我們遲早會打破陳規舊條

親愛的啊你天生完美

值得我傾盡所有

這是你應得的

你讓我神魂顛倒

因為親愛的你已得到這份愛 ^[8] 

歌曲為一首奢華的、擁有層次飽滿人聲的管絃樂曲 ^[9]  。歌曲的歌詞寫到，“親愛的你是如此完美，總是值得，你值得這一切”，與The Weeknd之前作品中帶有的不安和感性相比，本曲在製作上有所改變 ^[10]  。The Weeknd緩和的聲音營造出一個熱情且感性的氛圍，他的音高和音色都控制在使聽者感到舒適的程度 ^[11]  。

歌曲的音樂錄影帶由薩姆·泰勒-約翰遜（電影《五十度灰》導演）執導拍攝，拍攝地選在洛杉磯的一處宮殿劇院。音樂錄影帶中，The Weeknd觀看着衣着單薄的、身後標有黑色“X”形記號的女性舞者在舞台上的表演。在視頻的結尾處，《五十度灰》的女主演達科塔·約翰遜以被繩子裹着吊在舞台上空、緩緩下墜着的形象出現 ^[12-14]  。