The music video for " Love Me like You Do " was directed by Georgia Hudson and premiered on 22 January 2015 . It stars Goulding and her on-screen partner ballroom dancing in a mansion , as well as scenes from '' Fifty Shades of Grey '' . Regarding the dance in the video , she commented : " I am in it . That 's me ! I 'm dancing in it ! . ... I basically have become fascinated with ballroom dancing so I was like , ' Can I please do some dancing in it ? ' . So they let me do that . There 's a guy in it , Charlie , and there 's some really sensual moments in it , and it 's in a really beautiful house . I think it 's one of my favorite videos . " The video received a nomination for Best Female Video at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards . With over 2.0 billion views , the video is the 36th most viewed YouTube video of all time ; it surpassed one billion views on 29 February 2016 , becoming the 21st video in the site 's history to do so
2015 MTV Video Music Awards
2015 MTV Video Music Awards
Love Me like You Do