Ariana Grande is back. This Friday, March 8, the American star released her highly anticipated seventh studio album, eternal sunshine, an introspective journey in which the singer speaks openly about the emotions that have plagued her in recent years. And Ariana Grande’s life has taken a 180-degree turn, including the separation from her husband Dalton Gomez and the filming of the musical Wicked.
In this way, after the release of the first single, Si y?in January, Ariana has chosen the song we can’t be friends (wait for your love) like the theme that accompanies eternal sunshine. And it doesn’t surprise us. This is one of Ariana Grande’s most anticipated songs. Produced, like much of the album, by Max Martin, the electronic base merges with Ariana’s delicate voice, causing a perfect symbiosis. In fact, the lyrics could be understood as a love letter from the singer herself to music. And, although it is one of her greatest passions, she has also put a lot of pressure on it.
In recent years, Ariana Grande has lived through a difficult time, dividing public opinion, whether by dedicating several years to acting and putting aside her musical career or by her divorce from Dalton Gomez and the beginning of a relationship with Ethan Slater, her partner. in Wicked (who, like her, was married to someone else). In this way, in addition to the interpretation that the song could have been written for Ethan when they were still friends, it could be a letter of reconciliation with music and its fans:
“We can’t be friends. But I’d like to just pretend. You cling to your papers and thoughts. Wait until you like me again.” (We can’t be friends, but I’d like to pretend it. You hold onto your papers and pens. Wait until you like me again.)
A video clip to match
It’s no secret that Ariana Grande is a true lover of cinema. The singer already recreated some of the most legendary romantic comedies of the early 2000s in the video for Thank you, Next. Now, seven years later, the singer wanted to pay tribute to one of her favorite films (to which she even dedicates the title of the album): Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind in Spanish).
In fact, in an interview for Apple Music 1, Ariana Grande has said that she has loved the film since she was little:
“I think we like the movie so much because many of us can identify with the fact of knowing that something doesn’t work, but because you want it so much, you stay to see how far it can go. I think that’s why the movie is so loved. That’s why a lot of people identify with it.”
In this way, it is not surprising that Ariana Grande has become the character of Clementine, played by Kate Winslet, to go to the clinic that erases the memories that you do not want to have in order to move forward. In fact, Ariana has managed to wear the same coat that Kate wore in the 2004 film.
The film’s co-star is Jim Carrey. Ariana Grande recalled in the aforementioned interview that she has been a big fan of the American actor since she was a child: “I’m a big fan of Jim Carrey. I don’t know if you know, but my first username was JimCarreyFan42. So I was definitely very young. “It’s always been one of my favorites.”
Without a doubt, Ariana Grande has managed to fulfill a childhood dream by filming the music video for we can’t be friends (wait for your love). For the direction of the video clip, Ariana has had Christian Breslauer, with whom he had already worked on yes, and?
Evan Peters, the guest actor
To give life to Ariana Grande’s ex-boyfriend who she wants to forget about in the clinic, the artist has counted on one of the actors of the moment: none other than Evan Peters. Yes, the same one who gave life to Dahmer in the famous 2023 Netlfix series.
Without a doubt, a perfect signing for this video to go down in the history of Ariana Grande’s music.
