Ariana Grande offers up some behind-the-scenes footage as fans eagerly await her next single.
On Saturday (April 27), the 30-year-old pop superstar shared black-and-white footage from early recordings of her Billboard Hot 100 hit “We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love),” which crashed at No. 1 on the chart in mid-March.
“I found a few more behind the scenes of We Can't Be Friends and can't wait to share with you…” Bad the star wrote next to the video on Instagram.
In the clip, Grande is seen “combining the first two passages of melody, resulting in the bridge you know today” with the help of co-writer and producer Max Martin. Also plays “first voice note I texted [songwriter Ilya Salmanzadeh] after he sent me the original beat,” she wrote in the post.
The REM Beauty founder added, “this song holds such a special place in my heart and I can't thank you enough for all the love you've shown (and continue to show).
“We Can't Be Friends” is the second single from Grande's seventh album, Eternal sunshinewhich shot to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. “Yes, And?”, the lead single from the set, released on Republic Records, debuted at the summit in January.
Grande ended her IG post by teasing the next single from Eternal sunshine.
“I know everyone is desperate and excited for the next single (so am I — I'm literally typing this to you while I'm working on…something…) but I appreciate your patience, allowing wcbf to keep doing her job. I promise I'll do my best to make it worth the wait,” he wrote.
Grande's mother, Joan Grande, took to the comments section to show her support for her daughter. “I love hearing you in the studio… pure magic! Pure genius!! Unbelievable… great song, singer!!” she wrote The singer's brother, Frankie, added: “We know it will be worth the wait and I'm so happy to continue celebrating the WCBF! It's a triumph!”
Salmanzadeh, who co-wrote 'We Can't Be Friends', noted that the recording showed 'Magic in makeover. Such a special record. We are lucky to know and work with my incredibly brilliant friend!”
In early April, exactly one month after the fall Eternal sunshineGrande shared additional behind-the-scenes footage of herself in the studio and revealed that she's just starting to promote the project.
“I can't wait for all that is yet to come in this eternal cycle of sunshine (which has just begun and may never end),” she wrote. “thank you for your love.”
Check out Grande's behind-the-scenes “We Can't Be Friends” Instagram post below.
