Ariana Grandeis trying to “eternal sunshine” her own mind in her latest music video.
On Friday — alongside the release of her seventh studio albumEternal Sunshine— the pop star, 30, sharedthe music videofor “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love),” which channels the 2004 filmEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Ariana Grande in the music video for “We Can’t Be Friends”.Ariana Grande/YouTube
Ariana Grande/YouTube
The video pans to flashbacks of Peaches and her ex as they embrace in an arcade after she wins a stuffed bear toy, make snow angels and lie in bed together. At one point during the music video the pair recreates the final scene of the 1984 filmSixteen Candles.
In real life, Grande officiallysplit from husband Dalton Gomezin October. She is currently datingEthan Slater.
On Thursday, Grande sat down withZane Lowe on Apple Music 1and the pair dissected her new album, the inspirations behind it and discussed how her time filmingWickedwas “healing” for her relationship with music.
During the conversation, the pair discussed the overarching story that the record tells, which “starts with a question and it ends with an answer,” as Lowe phrased it.
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Evan Peters and Ariana Grande in the music video for “We Can’t Be Friends.".Ariana Grande/YouTube
“The question is, ‘How do I know if I’m in the right relationship, if I found the right person?’ ” Lowe said, before pointing out that the final track, “Ordinary Things” — which Grande haspreviously teased features her grandmother, Nonna— provided the answer to that pressing question.
Grande said she “didn’t realize” how neatly the track tied up her initial questioning until she found a “voice note” of her Nonna talking to a friend.
“I knew ‘Ordinary Things’ was the end of the album. I was like, ‘This is the last song, but I wonder how I can put that button on it and have it land emotionally the way that I feel it can, and how can I answer the question?’”
source: people.com
