Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande join forces on upbeat video, song 'Rain On Me' that will make you want to dance
Looking for something upbeat amid the coronavirus pandemic? Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande are here to help with a new song.
The singers teamed up for “Rain On Me," an upbeat dance track where each singer takes a turn with a verse. They also sing together on some of the choruses.
"I'd rather be dry, but at least I'm alive / Rain on me, rain, rain," they sing.
As you may have guessed, there is plenty of rainy day weather imagery.
"I can feel it on my skin (It's comin' down on me) / Teardrops on my face (Water like misery)," the song continues. "Let it wash away my sins (It's coming down on me)
Let it wash away, yeah."
Lady Gaga released a music video for the song Friday, which opens up with a shot of the artist lying on the floor with a knife stab wound in her thigh. She's wearing a pink bodysuit and high heeled combat boots while it rains ing in the video, but the showers alternate between raindrops and knives plummeting from the sky.
Grande makes an appearance about a minute into the video, donning her signature high ponytail (which she shockingly lets down later on in the video), and has a dance troupe behind her. Grande and Gaga end up joining hands and dance together.
The single will appear on Lady Gaga’s upcoming album "Chromatica," which is set to arrive on May 29. And Grande won't be the only star to appear on the album. In April, Gaga revealed her track list, which also showed collaborations with Elton John and Blackpink.
"Rain On Me" follows Gaga's February release of "Stupid Love," another throbbing single in her glorious return to pop that her little monsters have been waiting for.
During a conversation with Zane Lowe for Apple Music’s Beats 1 Thursday, Gaga spoke about using the album as a means to show how much she loves people and she hopes fans are able to experience that through her music.
"I can't wait to dance with people to this music, I can't wait to just go into any space with a whole bunch of people, and blast this as loud as possible to show them how much I love them," Lady Gaga said. "Until then, I hope that they listen to this record, and go on not only my personal journey with me, and dance through all the pain, but also go through their own journey, and dance through all their pain. And maybe there will be some arc within that sign that aligns us both. And so from afar, how can we connect?"
Contributing: Rasha Ali, Jennifer McClellan
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