Ariana Grande is returning to music with a remix of The Weeknd’s hit Die For You.
The pop superstar – who has not released an album since 2020’s Positions – has teamed up with her friend and collaborator on a new version of his 2016 track from the album Starboy.
The 7 Rings hitmaker posted a viral clip of her editing her verse in the vocal booth on Tuesday, February 21.
She sings: “You know what I’m thinkin’, see it in your eyes / You hate that you want me, hate it when you cry.”
The Grammy winner teased in the caption: “Wrote and recorded a verse for my friend after a 14 hour day on set. This certain exception had to be made….”
Ariana is currently working long hours filming the two-part movie adaptation of smash hit Broadway musical Wicked, in which she plays Glinda.
The 29-year-old star and 33-year-old The Weeknd – whose real name is Abel Tesfaye – first teamed up on 2014’s Love Me Harder from Ariana’s album My Everything. And in 2020, they duetted on Off The Table on her LP Positions, while Ariana wowed on a remix of Save Your Tears from his record After Hours.
The Dangerous Woman singer recently reassured fans she is still very much a singer and reminded them of her vocal prowess on a rendition of Over the Rainbow from 1939 classic Wicked.
After being asked by a TikTok user why she is no longer a singer, she replied: “Literally on set filming two musical movies all day every day.”
In the video, the ‘thank u next’ hitmaker – who initially covered the torch song made famous by Judy Garland as a charity single in May 2017 at her One Love Manchester benefit concert after 22 of her fans were killed in a terrorist attack following her concert in the North of England – was wrapped in a pink hooded blanket in an attempt to conceal her Glinda costume and hairdo.
She captioned the post: “wanted to sing you a little something but don’t want to sing anything that is not “Ozian” at the moment 🙂 keeping to my little bubble for now … done with lots of love
