Ariana Grande isn’t switching positions on how she feels about music leaks. In the course of the first episode of her multi-part interview on The Zach Sang Present Monday (Feb. 26), the 30-year-old pop star addressed the matter of her unreleased songs discovering their strategy to social media with out her permission final 12 months — one in every of which, she hinted, discovered a way more kosher house on her upcoming Everlasting Sunshine album.
“The few studio classes I did, that are throughout TikTok, thanks a lot,” she started, sporting a head-to-toe purple outfit — save for her black stilettos — and matching lipstick. “I’ll see you in jail, actually,” the singer added.
“Thieves! Pirates! Crooks!” she mentioned, laughing however nonetheless severe. “Unlawful. I’ll pay you extra to place it away, like, to get it again.”
Grande went on to present context for her catchy ’90s-inspired observe “Fantasize,” which was by no means speculated to see the sunshine of day, however nonetheless discovered its strategy to TikTok virality final 12 months. “That wasn’t my track, it wasn’t for me,” she defined, noting that she’d written it for an unnamed TV present. “It was like a parody of this lady group vibe.”
Even so, the “POV” singer took word of her followers’ love for “Fantasize” and determined to include it into her new file, which arrives March 8. “I sort of gave them Ariana’s model of that on the album,” she mentioned. “They’re fully completely different now. So though you’ve heard them — since you stole them — they’re very completely different now.”
The second a part of Grande’s interview with Sang arrives the day of Everlasting Sunshine‘s launch, and can discover the pair speaking about every particular person track on the 13-track album. Thus far, the one single she’s dropped forward of the LP’s launch is the Billboard Scorching 100 No. 1 “Sure, And?”
Whereas opening up about having her music stolen, the Victorious alum additionally shared her ideas on the equally viral synthetic intelligence recreations of her voice — and let’s simply say, she would possibly hate that much more than the leaks. “What are we doing? Why?” she mentioned, seemingly perplexed.
“I hate it,” she added. “It’s terrifying.”
Watch Grande on The Zach Sang Present above.