Unless you’ve spent this summer under a rock, you’ll undoubtable know the name Ariana Grande by now. Even those of you that don’t, we would bet money that you could recite the lyrics to hits ‘Problem‘ and ‘Break Free‘ without hesitation if asked. After Grande’s recent collaboration with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj on track ‘Bang Bang‘ gained nearly 100 million views on YouTube and momentarily broke the internet, we were kept on the edge of our seats waiting for her next release.

 

We have now been graced with Ariana’s latest (and highly anticipated) music video for ‘Love Me Harder’ which features the soulful vocals from The Weeknd. Taken from Ariana’s sophomore album ‘My Everything‘, fans have called for this track to become a single, making the arrival of this video is very welcomed.

Pop music as a genre is often plagued with insults and insinuations that pop singers lack vocal ability however Ariana and her powerhouse vocals not only silences the haters, she drowns them out with impeccable belts and vocal maturity far beyond her twenty-ones years of age. If anything, this song is not only a glimpse at what we can look forward to from Ariana as she continues to grow as an artist but another testament to the fact that no genre (especially one as expansive as pop music) should be defined by any one artist or their (or lack there of) of vocal ability.

See the full music video directed by Hannah Lux Davis below! The song is released in the UK on November 30th.