Ariana Grande is back with a new single, “yes, and?” Stream it below.
“yes, and?” is a nu-disco house track that interpolates Madonna’s “Vogue,” and finds Grande addressing intrigue about her personal life. “Your business is yours and mine is mine/ Why do you care so much whose dick I ride?” she sings in the bridge. The song was written by Grande, Max Martin, and Ilya Salmanzadeh and recorded in New York City,
Grande first started hinting at the new release several weeks ago when she was photographed in New York City wearing a black crewneck with the single name printed on her chest. Then, Grande uploaded the single art to her Instagram and to the Instagram account for her 2018 album, Sweetener, along with the pre-save link for the song.
Even before hinting at the new single, though, Grande has been alluding to new music being on the way. On December 7th, she posted several pictures and muted videos of her working in the studio. In response, some of her peers have voiced their support. “Oh this bout to eat,” SZA commented. “UN MUTE PLS,” Billie Eilish wrote, while Selena Gomez commented: “FINALLY.”
Now, “yes, and?” arrives as a standalone single, but more music — perhaps even AG7 itself — is surely on the way. In one Instagram story, Grande even shared the blurred photo of her face used to promote the single with the caption: “P.S. I couldn’t wait any longer to tell you that although this is not the album title, it is indeed the album cover (well……. one of them!)”
In addition to streaming online, “yes, and?” is also offered as a limited-quantity CD single, which Grande is selling on her website for $1.99. Orders are ongoing.
Grande’s most-recent album, Positions, arrived in 2020. Last year, she shared a 10th anniversary reissue of her debut album, Yours Truly, and parted ways with her longtime manager, Scooter Braun.
Meanwhile, Grande is set to appear as Glinda the Good Witch in the upcoming film adaptation of Wicked, which is set to arrive in two-parts, with the first premiering this November and the second due in 2025.