ARIANA GRANDE PROVIDED US WITH THE SWEETENER WE ALL NEEDED

Pop princess Ariana Grande has dominated her way to the top of the charts with her catchy self love anthem "Thank U, Next", followed by the recent release of the single's music video breaking several records and becoming the Biggest Music Video Debut in YouTube History. Grande's rom-com supercut of a video accumulated 55.4 million views in its first 24 hours, with YouTube officials confirming that “Thank U, next” is the fastest video to earn 100 million views, reaching the number just four days after its release. The music video plays a tribute to several classic teen movies such as "Mean Girls", "Bring It On", "Legally Blonde", and "13 Going on 30". This visual time capsule also features cameos from many familiar faces including the likes of Kris Jenner, Troye Sivan, Jennifer Coolidge, and more.

  

"Mean Girls" inspired look 

On Friday, the "Dangerous Woman" singer released the long-awaited video in which she took the opportunity to assume the role of Regina George, known by many to be the high school cliché of a drama queen. This gave Grande the perfect chance to poke fun at her problematic diva reputation. Ariana showcases some of the most memorable scenes from the 2000 film “Bring It On."  Matt Bennett who is a good friend to Ariana and was her “Victorious” co-star, joined her in the replica of the teeth-brushing scene leading to a twist where like in the film she received a mix tape from her "new love" in this case herself.

Ariana Grande &
Pete Davidson at the 2018 VMAs

On a further note Grande pays homage to Jennifer Garner’s most iconic rom-com role in "13 going on 30" with many associating it with another reference to her broken engagement to"SNL" actor Pete Davidson. It is to be noted that the first official Pete Davidson reference was when Stefanie Drummond, who played North Shore student Bethany Byrd in "Mean Girls", announces that “Ariana broke off an engagement, so I found a guy to propose to me and I broke off an engagement.”. The final and what I feel to be the most fitting film reference is that of "Legally Blonde". Grande becomes the legendary Elle Woods who in the film deals with an intense break-up and defies all odds after successfully graduating from law school after most of the people around her disbelieved in her self empowerment.

After watching this music video, i was left reflecting on the fact how impressive it was for Ariana Grande to take all the negative events such as the break-up between herself and her fiancee, the death of her ex boyfriend Mac Miller, her reputation and other situations that she has been faced with and turned them into an optimistic outlook with only sincere positivity and good energy for the future. This teaching us all that no matter what life throws our way, we need to be able to take it on board and be able to move on better from what we have experienced. Hence whenever life gets us down we should simply add a little sweetener, gracefully be thankful and persevere.

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