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14th Dec 2018

The ONE big clue that Ariana’s new song is about Mac Miller

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Anna O'Rourke

The ONE big hint that Ariana's new song is about Mac Miller

Ariana Grande pretty much broke the internet with her break-up anthem thank u, next last month.

The song is a tribute to her exes and everything she’s learned through her past relationships.

It was a smash, landing Ari her very first US number one single.

The one big hint that Ariana's new song is about Mac Miller

Today she released its follow-up, Imagine.

The song is slower and more contemplative than her previous single and describes a dream relationship while asking why the other person can’t picture it.

In Ariana’s own words, it’s about “pretending it never ended. denial” – the opposite to the message in thank u, next.

It’s also about something that is now “unattainable”, she has said.

We’ve known that a tribute to Mac Miller, the singer’s ex-boyfriend who died of an overdose in September, was coming.

Now many fans are speculating that Imagine is for him.

The biggest clue is the song’s title itself – Mac had the word ‘Imagine’ prominently tattooed on his arm.

On top of this, the lyrics in the song bear some similarities to a song that Mac wrote about Ariana called Cinderella.

In Cinderella, Mac raps about getting stir-fry with her while in Imagine, she sings about a guy ordering her pad thai.

In Cinderella, Mac also raps the lyric “You in my dreams/ That’s why I sleep all the time”. Ariana actually tweeted these words after his death and in Imagine, she sings “we gon’ sleep ’til noon”.

The ONE big hint that Ariana's new song is about Mac Miller

Check out the lyrics in full here and make up your own mind.