"The Light Is Coming" è il terzo brano del quarto album in studio di Ariana Grande, Sweetener. La canzone vede la collaborazione della rapper Nicki Minaj.[3] La canzone è stata pubblicata il 20 giugno 2018, insieme al preordine dell'album.[1]
Storia[]
Ariana ha confermato la canzone al The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon il 1° maggio 2018.[4]
Il 7 maggio 2018, Ariana ha confermato via Twitter che "The Light Is Coming" sarebbe stata la prossima canzone ad essere rilasciata dall'album.[5] Una settimana dopo, Ariana ha anticipato alcune frasi del testo su Twitter. Il 20 maggio 2018, Ariana ha aperto il Billboard Music Awards 2018 con "No Tears Left To Cry". Alla fine dell'esbizione è stato mostrato "The Light Is Coming" sullo schermo. Il 27 maggio 2018, Ariana ha condiviso uno parte della canzone sui suoi account Instagram e Twitter, e ha confermato che la canzone è un featuring con Nicki Minaj.[3] Il 29 maggio 2018, Ariana ha postato un video di lei che riascolta la canzone.[6]
Esibizioni dal vivo[]
Il 2 giugno 2018, Ariana si è esibita con parte della canzone al Wango Tango.[7]
Video musicale[]
Il 4 giugno 2018, Ariana ha confermato su Twitter che il video musicale di "The Light Is Coming" è già stato registrato.[8]
Curiosità[]
- La canzone è la quinta collaborazione di Ariana con Nicki Minaj dopo "Bang Bang" (My Everything, 2014), "Get On Your Knees" (The Pinkprint, 2014), "Side To Side" (Dangerous Woman, 2016) e "Bed" (Queen, 2018).[9]
- In un intervista di The FADER, Ariana ha rivelato di aver fatto fare un "provino" ad otto diversi rapper prima di scegliere Nicki Minaj[2]
- In un'intervista di British Vogue è stato rivelato che il rapper inglese Skepta sarebbe stato presente nell'album di Ariana, Sweetener. Si ritiene che Skepta fosse in origine una delle scelte per "The Light Is Coming".[10]
Testo[]
[Intro]
Don't let anybody speak for this today
Don't let anybody speak for this today
[Verso 1: Nicki Minaj]
Ay yo, trophy wife, out, you won me
Until you had to find out if you won me
Now you benched, aw, you bum knee
Now I'm the bad guy, call me Chun-Li
'Cause you was slippin', yep you clumsy
And everything I be, you can't just unsee
Sips tea, and it's unsweet
Respect bad gyal, when me done speak (now, now)
Now he shooting his shot like drive-by
Why you have to make me go call up my side guy?
Can’t let a F-boy F up my nice vibes
Yo Ariana, come let me give you a high five
[Coro: Ariana Grande]
The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole
Don't let anybody speak for this today
The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole
Don't let anybody speak for this today
The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole
Don't let anybody speak for this today
The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole
Don't let anybody speak for this today
[Verso 2: Ariana Grande]
What does she say?
What did he say?
You don't listen 'cause you know everything
You don't even need dreams
Tellin' everybody "stay woke, don't sleep"
Ah, gonna break that shit down
You been waitin' for something way beyond the realm
Ah, guess you're way above it now
And that's your way around it now
Happenin' to you
Shit that you been through
Damn, I'm so confused
Who cares about the rush of it?
Give an inch of you, that's the bottom line
Know it all (know it all)
Givin' you a box of chances
Every time you blow it all (blow it all)
'Cause if it was shade, he would just throw it all (throw it all)
It's like you're trying not to blow it all (blow it all)
Blow it all (blow it all)
[Coro: Ariana Grande]
The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole
Don't let anybody speak for this today
The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole
Don't let anybody speak for this today
The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole
Don't let anybody speak for this today
The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole
Don't let anybody speak for this
Note[]
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Ariana Grande Reveals 'Sweetener' Album Pre-Order Date
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 The Fader - Ariana Grande
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Twitter - Snippet of Nicki Minaj's verse on 'The Light Is Coming'
- ↑ Ariana Grande Reveals Title of Fourth Album: 'Sweetener'
- ↑ Twitter - @ArianaGrande
- ↑ Twitter - 'The Light is Coming' snippet #2
- ↑ Twitter - Ariana si esibisce con una parte di "The Light Is Coming"
- ↑ Twitter - Ariana Today Net - "Ariana e Nicki Minaj hanno già registrato il video musicale di #TheLightIsComing!"
- ↑ Twitter - Nicki Minaj
- ↑ Twitter - Ariana Grande confirmed with a like that there are only 3 collaborations on #Sweetener. Could her collaboration with Skepta and Dua Lipa be part of a separate project?
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17 agosto 2018 • 47:25 • Republic Records | |
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Pubblicate | Better Off • Blazed • Borderline • Breathin • Everytime • Get Well Soon • God Is A Woman • Goodnight N Go • No Tears Left To Cry • Pete Davidson • Raindrops (An Angel Cried) • R.E.M • Successful • Sweetener • The Light Is Coming |
Non pubblicate | My Way • Got Her Own • Sober • You |
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Ariana Grande • Missy Elliott • Nicki Minaj • Pharrell Williams | |
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Sweetener World Tour • The Sweetener Sessions |