Get Well Soon

Get Well SoonSong by Ariana Grande
General information
Artist	Ariana Grande
Release date	August 17, 2018
Recorded	2017-2018
Studio	Chalice Recording Studios (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Soul, R&B
Length	5:22
Album	Sweetener
Label	Republic Records
Songwriter(s)	Pharrell Williams, Ariana Grande
Producer(s)	Pharrell Williams
Credits	get well soon credits
Sweetener track list
"Pete Davidson"
"Get Well Soon"
Music video

"Get Well Soon" (stylized in all lowercase) is the fifteenth and final track from Ariana Grande's fourth studio album, Sweetener. It was released through Republic Records on August 17, 2018.

A live version of the song is featured on K Bye For Now (SWT Live), which was released on December 23, 2019.

Background

The song was first teased on December 31, 2017, on Grande's Instagram. She confirmed that the snippet is from the song on May 29, 2018.

Grande revealed "Get Well Soon" on May 17, 2018, in her interview for TIME Magazine's 'Next Generation Leaders'. The track is described as her vocals are interwoven in dense layers of sound, creating an otherworldly effect. The next day she teased the name of the song via her Twitter account. On May 29, 2018, Grande said that the song is about her anxiety, she said: "I felt like I was floating for like 3 months last year and not in a nice way. Like I [am] outside my body? [It] was very scary and I couldn't breathe well. So it's about that. And lots of voices in my head singing. I hope it comforts people who hear it, please".

On June 1, Grande replied to a fan on Twitter that "Get Well Soon" is the fifteenth track from the album. She also revealed that the it is the longest track on the album.

On July 3, 2018, Grande posted a screenshot of her listening to the song on her Instagram story, confirming that the song's length was 5:22. On July 8, 2018, Pharrell Williams posted a snippet of him singing the song on his Instagram story. On the same day, Grande posted a 40-second-snippet of the song on her social media.

On August 19, Grande posted a snippet of a visual for the song.

Critical reception

Pitchfork editor Jillian Mapes called "Get Well Soon" a "career-defining moment" and praised it as "the sort of freeform, self-help soul ballad you’d maybe expect to round out a Beyoncé opus" and wrote: "Anyone who knows how gracefully Grande handled the horrific events at her Manchester show last year will recognize an equally graceful response to her own emotional aftermath in this song." The Independent's Kate Solomon called the track ambitious and said: "As a five-minute musical interpretation of the post-traumatic panic attacks Grande has suffered, 'Get Well Soon' is not exactly enjoyable to listen to but admirable in its honesty."

Paper magazine's list "Top 100 Songs of 2018" placed "Get Well Soon" at #15: "Ariana Grande did something she didn't have to, and transformed her pain into something digestible, like sweetener molecules settling into a bitter cup of coffee; Sweetener's legacy will be its resoundingly positive message about true love's grace."

Live performances

Grande debuted "Get Well Soon" live on August 20, 2018 at The Sweetener Sessions. On May 14, 2019, the song was added to the Sweetener World Tour setlist, replacing "Goodnight N Go". However on August 17, 2019, the song was removed and replaced to "Only 1".

Videos

Ariana Grande - Get Well Soon (Snippet)

Ariana Grande - get well soon (snippet 4)

Trivia

• The length of the song is the date of the Manchester Arena bombing (May 22, 2017).
• This is the longest song from the album.
• During the last 40 seconds of the song is silence as a tribute to the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing.
• This is one of three songs from Sweetener in which Grande doesn't mention its title in the lyrics. 
  • The other two being "R.E.M" and "Pete Davidson".

Lyrics

[Intro]
You can feel it, feel it

[Verse 1]
(Yeah, yeah)
They say my system is overloaded
(Girl, what's wrong with you? Come back down)
I'm too much in my head, did you notice, mmm?
(Girl, what's wrong with you? Come back down)
My body's here on Earth, but I'm floating
(Girl, what's wrong with you? Come back down)
(Oh, woah) Disconnected, so sometimes, I feel frozen and alone (And alone)

[Chorus]
This is for everybody
Babe, you gotta take care of your body (Yuh, yuh, yuh)
Ain't no time to deny it (Yuh)
That is why we talking about it
Yeah, we talking about it
Deal with it to try and get by it
Ain't no time to deny it
So we had to stand and just write it

[Verse 2]
(Want you to get better, woo)
My life is so controlled by the what if's
(Girl, what's wrong with you? Come back down)
Is there anybody else who's mind does this, mmm?
(Girl, what's wrong with you? Come back down)
(Down, down, down, down, down)
Is there such a ladder to talk about this?
(Girl, what's wrong with you? Come back down)
Maybe I should ground myself where the mud is, before I'm gone (Before I'm gone)

[Chorus]
This is for everybody (Yee)
Babe, you gotta take care of your body (Yuh, yuh, yuh) (Oh, woah)
Ain't no time to deny it (Yuh) (Oh, yeah)
That is why we talking about it (Baby)
Yeah, we talking about it
Deal with it to try and get by it (Oooh)
Ain't no time to deny it (Hey)
So we had to stand and just ride it

[Refrain]
You can work your way to the top
(You can feel it, feel it, woo)
(Oh, boy)
Just know that there's up and downs and there's drops
(You can feel it, feel it, woo)
(Oh, babe)
Unfollow fear and just say "You are blocked"
(You can feel it, feel it)
Yuh
Just know there is so much room at the top
(You can feel it, feel it)
Yee

[Bridge]
Here's one thing you could trust
It take you and me to make us
One of those days you had enough
I'll be there
Cause if it ain't one thing, it's another (It's another)
And you need someone to pull you out the bubble (Out the bubble)
I'll be right there just to hug you (Just to hug you)
I'll be there (There)
Where are you? Are you home? (Where are you? Are you home?)
Call me right on the phone (Call me right on the phone)
I'll be there, ayy, I'll be there (There)
I don't care who is gone (I don't care who is gone)
You shouldn't be alone (You shouldn't be alone)
I'll be there (Mmmmm), there (There)

[Bridge]
You can work your way to the top
(You can feel it, feel it, woo)
Woo
(Yeah, I'm with you, I'm with you, I'm with you, just call me
I'm with you, I'm with you)
Just know that there's up and downs and there's drops
(You can feel it, feel it, woo) (You can feel it, feel it, babe)
(I'm with you, I'm with you, I'm with you, just call me
I'm with you, I'm with you)
(Oh, babe)
Unfollow fear and just say "You are blocked"
(You can feel it, feel it) (You can feel it, feel it)
Yuh
(I'm with you, I'm with you, I'm with you, just call me
I'm with you, I'm with you)
(Oh, yeah)
Just know there is so much room at the top
(You can feel it, feel it)
Yee
(I'm with you, I'm with you, I'm with you, just call me
No matter the issue)
(No matter what)

[Bridge]
Here's one thing you could trust
It take you and me to make us
One of those days you had enough
I'll be there (I'll be there)
Cause if it ain't one thing, it's another (It's another)
And you need someone to pull you out the bubble (Out the bubble)
I'll be right there just to hug you (Just to hug you)
I'll be there (There)
Where are you? Are you home? (Where are you? Are you home?)
Call me right on the phone (Call me right on the phone)
I'll be there (I'll be there), ayy, I'll be there (There)
I don't care who is gone (I don't care who is gone)
You shouldn't be alone (You shouldn't be alone)
I'll be there, there (There)

[Outro]
You can work your way to the top
(You can feel it, feel it)