"I Love Me" (stylized in all lowercase) is an unreleased song by Ariana Grande that was intended for her fourth studio album, Sweetener. (
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Background[]
During a group buy for the leaking of "Sober", it was announced that an unheard snippet would be released once donations were completed.
There was a vote during a poll for an upbeat song like "Sex" or a more downbeat song like "End Up With You". The first snippet surfaced on April 5, 2023, when "Sober" was leaked. A second low quality snippet leaked on December 10, 2023. Another third snippet leaked on December 22, 2023. The full song leaked on December 28, 2023.
Four snippets of the session leaked on June 17, 2023. The full session leaked on June 22, 2023.
Trivia[]
- The whole song consists of mumbled lyrics, except for the chorus as it was never finished.
- This song sounds similar to "One Last Time."
- There were no bounces in the session, the song was never finished. The only version that exists is a PTX which bounces to a 1:07 version.
- The filename for the instrumental is "Ari Track Henny_Scootie.wav" suggesting that Henny "Tha Bizness" and Scootie (from Social House) produced it.
- This song uses a sound effect that can also be found in the song "Knew Better Part Two".
Lyrics[]
[Intro]
Ah yeah (ah yeah), mhm
[Verse 1]
(Mumble)
[Pre-Chorus 1]
(Mumble)
[Chorus]
I love me more than you do
And I respect myself way too much to push through (push through, push through)
I love me more than you do
And I prefer how I feel when I'm not around you (around you)
I love me more than you do
And I respect myself way too much to push through (push through)
And I love me more than you do
And I prefer how I feel when I'm not around you (around you)
'Cause I love me more than-
[Verse 2]
(Mumble)
[Pre-Chorus 2]
(Mumble)
[Chorus]
I love me more than you do
And I respect myself way too much to push through (push through)
And I love me more than you do
And I prefer how I feel when I'm not around you (around you), around you
I love me more than you do
I love me more than you do (do)
Hold on
Yeah, I love me more than-
[Bridge]
(Mumble)
[Chorus]
I love me more than you do
And I respect myself way too much to push through (push through) (I love me more than you do)
And I love me more than you do
And I prefer how I feel when I'm not around you (around you) (so I love me more than you)
I love me more than you do (than you do, yeah)
I love me more than you do (do) (than you)
Yeah, I love me more than you do (you do)