"POV" (stylized in all lower case) is the fourteenth /third and last single from Ariana Grande's sixth studio album, Positions. It was released on March 23, 2021 through Republic Records. It is the last song to appear on the standard version of the album. The tracks instrumental begins with a relaxing melody, and slowly builds on it with percussion and flourishes of strings.
"POV" was sent to US contemporary hit radio on March 22, 2021, as the third single from the album.[1] Sometime in July, the song was pulled off all radio stations and was noted to be the final single from Positions.
Background
Grande confirmed "POV" as the fourteenth and final track of Positions on October 24, 2020, through her social media.[2]
Composition
According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Universal Music Publishing Group, the song is composed in the key of E♭ Major with a tempo of 66 beats per minute. Grande's vocals range from the note of B♭3 to G5.[3]
Live performances
Vevo Official Live Performance
On June 20, 2021, Grande released the first live performance of POV at 9pm PST. It is a Vevo Original live.[4]
Musicians
- Natural: Guitar And Musical Director
- Aaron Spears: Drums
- Eric Ingram: Bass/Synth Bass
- Nelson Jackson III: Keyboards
Critical Reception
According to Pitchfork Grande "closes on a personal note with “pov,” a highlight that punctuates the previous tracks’ seductions with a different kind of intimacy. Over a quiet arrangement flourished with cello and viola, she considers whether all the love she feels can reflect inward." [5]
Chart performance
"POV" debuted at #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the chart week of November 14, 2020.[6]
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It's like you got superpowers
Turn my minutes into hours
You got more than 20/20, babe
Made of glass the way you see through me
You know me better than I do
Can't seem to keep nothing from you
How you touch my soul from the outside
Permeate my ego and my pride
[Chorus]
I wanna love me (Ooh)
The way that you love me (Ooh)
Ooh, for all of my pretty
And all of my ugly too
I'd love to see me from your point of view
I wanna trust me (Trust me)
The way that you trust me (Trust me)
Ooh, 'cause nobody ever loved me like you do
I'd love to see me from your point of view
[Verse 2]
I'm gеttin' used to receiving
Still gеttin' good at not leaving
I'ma love you even though I'm scared (Oh, scared)
Learnin' to be grateful for myself (Oh, oh, oh)
You love my lips 'cause they say the
Things we've always been afraid of
I can feel it startin' to subside
Learnin' to believe in what is mine
[Chorus]
I wanna love me (Ooh)
The way that you love me (Ooh)
Ooh, for all of my pretty
And all of my ugly too
I'd love to see me from your point of view
I wanna trust me (Trust me)
The way that you trust me (Trust me)
Ooh, 'cause nobody ever loved me like you do
I'd love to see me from your point of view
[Bridge]
I couldn't believe it or see it for myself
Know I be impatient, but now I'm out here
Fallin', fallin', frozen, slowly
Fallin', got me right
I won't keep you waitin' (Waitin')
All my baggage waitin', safely (My baggage waiting)
And if my eyes deceive me
Won't let them stray too far away
[Chorus]
I wanna love me (Ooh)
The way that you love me (Ooh)
Ooh, for all of my pretty
And all of my ugly too
I'd love to see me from your point of view
I wanna trust me, ooh (Trust me)
The way that you trust me, baby (Trust me)
'Cause nobody ever loved me like you do
I'd love to see me from your point of view (Oh)
Yeah
Trivia
- The song has surpassed 200 million streams on Spotify.
- It is the last single from the album.
- It is also the first song to be performed live from Positions.
References
- ↑ Twitter - POV promoted to U.S. Pop Radio
- ↑ Twitter – Album's track listing
- ↑ Grande, Ariana et al. "Ariana Grande "Pov" Sheet Music In Eb Major (Transposable) - Download & Print". Musicnotes.Com, 2021,
- ↑ POV 🖤 official live performance video tomorrow at 9am pst @vevo — @arianagrande Instagram
- ↑ [https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/ariana-grande-pov/
- ↑ chart data on Twitter: "Billboard Hot 100: #40(new) pov"