Ariana Grande Releases "Dangerous Woman" Song

Single comes after the 2015 release of "Focus"

By Zach Johnson Mar 11, 2016 12:27 PMTags

Ariana Grande is embracing her inner vixen.

The pop star released her latest single, "Dangerous Woman," overnight Thursday. The song is the second single from her upcoming album of the same name, which will be released May 20. Grande previously released "Focus" in 2015; the song peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Dangerous Woman" is Grande's most grown-up tune to date.

"Somethin' 'bout you makes me feel like a dangerous woman," the two-time Grammy Award nominee sings in the chorus. "Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout you / Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't / Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout you." In the refrain, she sings, All girls wanna be like that / Bad girls underneath, like that / You know how I'm feeling inside / Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout / All girls wanna be like that / Bad girls underneath, like that / You know how I'm feeling inside / Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout."

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Dangerous Woman is Grande's third album, after 2013's Yours Truly and 2014's My Everything. The 22-year-old singer had originally titled her third album Moonlight, but announced she had changed her mind via Snapchat last month. During a Jimmy Kimmel Live! appearance in January, Grande said one of the tracks had taken her in a new direction. "As we're wrapping things up, of course I've been writing and singing. We're at the final stretch," she said. "Now there's this other song that has thrown me for a whirlwind and I love it so much. It's changed everything."

After the track shot to No. 1 on iTunes, Grande thanked her fans Friday.

Can't get "Dangerous Woman" out of your head? Grande will give her first live performance of her new single on NBC's Saturday Night Live, when she hosts and performs on the show March 12.

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