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    Amid Her Relationship With Ethan Slater, Ariana Grande Discussed The "Very Bad Idea" To Release Her "Provocative" Track "The Boy Is Mine"

    "It's kind of like, 'I'll play the bad girl, now here's your bad girl anthem.'"

    Ahead of the imminent release of her album Eternal Sunshine, Ariana Grande sat down with Zane Lowe to discuss one of the most hotly-anticipated — and somewhat controversial — tracks called, "The Boy Is Mine."

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    Of course, "The Boy Is Mine" is a 1998 song by Brandy and Monica about two women claiming that the titular boy is theirs, with lyrics like, "I'm sorry that you / Seem to be confused / He belongs to me / The boy is mine."

    Brandy on the left and Monica on the right singing in a scene from the music video

    Ariana addressed similar themes with her 2021 song "Fantasize," which included lyrics like, "Thought you were solo / But you got a girl though" and " I fantasize about it all the time / If you were mine." However, the song was never released — instead it was recently leaked, and gained some popularity on TikTok.

    Closeup of Ariana Grande signing autographs