| "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" | ||||
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| Single by Ariana Grande | ||||
| from the album Eternal Sunshine | ||||
| Released | March 8, 2024 | |||
| Recorded | 2023 | |||
| Studio | Jungle City (New York City) | |||
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| Length | 3:48 | |||
| Label | Republic | |||
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| "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" on YouTube | ||||
"We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" is a song by American singer Ariana Grande. It was released through Republic Records on March 8, 2024, as the second single from her seventh studio album Eternal Sunshine (2024). It is written and produced by Grande, Max Martin and Ilya Salmanzadeh. A synth-pop song, its lyrics dually refer to the demise of a romantic relationship as well as Grande's relationship with the press.
The song was positively reviewed by music critics and debuted atop the US Billboard Hot 100, marking Grande's ninth number-one single and her second from Eternal Sunshine after "Yes, And?". The song marked her seventh number-one debut, making her the female artist with the most number-one debuts in history, as well as her 22nd top-ten on the chart. It earned Grande her fourth number-one single on the Billboard Global 200 chart and reached number one in Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates. Elsewhere, the song peaked within the top ten in 22 other countries, including Australia, Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. It ranked as the ninth most-streamed song of the year as of July with 826 million streams worldwide according to Luminate.
An accompanying music video for "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" was directed by Christian Breslauer and released on YouTube simultaneously with the single. The concept for the video was inspired by the plot of the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and features Grande undergoing a memory erasure procedure to forget her ex-boyfriend, who is portrayed by American actor Evan Peters.
- ^ Rossignol, Derrick (March 8, 2024). "Ariana Grande Goes Full 'Eternal Sunshine' With A Memory-Erasing Video For 'We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)'". Uproxx. Archived from the original on March 8, 2024. Retrieved March 8, 2024.