“imagine,” the first promotional single from thank u, next, is about an unattainable love that is “now and forever” unreachable. The track has been described to be the opposite of “thank u, next,” which has a central message of self-empowerment.
Although it’s not confirmed, the inspiration for “ima...
[Verse 1]
Step up, the two of us, nobody knows us
Get in the car like, "Skrrt"
Staying up all night, order me pad thai
Then we gon' sleep 'til noon
Me with no makeup, you in the bathtub
Bubbles and bubbly, ooh
This is a pleasure, feel like we never
Act this regular
[Pre-Chorus]
Click, click, click and post
Drip-drip-dripped in gold
Quick, quick, quick, let's go
Kiss me and take off your clothes
[Chorus]
Imagine a world like that
Imagine a world like that
We go like up 'til I'm 'sleep on your chest
Love how my face fits so good in your neck
Why can't you imagine a world like that?
Imagine a world
[Verse 2]
Knew you were perfect after the first kiss
Took a deep breath like, "Ooh"
Feels like forever, baby, I never
Thought that it would be you
Tell me your secrets, all of the creep shit
That's how I know it's true
Baby, direct it, name in the credits
Like the movies do
[Pre-Chorus]
Click, click, click and post
Drip-drip-dripped in gold
Quick, quick, quick, let's go
Kiss me and take off your clothes
[Chorus]
Imagine a world like that
Imagine a world like that
We go like up 'til I'm 'sleep on your chest
Love how my face fits so good in your neck
Why can't you imagine a world like that?
Imagine a world
[Outro]
Can you imagine it?
Can you imagine it?
Can you imagine it?
Can you imagine it?
Can you imagine it? (Can you imagine?)
Can you imagine it? (Can you imagine?)
Can you imagine it? (Can you imagine?)
Ooh, imagine it (Can you imagine?)
Imagine it, imagine it
Imagine it, imagine it
Imagine, imagine
Imagine, imagine
Imagine, imagine
imagine was written by JProof & Priscilla Renea & Happy Perez & Pop Wansel & Ariana Grande.
imagine was produced by Happy Perez & Pop Wansel.
Ariana Grande released imagine on Fri Dec 14 2018.
Ariana says the song is about an unattainable love that is “now and forever” unreachable.
Ariana Grande revealed on Twitter that the song will not have a music video, but instead it will be accompanied by a lyric video.
想像: These characters translate to “imagine” in Chinese and to “imagination” in Japanese.
The song was performed live for the first time on December 18, 2018 on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Grande played the song with Fallon’s house band The Roots.
“imagine” debuted at #24 on the Hot 100 during the chart week ending December 29, 2018. During the week ending Febrary 23, 2019, the track peaked at #21 on the chart.
The video features footage of the Smeerenburg Glacier’s calving (June, 2017)*, located in Spitsbergen, Norway.
Originally captured by Adam Laity (Bristol, UK) and Eric Esterle (Utah, US) as part of a scientific and artistic expedition, the final version has a glitch effect —achieved by corrupting d...
Rolling Stone ranked the track as Ariana’s #8 best song, saying:
‘Imagine’ is a song as hopeful as it is tragic. The dreamy R&B ballad is Grande’s rose-colored perspective of an Instagram-perfect relationship that involved avoiding the public eye and staying up all night eating pad thai. But it...