Grande has played it coy about who the inspiration for « Imagine » was, but fans shared some convincing reasons as to why her first promotional track for « Thank U, Next » was about Miller.
Ariana Grande released her dreamiest track yet, “Imagine,” on Friday, and the singer’s devoted fan base suspect the single is about her late ex-boyfriend, Mac Miller.
« Imagine » is the first promotional single to debut from Grande’s upcoming fifth studio record, Thank U, Next, which follows her album, Sweetener, which was released in August. According to Genius, « Imagine » tells the story of « an unattainable love that is ‘now and forever’ unreachable, and has been compared as the opposite of ‘Thank U, Next,’ whose central message is about self-empowerment.' »
The « Imagine » lyrics:
« 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/Click, click, click and post/Drip-drip-dripped in gold/Quick, quick, let’s go/Kiss me and take off your clothes/Imagine a world like that.
