Ariana Grande enlisted the likes of Penn Badgley, Brandy, and Monica for her The Boy Is Mine music video.
Released on Friday morning, the Batman-inspired clip follows 30-year-old Grande as Catwoman, on a mission to win the heart of Mayor Max Starling, played by You’s Badgley, 37.
In a nod to Brandy and Monica’s 1998 duet The Boy Is Mine, the veteran R&B singers appear as news anchors who report on a city’s rat infestation, which the mayor addresses in a press conference.
Grande is shown concocting a pink ‘love potion’ as she praises Badgley’s ‘brilliant’ plan to release stray cats throughout the city to combat the rodent problem.
She sets out to use the pink substance, kept in a small vial, in a scheme to make Mayor Max fall for her.
Ariana Grande enlisted the likes of Penn Badgley, Brandy, and Monica for her The Boy Is Mine music video
Released on Friday morning, the clip follows 30-year-old Grande on a mission to win the heart of Mayor Max Starling, played by You ‘s Badgley, 37
In a nod to Brandy and Monica’s 1998 duet The Boy Is Mine, the veteran R&B singers appear as news anchors
The ladies report on a city’s rat infestation, which the mayor addresses in a press conference
The beauty is infatuated with the mayor and has a shrine of his images in her home.
The crafty siren makes a Catwoman-inspired outfit, complete with a face mask, to wear on her mission to sneak into Starling’s home.
She trespasses, watches him from a distance before a stressed out-looking Badgley discovers her propped on his bed.
He lifts the mask from her veiled face and the two stars share an electrifying moment as they lock eyes.
To Grande’s delight, she doesn’t need to use the potion because Mayor Max Starling is immediately taken with her.
The pop star confirmed that Penn would star in her music video on Thursday while promoting her latest album Eternal Sunshine.
During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon she was asked by Jimmy, 49, about rumors he heard of cameos.
‘Yes. Definitely. Yeah, there are a couple little things,’ Ariana teased while wearing a little black dress with white heels.
The beauty is infatuated with the mayor and has a shrine of his images in her home
The crafty siren makes a Catwoman-inspired outfit to wear on her mission to sneak into Starling’s home
Grande borrows from classic comic book superhero themes
She sets out to use the pink substance, kept in a small vial, in a scheme to make Mayor Max fall for her
To her delight, she doesn’t need to use the potion because Mayor Max Starling is immediately taken with her
Monica shared an outtake from the video in her Instagram Stories on Friday, giving Ariana a shoutout.
‘@arianagrande We Love You,’ she wrote, adding, ‘The Boy Is Mine.’
The Yes, and? hitmaker reposted it and added her own sweet note.
‘i love you!!!! so much (more)’ she typed emphatically.
The grateful music artist added, ‘you have no idea what this means to me. i am still convinced that i am dreaming it all.’
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