Ariana Grande, the boy is mine | Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥

In the 24^th edition of Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 (2024), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind “the boy is mine” by Grammy-winning pop superstar, Ariana Grande. 

Ah, bring on Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥! Wait – it is not usually hot at midnight! Well, it is steaming hot 🥵 at midnight when it comes to this naughty, innuendo and sex-laden column featuring songs intended for nighttime. Yeah, we are talking about that after dark type $hi†, ya dig? These risqué, unapologetic records often raise eyebrows and temperature alike. In the 24^th edition of Midnight Heat (2024), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind, “the boy is mine” by Ariana Grande.

“How can it be? You and me / Might be meant to be, can’t unsee it / But I don’t wanna cause no scene.” Grammy-winning pop superstar Ariana Grande is fierce AF on the 90s-inspired “the boy is mine”, the eighth track on her critically acclaimed, 2024 LP, eternal sunshine.  In this song, written and produced by Grande alongside Max Martin, Shintaro Yasuda, and DaviDior (ILYA also produces), Grande accepts the controversy she receives being in a relationship with this particular man. In the first verse, she adds, “I’m usually so unproblematic,” but of course, the power of the boy has driven her to the dark side (“And God knows I’m tryin’, but there’s just no use in denying”).  Despite being devilish, she sounds angelic from a vocal perspective.

In the second verse, Grande makes it clear the way this relationship has gone down wasn’t as intended. Still, she’s confident that “My girls, they always come through in a sticky situation / Say, ‘it’s fine.’” In the bridge, Ari takes accountability for the mess, but also states, “I can’t ignore my heart, boy.” As the saying goes, the heart wants what it wants.  More what generates the midnight heat – the sexiness – on “the boy is mine” is the chorus.  Here, Grande embraces her lustful side: “The boy is mine / I can’t wait to try him / Le-let’s get intertwined / The stars, they aligned.” Try him? Let’s get intertwined? We know what Grande is getting at! Messy love or nah, Grande brings the heat on “the boy is mine”.

Ariana Grande // eternal sunshine // Republic // 2024

Ariana Grande, the boy is mine: Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 No. 24 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Republic; András Matesz via Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Stock Snap, Werbefuzzy68 via Pixabay]