Ariana Grande and Evan Peters drive fans wild with their ‘chemistry’ in new music video for We Can’t Be Friends – as they call for the stars to film a rom-com together
Ariana Grande released the official music video for her new song ‘we can’t be friends, wait for your love’ on Friday morning.
In the video, which is the secondĀ to come from her Eternal Sunshine album, she stars opposite of actor Evan Peters.
It’s not just the new music fans were raving about on social media, but their undeniable on screen compatibility.
‘The way Evan Peters and Ariana Grande have already passed the chemistry screen testing, somebody needs to cast them in a romcom now,’ on fan wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter).
The video follows Grande’s character, Peaches, as she attends a clinic to erase her memories of the actor’s character after a breakup.
Ariana Grande released the official music video for her new song ‘we can’t be friends, wait for your love’ and shows off chemistry with actor Evan Peters
The song is the second in the album to be accompanied with a music video
‘You got me misunderstood but at least I look this good, we can’t be friends but I’d like to just pretend… wait until you like me again,’ the pop vocalist sings
In the video, Grande is seen carrying a box of memories from her relationship as she signs away her memory while the screen goes black.
The two are first seen together sharing laughs in an arcade as he wins a teddy bear for her.
Then, the storyline shifts as the good memories turn bad and the difficult parts of the relationship are shown.
‘You got me misunderstood but at least I look this good, we can’t be friends but I’d like to just pretend… wait until you like me again,’ the pop vocalist sings.
As she mourns the lost relationship, the sweet moments start to fade as all their kisses and intimate moments vanish.
In one scene, the necklace her gives her turns into a dog collar as Peters vanishes and is replaced with a dog.
The screen flashes back to Peaches hugging the doctors in the exam room seemingly confirming that he has been permanently erased from her mind.
We then see her box of mementos of the relationship are incinerated by a nurse, symbolizing the change.
‘Wait for your love,’ the songstress vocalized, ‘My love, I’ll wait for your love.’
As she mourns the lost relationship, the sweet moments start to fade as all their kisses and intimate moments vanish
In one scene, the necklace her gives her turns into a dog collar as Peters vanishes and is replaced with a dog
The video has an emotional close with Grande’s character walking alongside a new man as Evans walks past them with a new woman of his own – no longer recognizing each otherWhen asked about the song in an interview, the Thank U, Next singer said, ‘It says everything and nothing at the same time.’
The 29 year-old singer slash actress also revealed that she is not yet sure if she wants to tour this album.
This year is on track to be one of the best for Grande as she counts down the days for the Thanksgiving release of Wicked – where she plays Glinda the Good Witch alongside co-star Cynthia Erivo.