Grande dropped the "Breathin'" music video on Wednesday, Nov. 7 — not even one week after she dropped "thank u, next." She performed "thank u, next" in an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that aired on Nov. 7, so she's been promoting that all day. And then, just to make sure her day was extra busy, she gifted fans with the "Breathin'" music video.
Shortly on the heels of releasing her already widely popular breakup anthem "Thank U, Next," Ariana Grande released the music video for her song "Breathin" on Wednesday morning and odds are it'll send all of your emotions into overdrive. From Grande's fourth album Sweetener, which was released back in August, "Breathin" tells the story of the singer's struggle with anxiety, something that the song takes its time in exploring.
Grande has always been open about her anxiety in the past, though her disorder became a lot more prominent after the bombing at her Manchester U.K. concert back in 2017. "I've always had anxiety," Grande revealed in the July 2018 issue of Vogue U.K. "I've never really spoken about it because I thought everyone had it, but when I got home from tour it was the most severe I think it's ever been."
“I almost feel guilty that I have it because it’s just in your head and it’s just so crazy how powerful it is,” she said. “You have ups and downs and sometimes you’ll go weeks at a time where you will be crushing it and there will be no anxiety… and then something will happen that can trigger it and then you have a couple of down days.”