Watch Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea’s ‘Problem’ video
By Josh Haggis
Ariana Grande has unveiled the video for Problem, her new single and very probably one of the songs of the summer.
The track features Aussie rapper Iggy Azalea, who also appears in the vaguely ’60s-themed video. Meanwhile, US rapper Big Sean, who has an uncredited feature on the track’s whispered chorus, also pops in the video.
Problem will be released in the UK on July 4, but in the US the track is already available for download and sold 438,000 copies in its first week of release, giving Grande – a former Nickelodeon star – the fourth highest first-week sales ever for a track by a female recording artist.
Only Taylor Swift’s We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, Katy Perry’s Roar and Lady Gaga’s Born This Way have sold more in their first week of release.
Problem is taken from Grande’s yet-to-be-titled second album. Her debut album, 2013′s Yours Truly, featured the US top ten hit The Way, and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and number seven in the UK.
Watch the video – and a new popstar being born – below.
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