sat down for a virtual chat with Beats 1’s Zane Lowe to promote her new collab with , “Stuck With U,” and discuss all things music. During the interview, Ari revealed that she has coming out with , with “Say So” featuring frequent Ariana collaborator, . Ari also gushed over her love for ‘s last album, 2016’s Anti, and looked back on the late , whom she dated for nearly two years from 2016-2018.
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“Nothing mattered more to him than music ever,” Ari said about Mac. “He was the kind of person who woke up and rolled into the studio, like tumbled out of bed into the studio next door. Nothing was more important. Talk about losing track of time and forgetting to eat, remind yourself to take care of yourself and be a person.”
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“He was a person who gave literally every single second of his thoughts and time and life to music,” she continued. “And I think that is so evident in what he has left us with and just how many incredible and different bodies of work…It’s just such a beautiful gift that he kind of touched the world with and I think the thing he’d want most is for us to just appreciate it and not forget about it.” Last month, The full 2-hour Beats 1 special will be available to stream on Apple Music here later today, but catch a brief snippet of the interview below.