Ariana Grande confirms she has an unreleased collaboration with Doja Cat

Having returned last Friday (8 May) with new Justin Bieber fundraiser collaboration "Stuck With U", Ariana Grande has spoken to Zane Lowe on his Apple Music Beats 1 show about an unreleased collaboration that she hopes to release once the coronavirus pandemic has passed.

When asked about Doja Cat, Grande replies, "I love her and I was able to work with her earlier this year on this song that I want to save for whenever it's time again to drop, but I love her so much. I love her personality, I love what she brings to the table musically, and she's just such a breath of fresh air, I think she's brilliant and so talented, and she produces, and she does everything herself. I love that. It's fantastic. We did this song together towards the end of last year and I love it so much. I remember when I first wrote it and sent it to her, she was in the shower and she was like, 'Bitch, I love this. I'm in the shower'. And I was like, 'Shower. You can call me back'."

Speaking about working on new music in quarantine, Grande explains, "I think as far as creating goes, it feels really good. But, I know that a lot of people don't have that luxury and a lot of people whose jobs they can't do from home, so I feel guilty and blessed. But also, I don't really feel comfortable putting anything out right now. Because it's just like other than this, it's a really tricky time for all of that...There's nothing to tell. I'm not putting one out [an album]. I've been making stuff. I've been making a lot of stuff, but that's not where my head is at right now."

She also discusses her late ex-boyfriend Mac Miller, and the importance of music to him, "I think that nothing mattered more to him than music ever. And he was the kind of person who woke up and rolled into the studio, 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. He was a person who gave literally every single second of his thought and time and life to his music. And I think that's so evident in what he's left us with and just how many incredible and different bodies of work, everything from Blue Slide Park, Kids, to all the way through Divine Feminine, to Swimming, to Circles, to everything in between."