| Break Free | |||||
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| Single by Ariana Grande (feat. Zedd) | |||||
| Album | My Everything | ||||
| Released | July 2, 2014 | ||||
| Genre(s) | Pop R&B Soul | ||||
| Length | 3:34 | ||||
| Label(s) | Republic | ||||
| My Everything chronology | |||||
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Break Free is a song recorded by American singer Ariana Grande, featuring Russian-German DJ Zedd, for her second studio album My Everything.
It was released on July 2, 2014.
Background
"Break Free" was written by Savan Kotecha, Zedd and Max Martin and produced by the latter two.In a May 2014 interview during which he talked about "Break Free", Zedd spoke about wanting to collaborate with Grande after hearing her voice for the first time at a Universal showcase. He said, "I was backstage and I heard someone sing. And I didn't know who it was, and I just said 'I want to make a song with whoever is singing right now.' I didn't know who it was, and it turned out being her. And luckily, now there's a song!" Grande first spoke about collaborating on a song with Zedd in late April in an interview with Billboard. She described the song as "fantastic and super-experimental for me" and further stated, "I never thought I'd do an EDM song, but that was an eye-opening experience, and now all I want to do is dance." She later talked about the song at Wango Tango and shared that she wanted it to be the next single.
According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Kobalt Music Services America, "Break Free" is written in the key of G minor. Ariana Grande commented on the seemingly nonsensical lyrics, telling Time magazine, "I fought [Max Martin] on it the whole time. I am not going to sing a grammatically incorrect lyric, help me, God! Max was like, ‘It’s funny — just do it!'"
Videos
Ariana Grande - Break Free ft. Zedd