Ariana Grande Rocks Dramatic Feathered Dress & Fierce Braids For ‘Just Look Up’ Video
Like an angel descending from the heavens, Ariana Grande delivers a message – ‘listen to the qualified scientists’ – in the music video for her and Kid Cudi’s song from the apocalyptic comedy, ‘Don’t Look Up.’
If Kanye West and Drake’s recent foray into criminal justice reform proved anything, it’s that if you want to tell the world about an important cause, you need that message in the song. Such is the case in Don’t Look Up, Adam McKay’s dark comedy about a comet heading straight to earth – and those in power who’d rather the public just ignore it. Enter Ariana Grande as pop diva Riley Bina, who performs “Just Look Up” in film, released to a limited theatrical run today (Dec. 10) and will hit Netflix on Dec. 24. In “Just Look Up,” Ariana performs the song in front of a massive crowd, telling them, “Just look up / There is no place to hide / True love doesn’t die / It holds on tight and never lets you go.”
Then, in comes Kid Cudi’s character, DJ Chello, whose rap verse seems to imply that there’s drama between his and Ariana’s characters in the film. “And I’m sorry, my love / I’m a heal your heart, I’ll hold it in my hand / Time is oh so precious, we don’t really have much left now / Take my hand, baby, never leave you, Riley,” he raps, per Genius. This leads Ariana to cut to the chase: “Look up, what he’s really trying to say / Is get your head out of your ass / Listen to the goddamn qualified scientists.”
“We really f-cked it up, f-cked it up this time,” she continues. “It’s so close, I can feel the heat big time / And you can act like everything is alright / But this is probably happening in real time.” In Don’t Look Up, Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) and Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) are two low-level astronomers who discover a comet is on a collision course with earth. However, they face a corrupt and indifferent president (Meryl Streep), and an increasingly distracted populous that seems more likely to look down at their phones than up at the sky.
![Ariana Grande poses surrounded by natural beauty to launch her new fragrance “God is a Woman”. Inspired by “the power of nature”, God is a Woman is composed of 91% naturally derived clean ingredients and is 100% vegan and cruelty free. In the first two weeks after its launch, a contribution from every qualifying purchase of the fragrance will be donated to global ocean clean up initiatives. Ariana said: “I’m beyond thrilled to celebrate the release of our first ever clean fragrance. “We have, of course, been cruelty free but taking this next step moving into clean, with responsibly sourced materials and vegan ingredients, is something we are all very proud of. “I really adore this fragrance and hope it makes everyone wearing it feel beautiful and empowered.” Ariana launched her first fragrance in 2015 and has since achieved unprecedented retails sails of more than $750 million. God is a Woman launched exclusively on Ulta.com and is now available at Ulta Beauty stores across the United States, with suggested retail prices from $45 (USD) to $65. It will be released globally later this year. The fragrance comes in a translucent lavender glass, with the bottle set inside a stone-like holder. *BYLINE MUST CREDIT: LUXE Brands/Mega. 02 Aug 2021 Pictured: Ariana Grande launches her new fragrance"God is a Woman", BYLINE MUST CREDIT: LUXE Brands/Mega. Photo credit: LUXE Brands/MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342 (Mega Agency TagID: MEGA775863_002.jpg) [Photo via Mega Agency]](https://hollywoodlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MEGA775863_002.jpg?fit=317%2C240&resize=317%2C240)
Early reviews for the film have been so-so – 12 positive, 16 mixed, and four negative, per Metacritic – but whether or not that impacts Ariana and Kid Cudi’s chance at an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song remain to be seen. “Just Look Up” was co-written by Grande and Cudi, as well as Academy Award-nominated / Emmy winning composer Nicholas Britell and Oscar-nominated songwriter Taura Stinson. The soundtrack also features “Second Nature,” a new song from Bon Ivor.