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"We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)"
Cover art for "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)": Ariana Grande wearing a mind-erasing device
Single by Ariana Grande
from the album Eternal Sunshine
ReleasedMarch 8, 2024 (2024-03-08)
Recorded2023
StudioJungle City (New York City)
Genre
Length3:48
LabelRepublic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Ariana Grande
  • Max Martin
  • Ilya
Ariana Grande singles chronology
"Yes, And?" (remix)
(2024) 		"We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)"
(2024)
Music video
"We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" on YouTube

"We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" is a song by American singer-songwriter Ariana Grande. It was released through Republic Records on March 8, 2024, as the second single from her seventh studio album Eternal Sunshine (2024). It is written and produced by Grande, Max Martin and Ilya Salmanzadeh. A synth-pop song, its lyrics detail the demise of a relationship with the hope that an ex-lover will return and fall in love again.

"We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Grande's ninth number one. It also reached number-one in New Zealand and peaked within the top-ten in Australia, Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Background and promotion

On January 17, 2024, Ariana Grande announced her seventh studio album Eternal Sunshine, set for release on March 8. It is her first body of work in over three years since her sixth album Positions (2020).[2] "Yes, And?" was released as the lead single of the album in January.[3]

The tracklist of the album was not revealed entirely at once; instead partially on different days until the full tracklist was unveiled.[4] Grande announced three track titles on February 7, 2024; "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" was revealed as the tenth track of Eternal Sunshine.[5] Also in February, the singer announced that there would be no more pre-release singles from the album, as she wanted her fans to "experience it in full this time". However, she confirmed "more singles" would be issued after the album was released.[6]

On March 1, Grande confirmed "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" was the second single from the album and posted a teaser for its music video on social media.[7] In the clip, Grande sits in a waiting room and fills out a consent form reading, "You have given extensive thought behind your decision and give 'Brighter Days Inc.' the exclusive permission to remove this person completely from your memory." The singer puts a check mark next to "Yes" and then signs her name as "Peaches" with a heart on the contract line.[8]

Release

Republic Records released Eternal Sunshine on March 8, 2024; "We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)" is the tenth track on the album.[9] The song was released as the second single in tandem with the album's release, following "Yes, And?".[10]

Critical reception

Laura Snapes of The Guardian wrote that the song evokes "Call Your Girlfriend" by Robyn's "juddering synths and chiptune flourishes" with a final "jarringly retro" effect.[11]

Kyle Denis of Billboard described the song as "a dancefloor-quaking amalgam of dizzying strings and aggressive synths" wherein Grande sings about "the fuzzying of the boundaries between friendship, romance and the aching gray in between", pointing out that "it is missing a climax to really achieve the catharsis that its urgent instrumental gestures toward".[12]

Commercial performance

"We Can't Be Friends" debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It became Grande's ninth number one single at the chart, as well as her seventh number one single to debut at the top, surpassing Taylor Swift as the female artist with the most number-one debuts. The song drew in 32.6 million streams and 4.6 million radio airplay, as well as selling 9,000 units. Grande ties with Beyonce and Katy Perry as the seventh female artist with the most number one singles on the chart.[13] With the songs debut atop the chart Grande became only the second female artist ever to enter the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 at the top spot in the same week after Taylor Swift. Additionally, the song marked the first time Grande topped the Hot 100 with two singles from the same album since her "Thank U, Next" album spawned two number one singles.[14] "We Can't Be Friends" also made Grande the second act ever to have two albums each with two singles that debuted at number one on the chart. Drake previously achieved the feat with his albums "Scorpion" (2018) and "For All the Dogs" (2023).

The song also debuted at number one on the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S chart, becoming Grande's fourth and third number ones respectively. On the Global 200, it earned 97.5 million streams and 14,000 units sold worldwide. [15]

Music video

Christian Breslauer
Evan Peters
The music video is directed by Christian Breslauer (left) and stars Evan Peters (right) as Grande's ex-boyfriend.

The music video for "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" is directed by Christian Breslauer.[16] It was meticulously filmed on the esteemed south campus grounds of the California Polytechnic State University located in the city of Pomona, California. [17] It premiered via Grande's Vevo channel on YouTube at 10:00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on March 8, 2024, ten hours after the song's and album's release.[18] The concept of the visual is heavily inspired by the plot of the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004);[19] it was described by Grande as "[Eternal Sunshine] in a video".[20]

Grande portrays a character named Peaches while Evan Peters plays as her ex-boyfriend in the video.[21] Several scenes from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind are referenced in the video, while a reference to a Sixteen Candles (1984) scene is made as well.[18] Billboard called the video "futuristic".[18]

Synopsis

The video opens with Grande portraying a character named Peaches, seen sitting in a waiting room holding a consent form reading: "You have given extensive thought behind your decision and give 'Brighter Days Inc.' the exclusive permission to remove this person completely from your memory". Peaches reluctantly ticks a box labeled 'yes' and signs the form. A doctor enters the waiting room to call Peaches for her treatment. She gives the doctor her consent form and carries a box of belongings with her to the room. Peaches is then shown seated and about to begin her procedure. The doctor takes a teddy bear from the box and uses a device to remove it from existence and from Peaches' memory. How the teddy bear came to be and its link to Peaches's relationship with her ex-boyfriend is then shown as the wall of the operation room divides into two and shows them both entering an arcade. They approach a claw game and are seen winning the teddy bear. Suddenly, the arcade goes dark and her ex-boyfriend disappears from the memory.

Shifting to a bedroom, Peaches is seen sitting on a bed looking towards her ex-boyfriend whilst he is frowning, turned away from her. The scene shifts once again, this time to a different memory where she is seen opening a door leading her to see them both lying in the snow creating snow angels. The scene ends again with her ex-boyfriend disappearing from the memory. Peaches is seen next holding hands with her ex-boyfriend in a bed under a blanket. The bed is divided into two and the pair are separated, leaving her alone under the blanket.

Back in the operation room, in the belongings, a framed picture of the couple celebrating Peaches's birthday with a cake can be seen. They lean towards each other and her ex-boyfriend disappears to Peaches's surprise. Now alone, she blows out the candles on the cake before the scene returns to the operation room. Peaches gains consciousness and becomes emotional. Another memory is shown where she and her ex-boyfriend are together on a sofa. He gives her a necklace but the memory alters with the necklace morphing into a dog collar and her ex-boyfriend being replaced with a dog. The living room also alters, with picture frames and other decor transforming to omit every memory of the couple. Peaches and her dog watch the TV in the room and a final montage of each of the memories is played. The scene cuts back to the operation room where Peaches is seen shaking hands and hugging the doctors involved with her treatment. Her box of belongings is then shown to be incinerated. After leaving the operation room, Peaches walks with a guy past her ex-boyfriend, who is seen also walking with a girl, unaware of each other's existence.

Live performance

On March 9, 2024, Grande appeared as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. She performed "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" live for the first time, along with "Imperfect for You" from Eternal Sunshine.[22]

Charts

Chart performance for "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)"
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Argentina (Argentina Hot 100)[23] 67
Australia (ARIA)[24] 2
Brazil (Brasil Hot 100)[25] 16
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[26] 18
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[27] 28
France (SNEP)[28] 22
Germany (Official German Charts)[29] 28
Global 200 (Billboard)[30]
[31] 		1
Iceland (Plötutíðindi)[32] 18
Ireland (IRMA)[33] 4
Italy (FIMI)[34] 56
Latvia (LAIPA)[35] 8
Lithuania (AGATA)[36] 10
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[37] 14
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[38] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[39] 8
Singapore (RIAS)[40] 2
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[41] 21
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[42] 14
South Korea BGM (Circle)[43] 79
South Korea Download (Circle)[44] 89
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[45] 25
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[46] 8
UK Singles (OCC)[47] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[48]
[49] 		1

Release history

Release dates and formats for "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)"
Region Date Format(s) Version Label Ref.
United States March 12, 2024
Original Republic [50]
Various March 13, 2024
  • A cappella
  • instrumental
  • strings
 [51]

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