Madonna is the voice of God in Ariana Grande’s new music video
Madonna is the voice of God in Ariana Grande’s new music video.
Grande today dropped the video for “God is a woman”, the second single off her upcoming album Sweetener.
The video, which stars a nude Grande, features a surprise audio cameo from Madonna – as the voice of God.
Ariana Grande
As Grande mimes along, Madonna proclaims: “I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my sisters.
“You will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee!”
Ariana Grande
Pop culture fans will recognise the quote as a gender-flipped version of a fictionalised Bible verse read by Samuel L Jackson’s character in Quentin Tarantino’s cinema classic Pulp Fiction.
Pulp Fiction, incidentally, was one of the biggest films produced by the disgraced Harvey Weinstein, who released it via Miramax Films.
Given the video features a number of men who have wronged women, some have interpreted the gender-flipped line as a rather pointed barb.
The singer is then depicted literally shattering a glass ceiling.
Ariana Grande
Grande recently said she is suffering from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of the Manchester Arena bombing in May last year.
The star opened up about how she has been coping emotionally since the terrorist attack, saying she’ll never be able to talk about the bombing without crying.
In an interview with for the July cover of British Vogue, the singer said: “It’s hard to talk about because so many people have suffered such severe, tremendous loss. But, yeah, it’s a real thing.”
“I know those families and my fans, and everyone there experienced a tremendous amount of it as well. Time is the biggest thing. I feel like I shouldn’t even be talking about my own experience – like I shouldn’t even say anything.
“I don’t think I’ll ever know how to talk about it and not cry.”
The singer had just finished a concert at Manchester Arena when 21-year old Salman Abedi detonated a suicide bomb in the foyer area, killing 22 people as they left the venue on May 22, 2017.
Grande has been heavily supportive of the victims and their families following the Manchester terror attack.
She organised One Love Manchester in June 2017, a free tribute concert held two weeks after the attack in honour of the victims.
Nearly 11 million people watched the star-studded show, which featured Grande, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and more.
On the first anniversary of the attack, Grande made a touching tribute to those who died in the attack.
