Ariana Grande Drops "Hate That I Made You Love Me" Video With Justin Long

Ariana Grande has officially kicked off her Petal era with the release of "hate that i made you love me," dropping the accompanying music video on Monday, June 1.

Christian Breslauer helmed the video's direction, bringing his signature visual style to the project. He previously worked with Grande on the Brighter Days Ahead short film, which marked her transition from the Eternal Sunshine era and featured her in prosthetics and special effects as an elderly version of herself.

Actor Justin Long takes center stage in the video's narrative, appearing in the opening moments as he buries Grande in an underground bunker lined with notebooks inscribed with her "insecurities." What unfolds is a psychological descent as Grande's spirit begins to haunt him—manifesting as an apparition in his vehicle that causes him to crash, his grip on reality deteriorating as events spiral.

The storyline grows increasingly surreal as Long attempts to torch their shared memories, inadvertently igniting himself in the process. He later finds himself at a diner where a waitress named Petal serves him, only to discover that the kitchen staff has transformed into versions of Grande. His realization that the entire diner is filled with her becomes the breaking point. Desperate to reverse what's happened, he returns to dig up Grande from the bunker, only to find she's disappeared from underground. The video concludes with a role reversal as Grande buries him instead.

Grande had shared her enthusiasm for the track weeks earlier when announcing it to fans. She called it "one of my favorite songs I'll ever write" and credited her collaborators, noting it was produced by "my favorite collaborators and dearest human beings in the world, the brilliant Ilya, the one and only Max Martin (and me)." She added that she couldn't wait for fans to hear it.