Lady Gaga And Ariana Grande Sing Each Other's Praises To Celebrate 'Rain On Me'

"One time, I met a woman who knew pain the same way I did."


That's Ariana Grande tweeting about Lady Gaga, her collaborator on the incredibly eye catching new dance-floor number "Rain on Me." The song, which dropped today (May 22), pulsates with joyful energy through its shimmering home production. However because the lyrics tell, it's a pure release — using the motion of music to process pain.


Grande continued with her journey alongside Gaga: "...Who cried as much as I did, drank as much wine as I did, ate as much pasta as I did and [whose] heart was bigger than her whole body. She immediately felt like a sister to me."


As Gaga revealed in an interview about her forthcoming album Chromatica earlier this year, the pair connected over their shared traumas and used that energy to make "Rain on Me." "I sat with her and we spoken about our lives," Gaga mentioned to Paper magazine. "It's two ladies having a conversation about keep going why as well as how to be grateful for what you do."


Grande's thanks continued: "She then contained my hand and invited me into the cute world of Chromatica and with each other, we got to express how pretty and healing it feels to mothafuckinnnn cry! I hope this makes u all feel as uplifted as it does for us both. I love u @ladygaga, u stunning superwoman!"


Gaga, meanwhile, took to social media to address Grande and thank her for being with her. "One time I felt like I was crying so much it would never stop. As an alternative opposed to fighting it, I thought bring it on, I can do hard things," she wrote. "@Arianagrande I love you for your strength and friendship." She also shouted out the album's executive producer, Bloodpop, for his support. Right now any time As soon as I cry as a substitute opposed to fighting it I mention 'I’m ready rain on me,'" Gaga wrote. "@Bloodpop thank u for encouraging me to keep going As soon as I was sad. Turns out even in case you don’t feel good enough you still can be. I heard my joy back once we wrote this song. It was there, I just needed to find it."


Experience the pure catharsis of "Rain on Me" above, and sing along any time the time comes: "I'd rather be dry, although at least I'm alive."