• 6 months ago
Penn Badgley is going from stalker to the one being stalked in Ariana Grande's latest music video "The Boy is Mine." The singer finally dropped her highly anticipated music video she's been teasing for the last week which stars the Netflix You actor. The music video puts Badgley front and center as the mayor of a run-down city similar to New York which is trying to fight and put an end to its growing rat problem.

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00:00 ♪ 'Cause they are blind, the boy is mine ♪
00:05 - Penn Badgley is going from stalker
00:06 to the one being stalked in Ariana Grande's
00:09 latest music video, "The Boy Is Mine."
00:11 The singer finally dropped her highly anticipated
00:13 music video she's been teasing for the last week,
00:16 which stars the Netflix U actor.
00:17 The music video puts Badgley front and center
00:20 as the mayor of a rundown city similar to New York,
00:22 which is trying to fight and put an end
00:24 to its growing rat problem.
00:26 - And we will release them.
00:28 Hungry, into the streets,
00:30 to combat this problem at its source.
00:33 - Grande plays his love-obsessed stalker
00:34 who creates a potion to make him fall for her.
00:37 The pop star is then seen making her way
00:38 through the city to his apartment
00:40 in her homemade Catwoman costume.
00:42 ♪ Say it's fine, it happens all the time ♪
00:47 - The mayor catches her in his apartment
00:48 and tries to make a run for it before she captures him
00:51 and attempts to force feed him the love potion.
00:54 Instead, he breaks it against the wall,
00:55 removes her Catwoman mask,
00:57 and falls in love with her naturally.
00:59 The singer previously teased Badgley's appearance
01:01 in the video with a TikTok post on her official account
01:04 of the Gossip Girl actor dancing to the chorus
01:06 of "The Boy Is Mine."
01:07 ♪ The boy is mine ♪
01:10 - Possibly an even bigger surprise is a cameo appearance
01:13 from Brandi and Monica, whose 1998 hit of the same name
01:16 is sampled in this song.
01:18 The two play news reporters discussing the mayor's plan.
01:21 "The Boy Is Mine" is the latest single
01:22 off Grande's album, Eternal Sunshine.
01:24 To watch the full video, head to thr.com.
01:27 And for the latest entertainment news and updates,
01:30 keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.
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