Ariana denied all of this saying that the kiss was directed and that she and Mac were just friends. Even more, rumors circulated when Ariana and her boyfriend Jai broke up briefly after the song was released. This caused a lot of speculation about a romantic relationship between the two. At the end of the music video for the song, Mac and Ariana kiss. Ariana said she wanted Mac to be on the song as soon as she heard it. In an interview, Ariana detailed that they baked cookies while they recorded the song.

Mac was featured in the song and rapped one verse. The following year in March, Ariana released her debut single titled ' The Way'. They become good friends and recorded a cover of ' Baby It's Cold Outside' in December 2012 which Ariana posted on her YouTube channel. In an interview with Cosmopolitan, Ariana said they were fans of each other's music and talent before they met.

Watching Movies with the Sound Off (2013)Īriana and Mac met in the second half of 2012 when she was 19.The Jukebox: Prelude to Class Clown (2009).

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