Ariana Grande’s ‘Petal’ Lead Single & Release Date Announced

Ariana Grande is planting the seeds for her Petal era to begin. The pop superstar announced on Friday (May 8) that her upcoming eighth studio album’s lead single is titled “Hate That I Made You Love Me,” and it’s set to blossom in just a few weeks.

Sharing the track’s black-and-white artwork — a closeup photo of Grande’s face with her hair falling over her eyes, similar to the Petal cover art — the singer wrote on Instagram, “hate that i made you love me … my first single off of petal.”

Calling it “one of my favorite songs i’ll ever write,” Grande revealed that she co-produced…