Ariana Grande‘s song “Petal” didn’t just bloom overnight. In a newly shared video of the pop star working in the studio with producers Max Martin and Ilya Salmanzadeh, she shows how the trio meticulously grew the track from the ground up.
The clip, shared Thursday (Sept. 17), opens with Grande chilling on a couch in the studio, sporting a pale pink knit head wrap. Martin sits next to her with a guitar, while Salmanzadeh mans the computer on the other side of the room.
After listening to one take of Grande mumbling words as she tests out vocal melodies and rhythms over the instrumental track,…
