POV

## **POV**Single by Y/N

Live performance artwork

"**POV**" (stylized in all lower case and an acronym for "point of view") is the fourteenth track and third and last single from Ariana Grande's sixth studio album and Y/N’s second studio album, *Positions*. It was released on April 19, 2021 in American radio through Republic Records and Dream Records. It is the last song to appear on the standard version of the album. The tracks instrumental begins with a relaxing melody, and slowly builds on it with percussion and flourishes of strings. A dance lyric video for the song, directed by Director X, was released on April 30, 2021 to coincide with the six month anniversary of *Positions*.

"POV" was sent to US contemporary hit radio on March 22, 2021, as the third single from the album. Sometime in July, the song was pulled off all radio stations and was noted to be the final single from *Positions*.

“POV” is a sweet tribute to her lover for loving her for the person who she is. The singer is learning to love herself the way he loves her.

## Background

Y/N confirmed "POV" as the fourteenth and final track of *Positions* on October 24, 2020, through her social media.

### Composition

According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Universal Music Publishing Group, the song is composed in the key of E♭ Major with a tempo of 66 beats per minute. Grande's vocals range from the note of B♭3 to G5.

## Music video

A music video was expected to be released, but it was scrapped before it was even fully finished. Behind the scenes footage leaked online in 2022 where Y/N was seating in a dreamy-looking grass field with a tree beside her.

On January 18, 2022 actor George Todd M, who played in Euphoria and Shameless, posted a TikTok confirming the music video, showing the shooting schedule of the project. The video shoot took place in Miami, Florida.

## Live performances

### Vevo Official Live Performance

On June 20, 2021, Y/N and Grande released the first live performance of POV at 9pm PST. It is a Vevo Original live.

**Musicians**

* Natural: Guitar And Musical Director
* Aaron Spears: Drums
* Eric Ingram: Bass/Synth Bass
* Nelson Jackson III: Keyboards

## Critical reception

According to *Pitchfork* Grande "closes on a personal note with “pov,” a highlight that punctuates the previous tracks’ seductions with a different kind of intimacy. Over a quiet arrangement flourished with cello and viola, she considers whether all the love she feels can reflect inward."

## Chart performance

"POV" debuted at #40 on the *Billboard* Hot 100 during the chart week of November 14, 2020.

## Trivia

* The song is rumored to be about Shota Aizawa.
* A music video for the song was supposed to release but, it was later scrapped.
* "POV", along with "Positions" and "34+35", has won "Most-Performed Songs of the Year" at the 2022 BMI Pop Music Awards.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**

It's like you got superpowers

Turn my minutes into hours

You got more than 20/20, babe

Made of glass the way you see through me

You know me better than I do

Can't seem to keep nothing from you

How you touch my soul from the outside

Permeate my ego and my pride

**[Chorus]**

I wanna love me (Ooh)

The way that you love me (Ooh)

Ooh, for all of my pretty

And all of my ugly too

I'd love to see me from your point of view

I wanna trust me (Trust me)

The way that you trust me (Trust me)

Ooh, 'cause nobody ever loved me like you do

I'd love to see me from your point of view

**[Verse 2]**

I'm gеttin' used to receiving

Still gеttin' good at not leaving

I'ma love you even though I'm scared (Oh, scared)

Learnin' to be grateful for myself (Oh, oh, oh)

You love my lips 'cause they say the

Things we've always been afraid of

I can feel it startin' to subside

Learnin' to believe in what is mine

**[Chorus]**

I wanna love me (Ooh)

The way that you love me (Ooh)

Ooh, for all of my pretty

And all of my ugly too

I'd love to see me from your point of view

I wanna trust me (Trust me)

The way that you trust me (Trust me)

Ooh, 'cause nobody ever loved me like you do

I'd love to see me from your point of view

**[Bridge]**

I couldn't believe it or see it for myself

Know I be impatient, but now I'm out here

Fallin', fallin', frozen, slowly

Fallin', got me right

I won't keep you waitin' (Waitin')

All my baggage waitin', safely (My baggage waiting)

And if my eyes deceive me

Won't let them stray too far away

**[Chorus]**

I wanna love me (Ooh)

The way that you love me (Ooh)

Ooh, for all of my pretty

And all of my ugly too

I'd love to see me from your point of view

I wanna trust me, ooh (Trust me)

The way that you trust me, baby (Trust me)

'Cause nobody ever loved me like you do

I'd love to see me from your point of view (Oh)

Yeah

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