Got My Own

## ***Got My Own***Studio album by Ariana Grande

* Standard
* Target

## Singles

1. "Reference To My Authority"
Released: July 5, 2022
2. "She Independent" (featuring Doja Cat)
Released: January 15, 2023
3. "Statue" (featuring Miley Cyrus)
Released: February 18, 2023
4. "We Can Both Be Powerful" (featuring The Weeknd)
Released: March 18, 2023

"Got My Own" is the seventh studio album and seventh major label studio album by American singer-songwriter Ariana Grande. The album was released through Republic Records, on February 18, 2023. Got My Own was recorded between May 2022 and January 2023.

The standard edition of the album contains twelve tracks, four of which are singles. The standard edition features guest vocals from Camila Cabello on "Know What I'm Doing", Doja Cat on "She Independent", Miley Cyrus on "Statue", and The Weeknd on "We Can Both Be Powerful". It is rumoured that Nicki Minaj provided backing vocals for "I Am". A target deluxe edition was released on March 18, 2023, and features three bonus tracks. Lady Gaga provided backing vocals on the target deluxe track "Boss Girl".

## Background

On June 10, 2022, Grande announced her comeback single "Reference To My Authority". On July 1, 2022, Grande promoted the single by showing the official single cover, and the exact release date. On July 5, 2022, Grande did an online countdown for the song on YouTube, before the single released.

On July 7, 2022, Grande was set to performed the song and multiple remixes of the song at the "Reference To My Authority Sessions" in Los Angeles. However, she canceled the shows due to her interview with Jimmy Fallon. She revealed in the interview that she was working on a new studio album named "Just Success". Grande also revealed that the album would be set to released in 2022.

On July 15, 2022, Grande released the music video for "Reference To My Authority". At the end of the video, she could be seen at the beach with her friends reading a magazine. On the cover of the magazine, was a photo of possible Just Sucess tracks, such as "The Good Life", "Tired", and "We Can Both Be Powerful". Grande posted a tweet saying "new mv easter egg????".

At the end of the year, fans were complaining about no album coming out. However, on January 15, 2023, Grande dropped the surprise release of She Independent, featuring Doja Cat. She announced the song was the second single from "Just Success", and revealed the track listing. Doja tweeted "AG7 SOON, AND IM ON IT".

On January 31, 2023, Grande announced that she changed the album name into "Got My Own". She revealed that she hated the title "Just Success", but her management team persuaded her too. However, her close friends said she should change the name and persuaded her management team to do so.

On February 10, 2023, Grande announced in eight days the album would be released. She also teased her third upcoming single for the album, "Statue". Grande released promotional banners and the promotional track list. She also released merchandise available for pre-order.

On February 18, 2023, the album was released, along with the third single "Statue", featuring Miley Cyrus. The album's merchandise was available for order. and Grande's makeup line "R.E.M Beauty" revealed a new lip balm in promotion of the new album.

### Target edition

On March 18, 2023, Target released Target edition vinyls and CDs for "Got My Own", with bonus tracks. Grande posted a picture of her and a Target edition vinyl of "Got My Own".

## Promotion

### Singles

The lead single and first single, "Reference To My Authority", was released on July 5, 2022, along with its music video. The song peaked #9 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Grande's twentieth top ten hit. The song received favourable reviews, critics calling it a "fun reference to Grande's fame".

"She Independent" is the second single from the album, which features Doja Cat. It peaked on #1, being Grande's seventh number one hit, and Doja's second. The song won the GRAMMY for Best Pop Duo Performance. Critics said the song was a "modern song infused with R&B, pop, and rap". The song was released on January 15, 2023 and received a music video on January 17, 2023.

The third single, "Statue", features American singer-songwriter Miley Cyrus. The song was originally for "Plastic Hearts" but was given to Grande. Grande then asked Cyrus if she could use Cyrus' vocals to produce the song and Cyrus allowed her. It was released on February 18, 2023, along with the album. The song peaked at #24, and had a promotional dance video, which was released on February 19, 2023.

On March 18, 2023, Grande and The Weeknd released the fourth single off the album named "We Can Both Be Powerful". Grande said that the song was about how both men and women can be bosses and they can both do the same things as eachother. The song peaked on #5 being Grande's twenty-second top ten hit and The Weeknd's tenth top ten hit.

"Reference To My Authority""She Independent" (featuring Doja Cat)"Statue" (featuring Miley Cyrus)"We Can Both Be Powerful" (featuring The Weeknd)

## Trivia

* The first song recorded for the album was "She Independent".
* The last song recorded for the album was "Dancing With My Girls".
* Grande's favourite song from the album is "She Independent".
* Grande's least favourite song from the album is "Excited".