"Pink Champagne" is the third song announced by Ariana Grande that was intended for her debut album, Yours Truly. It was first announced by her through a contest on her Twitter.
However, when Yours Truly was released, it was revealed that "Pink Champagne" was not on the album. Instead, Grande released the song when she reached 10 million followers on Twitter as a thank-you gift for her fans on October 1, 2013. The song was not released as a single from any of her albums nor was it released as a digital download.
A demo of the song leaked in January 18, 2020.
Release[]
On October 1, 2013, Grande reached 10 million followers on Twitter. Because of that, she released the song in a YouTube video. In the video, she does a 1-minute long speech before she plays the song. She mentions how grateful she is for all of the love and support she has gotten from her fans. She says her fans are her family and she loves them. She describes the song as a "fetus" song because she recorded it when she was 17. She knows that her fans were disappointed when it didn't make it to the first album. Although, she would never change anything about her first album, she decided to release the song for free as a thank-you gift for her fans. The video can be viewed here.
Live performances[]
In February 2012, Grande performed this song in her concert at The Roxy,[1] at the House of Blues in San Diego,[2] and in Downtown Disney.[3] She then performed it at the Big Fresno Fair on October 13, 2012.[4]
She performed the song on The Honeymoon Tour.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
Every day I'm grinding
I don't even get a weekend
I've been living my life in black and white, no sleeping
So tonight we're gonna flip it
Like in a New York minute
We're gonna hail a cab and don't look back once we get in it
[Pre-Chorus]
Lemme hear you say, ooh, ooh
Can't keep it bottled up
Lemme hear you say, ooh, ooh
Can't keep it bottled up
[Chorus]
Make it pop, like pink champagne in the purple rain
We're gonna paint, paint, paint the city
We're gonna show off all our pretty
Pretty, in a pink champagne
Let 'em know our names
Screaming so loud, they'll hear us in L.A
We're popping, like pink champagne (aye, aye)
Popping, like pink champagne (aye, aye)
Popping, like pink champagne
[Post-Chorus]
Make it pop like, make it pop like
Make it pop like, make it pop like, make it pop like
[Verse 2]
We don't need no guest list, everybody's invited
I'm saying, "Even if you can't get in, we'll dance outside it"
We're gonna make this bubble
We'll carbonate some trouble
When the line gets flat, gotta take it back to another level
[Pre-Chorus]
Lemme hear you say, ooh, ooh
Can't keep it bottled up
Lemme hear you say, ooh, ooh
Can't keep it bottled up
[Chorus]
Make it pop, like pink champagne in the purple rain
We're gonna paint, paint, paint the city
We're gonna show off all our pretty
Pretty, in a pink champagne
Let 'em know our names
Screaming so loud, they'll hear us in L.A
We're popping, like pink champagne (aye, aye)
Popping, like pink champagne (aye, aye)
Popping, like pink champagne
[Post-Chorus]
Make it pop like, make it pop like
Make it pop like, make it pop like, make it pop like
[Breakdown]
Make it pop like, make it pop like
Champagne...
[Chorus]
Make it pop, like pink champagne in the purple rain
We're gonna paint, paint, paint the city
We're gonna show off all our pretty
Pretty, in a pink champagne
Let 'em know our names
Screaming so loud, they'll hear us in L.A
We're popping, like pink champagne (aye, aye)
Popping, like pink champagne (aye, aye)
We're popping, like pink champagne
Pink champagne in the purple rain
We're gonna paint, paint, paint the city
We're gonna show off all our pretty
Pretty, in a pink champagne
Let 'em know our names
Screaming so loud, they'll hear us in L.A
We're popping, like pink champagne (aye, aye)
Popping, like pink champagne (aye, aye)
We're popping, like pink champagne
Trivia[]
- The song is about living life to the fullest and having fun after having spent much time working.
- Kesha collaborated in writing the song with Grande.
- Grande said during a live stream in early 2013 that she still wasn't editing the song.