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Ariana Grande's New Video Is Pure Fire

by Kristie Rohwedder

Grab your sunglasses to protect your eyeballs and a handkerchief to dab the sweat off of your forehead, because the music video for Ariana Grande's “Love Me Harder” hit the interweb Monday and it, like the song, is like fire-breathing dragon riding a comet made out of lava. Ari and The Weeknd bring the fiyaaaah. To quote two non-Ariana Grande songs, "the heat is on" and "I'm burnin' up, burnin' up" for the "Love Me Harder" video, bay-beh.

When I watched the behind-the-scenes footage last Tuesday, I was like, “WTF is this sand-filled mansion I don’t understand what’s happening.” I’ve watched the music video several times since it made its Internet debut (can’t stop, won’t stop) and I still don’t really know what is up with that sand-filled mansion. But I don’t care that I don’t understand it. It looks awesome and that’s all that matters to me. And yes, now I am obsessed with that sand-filled mansion. (Like, I want to find an old mansion, fill it with sand and luxe furniture, and throw a party. How do I make that happen?) As Mary Murphy might say, PUT THAT SAND MANSION AND THIS MUSIC VIDEO ON THE HOT TAMALE TRAIN! WOOOOOHOOOOO!

Here are my favorite Bringin' The Heat Moments from the "Love Me Harder" music video:

When Ari’s chillin’ on that throne

When Ari’s like, “welcome to my glamorous sand palace”

When Ari strikes this pose

When Ari does a cat-cow stretch while wearing cat ears

HNNNNNNGH

When Ari gives the camera this look

EYELINER GAME ON POINT

This stunning shot OMG OMG OMG

When Ari drops two handfuls of sand

When Ari pulls a Rose DeWitt Bukater and lays on a door

This back-to-back pose

This closeup on Ari's perfect manicure

When it looks like Ari's hair becomes one with the water

This quick hairography moment

FIIIIIIRE

AUGHHHHHH

When Ari and The Weeknd interact for the first time

When the light casts a beautiful glow on Ari and the Weeknd

If I'm being perfectly honest, I could've screengrabbed every second of this video. But I had to cut myself off. My heart can only take so much. *Fans self indefinitely.*

Images: ArianaGrandeVEVO/YouTube (19)