This sultry, moody ballad was released as the lead single from Ariana Grande's Dangerous Woman album on March 11, 2016. We hear her singing of reveling in the adrenaline of hooking up with a bad boy. In fact it is Ariana who has made the first move, "Don't need permission, made my decision," she croons. It is a choice that is both empowering and dangerous.
There is some synthesizer on this track, but also plenty of organ and even a guitar solo, giving the song a retro-blues feel. The time signature is 6/8.
The album was tentatively titled Moonlight, but Grande announced on February 22, 2016 she was renaming it after this song. The following day, the singer posted a photo on Instagram with a caption quoting Egyptian feminist writer Nawal El Saadawi's 1975 novel, Woman at Point Zero: "They said, 'You are a savage and dangerous woman.' I am speaking the truth. And the truth is savage and dangerous."
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