On Friday, Ariana Grande stopped by Thundercat’s set during the first day of this weekend’s virtual Adult Swim Festival for a surprise performance of his song “Them Changes.†The Positions singer had previously sung a solo cover of the 2015 single from Thundercat’s 2017 album Drunk, which was previously released on his 2015 EP The Beyond/Where the Giants Roam, for BBC Radio’s Live Lounge in September 2018.
In the press release for the duet, Thundercat ruminates on his collaboration with Grande, having met through his longtime friend and her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller, whom the artist remembered on social media in September upon the two-year anniversary of Miller’s death. Says Thundercat, “It feels like Ariana and I are forever connected through Mac, and this is part of the healing process.â€