'Problem' Music Video, Ariana Grande & Iggy Azalea: Song Ranks Number Two on Billboard Hot 100 [Watch]
The newly released "Problem" music video by Ariana Grande is doing well and is expected to hit the #1 slot on the Billboard Hot 100. Currently in the #2 position is the singer's single that was produced by Max Martin. Ilya, Max Martin, Savan Kotecha and Myron Birdsong co-wrote "Problem" featuring the voice of the Australian rapper Iggy Azalea.
The music video presents a 1960s-style with Iggy Azalea wearing a large bouffant hairstyle. Fanatical contortionists, giddy backdrops and go-go dancers remind one of the "These Boots Are Made for Walking" classic video of Nancy Sinatra.
Grande, on the other hand, is wearing a high ponytail hairstyle and white thigh-highs while dancing on a rounded surface. It was the same attire and look that she wore when she performed the same song during the iHeartRadio Music Awards. Young Astronaut directed the retro music video which shows Grande doing her go-go dance steps with a group of male dancers.
Big Sean was also featured in this throwback video although it only showed the lower part of his face. Sean was seen with Grande, whispering "I got one less problem without you". Grande is coming up with a new LP and "Problem" may be the lead song. However, no statements have been released confirming this. Rumor is that Grande's second album is produced by Ryan Tedder, Babyface, Benny Blanco and Max Martin and is set for release this August.
"Problem" became available at midnight of April 28 on iTunes. It became the #1 song on the singles chart of iTunes and was selling like hotcakes, rising to the #1 spot in only 40 minutes. It beat Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together." Grande also worked on the forthcoming single of Chris Brown's "Don't Be Gone Too Long,' which is on Brown's album "X," the singer's sixth album.