“Safety Net” is the seventh track from Ariana Grande’s sixth studio album, Positions. It was released on October 30, 2020 through Republic Records. It is the first collaboration between Grande and American rapper Ty Dolla Sign. On October 25, 2020, a 24 second snippet of the song was leaked by an unauthorized source.
The collaboration was confirmed as the seventh track of Positions on October 24, 2020, through Grande’s social media. According to Ty Dolla Sign, “[Grande] wanted me to come through to the studio… We just wrote the song together right there on the spot. It was an honor to work with her and we got an amazing tune coming.”
In early October, rumors of the collaboration circulated on the networks after the supposed tracklist of the album was leaked under a different name as “no remedy”. And on October 24, 2020, Ariana uploaded a photo on her Twitter of the album’s tracklist, thus confirming the collaboration and the title of the track.
On July 5, 2021, Grande confirmed through social media that the VEVO live performance for Safety Net will be released on July 7, 2021. It’s the second live performance from Positions, the first being POV. “Safety Net” debuted at #52 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the chart week of November 14, 2020.
“Tripping, falling, with no safety net
Boy, it must be something that you said (You said, ayy)
Is it real this time or is it in my head? (In my head, oh, in my head, head, yeah)
Got me tripping, falling, with no safety net”
Listen to the Vevo official live performance here.
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