god is a woman

“God is a woman” is the second single from Ariana Grande’s fourth studio album, Sweetener., which refers to the pleasures of sex and, consequently, encourages the message of female sexual liberation and domination. The track was teased in her “no tears left to cry” music video, and was hinted again in the “no tears left to cry (BTS – Part 2)” video. It follows the lead single, No Tears Left To Cry, and promotional single The Light is Coming. The music video consists in a plethora of allusions to religion and art. This consists of Michaelangelo’s “Creation of Adam," the statue of “The Thinker,” “Romulus and Remus,” “The Pantheon,” the mythological Cerberus, among others. One of Ariana’s most impactful role models, Madonna, also makes an appearance in the music video by reciting a famous Pulp Fiction quote which is an interpretation of the Bible verse 25:17 from the Book of Ezekiel. Grande also nods to the pop icon by wearing the famous “Cone Bra” from the “Blond Ambition World Tour.”

[Chorus] You, you love it how I move you You love it how I touch you, my one When all is said and done You'll believe God is a woman And I, I feel it after midnight A feelin' that you can't fight, my one It lingers when we're done You'll believe God is a woman [Verse 1] I don't wanna waste no time, yeah You ain't got a one-track mind, yeah Have it any way you like, yeah And I can tell that you know I know how I want it Ain't nobody else can relate Boy, I like that you ain't afraid Baby, lay me down and let's pray I'm tellin' you the way I like it, how I want it [Pre-Chorus] (Yeah) And I can be all the things you told me not to be (Yeah) When you try to come for me, I keep on flourishing (Yeah) And he see the universe when I'm the company It's all in me [Chorus] You, you love it how I move you You love it how I touch you, my one When all is said and done You'll believe God is a woman And I, I feel it after midnight A feelin' that you can't fight, my one It lingers when we're done You'll believe God is a woman [Verse 2] (Yeah) I tell you all the things you should know So baby, take my hands, save your soul We can make it last, take it slow, hmm And I can tell that you know I know how I want it, yeah But you're different from the rest And boy, if you confess, you might get blessed See if you deserve what comes next I'm tellin' you the way I like it, how I want it [Pre-Chorus] (Yeah) And I can be all the things you told me not to be (Yeah) When you try to come for me, I keep on flourishing (Yeah) And he see the universe when I'm the company It's all in me [Chorus] You, you love it how I move you You love it how I touch you, my one When all is said and done You'll believe God is a woman And I, I feel it after midnight A feelin' that you can't fight, my one It lingers when we're done You'll believe God is a woman [Outro] Yeah, yeah (God is a woman) Yeah, yeah (God is a woman, yeah) My one (One) When all is said and done You'll believe God is a woman You'll believe God (God is a woman) Oh, yeah (God is a woman, yeah) (One) It lingers when we're done You'll believe God is a woman