Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga have released their new single, "Rain on Me” following a collaboration that was born between the two artists when Grande tried reaching out Gaga many times.

"She was so persistent," Gaga told Zane Lowe of Apple Beats 1.

"She would try over and over again to be friends with me. And I was too ashamed to hang out with her, because I didn't want to project all of this negativity onto something that was healing and so beautiful,” she said.

"This is such a hectic and scary time for all of us," Gaga wrote once on Twitter.

"And while I believe art is one of the strongest things we have to provide joy and healing to each other during times like this it just doesn't feel right to me to release this album with all that is going on during this global pandemic."