"Ariana Grande: One Last Time" is a 4-minute music video for the song in the title by the artist in the title. It is an apocalyptic setting apparently as a gigantic comet is about to destroy the Earth. And it is for everybody to do one last time whatever they want to do, perhaps be with their loved ones as several characters are. The setting sure is an interesting one, actually a pretty creepy one even. But I must say apart from the catchy chorus, there is not too much to this little video in terms of memorability. Grande looks of course as stunning as always. It is a bit of a sad reference to see this video and song in the face of the recent events at Grande's concert, but I guess her name will be forever linked now to what happened at Manchester. The events there were as dark as the ones in this short film with the difference between fiction and reality. As a whole, this really short film we have here is not a failure I would say, but it fits in well with the pop music of our time and you can't deny there is certainly some pseudo significance in here too.
Addition:
Nine months after originally writing this review, I need to adjust my rating from 4 to 8 out of 10 as the song really did not go out of my head anymore. Also the tragic romance component here grew on me, even if I mist say that the connection between jealousy and apocalypse (end of the world because he loves another) still feels a bit shoddy in this Max Landis music video. But yeah, the song is excellent better than 99% of other recent creations and the music video is definitely above-average too. It could have been reflected better in the song too to make it really about the apocalypse. All in all, a big thumbs-up now for this one and I may have been wrong back in May 2017 with my lack of appreciation for this one, even if the 2 of 2 who voted this helpful since then may disagree. Go check it out.
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