¿Quién dijo que lo solidario no podía ser un HIT?

Han pasado algo más de diez días desde que dos superestrellas del pop se juntaran en una canción con un objetivo solidario. Este tipo de propuesta es totalmente necesaria en estos días y, aunque empiezan a abundar, no sobran en absoluto. Si le sumamos que la iniciativa viene de dos pesos pesados del panorama musical como Ariana Grande y Justin Bieber, está claro que el proyecto va a tener una dimensión de gran calado.

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2 babies all grown up finally collaborate! Excited for tonight @arianagrande

A post shared by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on May 7, 2020 at 5:17pm PDT

Lo que ya no es tan sencillo es que el tema resultante compita de tú a tú con los mejores éxitos comerciales del momento, pero es justo lo que ha ocurrido. Tanto es así que «Stuck With U» acaba de hacerse con el Nº1 de singles en el Billboard estadounidense.

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thank u to everybody who supported this song, this cause and made this happen. we love uuuuu so much. 🤍 there’s so much to celebrate today. 🤍 however, i would like to say a few things. anyone who knows me or has followed me for a while knows that numbers aren’t the driving force in anything i do. i’m grateful to sing. grateful to have people who want to listen. grateful to even be here at all. i didn’t have a number one for the first five years of my career and it didn’t upset me at all because from the bottom of my heart, music is everything to me. my fans are everything to me. i promise i couldn’t ask for another fucking thing. so with this celebration today, i would like to address a few things which i don’t usually do (i don’t give my energy to drama or strange accusations normally but this has gone a little too far)…my fans bought the song. JUSTIN’S fans bought the song. OUR fans bought this song (never more than four copies each, AS THE RULES STATE). they are ride or die motherfuckers and i thank god every day that i have them in my life. not just when they fight for us to win (even when i ask them not to as i did this week) but because they’re some of the greatest people i know. sales count for more than streams. u can not discredit this as hard as u try. to anybody that is displeased with their placement on the chart this week or who is spending their time racking their brain thinking of as many ways as they can to discredit hardworking women (and only the women for some reason…..), i ask u to take a moment to humble yourself. be grateful you’re even here. that people want to listen to u at all. it’s a blessed position to be in. i’ve had a lot of “almost number ones” in my career and i never said a goddamn thing because I FEEL GRATEFUL TO EVEN BE HERE. TO WANT TO BE HEARD AT ALL …. and you should feel that way too. congratulations to all my talented ass peers in the top ten this week. even number 3. 🥰 and thank u to @billboard for this honor. and thank u to everybody who helped us raise a lot of money for a very important cause this week. love u all a lot.

A post shared by Ariana Grande (@arianagrande) on May 18, 2020 at 12:40pm PDT

Es una preciosa balada cuya letra hace referencia a la situación de confinamiento que vivimos en todo el mundo, no solo en la letra, como su propio título indica con ese «atrapado contigo», sino con un videoclip compuesto de numerosos vídeos de gente de todo el mundo bailando desde sus casas. De hecho los mismos artistas ya compartieron la versión instrumental días antes para pedir la participación de los fans y ellos también se suman con sus respectivas parejas, aunque Ariana prefiere darle más protagonismo a uno de sus perros.