JAKARTA – “Popular” menjadi bukti bahwa Ariana Grande tidak pernah berhenti bereksperimen dengan musik. Dalam lagu terbarunya ini, ia menggabungkan elemen pop, R&B, dan sentuhan elektronik yang unik. Produksi yang apik dan aransemen yang kaya membuat “Popular” terdengar segar dan berbeda dari karya-karyanya sebelumnya.

Suara khas Ariana semakin bersinar dalam lagu ini. Kemampuannya dalam mengolah vokal dengan berbagai teknik membuat “Popular” menjadi pengalaman mendengarkan yang sangat menyenangkan.

[Intro] C  G  F

[Verse I]

             C               G

You were the popular one, the 

popular chick

   F              C

It is what it is, now I’m 

popular-ish

 C                    G

Standing on the field with your 

pretty pompoms

           F                    

Now you’re working at the movies 

 C

selling popular corn

  C                      G

I could have been a mess but I never

 went wrong

      F                         C

Cause I’m putting down my story in a

 popular song

[Pre-Chorus]

C    G            F             

Ahh,   I said I’m putting down 

        C

my story in a popular song

[Chorus]

   C       G               F     C

My problem,  I never was a model,

                 C    G           

I never was a scholar, but you 

          F   C

were always popular

         C      G                

You were singing all the songs I 

F        C

don’t know

                  C       G

Now you’re in the front row

                 F    C

Cause my song is popular

C       G              F   C

Popular,  I know about popular

               C           G

It’s not about who you are or your 

fancy car

 F                   C

You’re only ever who you were

C       G              F   C

Popular,  I know about popular

                 C           G

And all that you have to do, is be 

true to you

       F                  C

That’s all you ever need to know

         C             G          

So catch up, cause you got an 

              F   C

awful long way to go

C             G                

So catch up, cause you got an awful long

        F   C

 way to go

[Verse II]

C                 G

Always on the lookout for someone to hate,

F             C

Picking on me like a dinner plate

    C              G

You hid during classes and in between them

F                      C

Dunk me in the toilets now it’s you that 

cleans them

             C                G

You tried to make me feel bad with the 

things you do

   F             C

It aint so funny when the jokes on you

C              G

Ooh, the jokes on you

             F                  C

Got everyone laughing, got everyone 

clapping, asking

C      G

How do you look so cool?

      F                          C

Cause that’s the only thing that I learned

 at school, boy

C    G          F                     

  Uh huh,I said that’s the only thing 

     C

that I learned at school

[Chorus]

   C       G               F     C

My problem,  I never was a model,

                 C    G                 

I never was a scholar, but you were 

    F   C

always popular

         C      G                F     

You were singing all the songs I don’t 

   C

know

                  C       G

Now you’re in the front row

                 F    C

Cause my song is popular

C       G              F   C

Popular,  I know about popular

               C           G

It’s not about who you are or your fancy 

car

 F                   C

You’re only ever who you were

C       G              F   C

Popular,  I know about popular

                 C           G

And all that you have to do, is be true to

 you

       F                  C

That’s all you ever need to know

         C             G                

So catch up, cause you got an awful long

        F   C

 way to go

         C             G                

So catch up, cause you got an awful long

        F   C

 way to go

[Bridge]

                     C     G

All you ever need to know

                         F    C

You’re only ever who you were

                     C     G

All you ever need to know

                         F     C

You’re only ever who you were

All you ever need to know

C        G              F   C

Popular,   I know about popular

               C           G

It’s not about who you are or your fancy 

car

 F                   C

You’re only ever who you were

C        G              F   C

Popular,   I know about popular

               C           G

It’s not about who you are or your fancy 

car

 F                   C

You’re only ever who you were

C        G              F   C

Popular,   I know about popular

                 C           G

And all that you have to do, is be true to

 you

       F                  C

That’s all you ever need to know

                            C

That’s all you ever need to know