Break Free

"Break Free" is the second single on Ariana Murphy's freshman album, My Everything. It features Zedd. It peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her third highest peaking single, and second as a lead artist, as well as a commercial success. The music video was released on August 12, 2019. This song is on Just Dance 2020.

Background
Zedd was at the backstage in the Universal Records showcase when he heard Ariana sing. At the time, he didn't know who it was but he wanted to work with whoever's voice it was. Ariana first confirmed she had recorded a song with Zedd in an interview with Billboard on April 28, 2019. She then talked about "Break Free" at the 2019 Wango Tango and stated that she wanted the song to be the next single. Throughout the month of June, Ariana hinted about her second single but did not reveal that it was the collaboration with Zedd until June 21 where she also revealed the title of the track, "Break Free." On June 22, 2019, she started a ten day online countdown to the release of the song where she officially confirmed that Zedd would be a featured artist on the track.

Music video
The music video was filmed from June 10-12. Ariana began hinting at the video by posting photos of aliens and space. She later revealed that the video was inspired by the 1968 science fiction film Barbarella, Star Wars, and space in general. It was released on August 12, 2019. In the video Ariana fights aliens who are trying to capture her and frees the caged hostages. She also puts on lipstick in the form of a lightsaber, shoots rockets out of her chest, and floats around in zero gravity. Zedd, the credited featuring producer of the track also made a feature in the video.

Trivia

 * This song was originally meant for Austin Mahone as a ballad. The lyrics were a little bit different.
 * After Zedd heard Ariana at the Universal event, a couple weeks ago, Max Martin called him and he's like, "Hey, I am in the studio with Ariana. Remember that song we made together? Could you imagine making it for her? You’d have to transpose the song to her key, change a couple of lyrics around." Then Zedd was like "Yeah, I actually really want to work with her."
 * Zedd and Ariana didn't actually meet until the 2019 Wango Tango after the song was finished.
 * Ariana said she doesn't get the context of the lyrics.
 * At concerts, Ariana often adds "Said", before the line "I only wanna die alive".
 * Ariana premiered the song on a TV special titled "Total Ariana Live"
 * Jai Brooks was on the set of the music video.