Ariana Grande says 'Tattooed Heart’ was entirely self-written

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I wrote Tattooed Heart in my room alone when I was I think 17 or something and then I took it to Matt Squire who produced it for me and they brought it to life and made it so beautiful and then it ended up on the album and that's like the only song on that album that I like wrote by myself. 
 

 

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3OH!3's Sean Foreman, who is credited as co-writer of this track, says 'Tattooed Heart' was written during a writing session

Foreman brainstormed new concepts in his Notes app, including a few lines about falling "in like," a timeless teenage love story: "I never want to start / If in the end / I'll need to change the name / In my tattooed heart." 

The next day, he took her through his Notes app, rapid-fire style. "She was like, 'Oh, that's really cool. I like the tattooed-heart idea,'" he recalled.

Foreman described the song's creation as a "real artist to writer" symbiosis, and compared the sonic inspiration to "Stand By Me." He said the song was pretty much done by the end of the day.

"I would throw out lyrics, or she would, but then she would just sing it in a way that obviously, I'm not capable of," he explained. "It was one of the most organic writing sessions I've ever had."
https://www.insider.com/ariana-grande-tattooed-heart-meaning-3oh3-interview-2023-8

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what incentivized her to just bold-faced lie about this