In January 2013, she met with producer Harmony Samuels, at which point he presented her with a demo of the song that featured the vocals of co-writer Jordin Sparks, whom the song was originally intended. Although she insisted on being "there for younger fans" while portraying Cat on the American teen sitcom Sam & Cat (2013), Grande also wanted to perform music as a result of "growing up". In a 2013 interview with Billboard, Grande implied that her music needed to relate to her maturing personality.
She added that she had wanted to "pretend it never happened before it already happened" and that she had felt no enthusiasm to promote the song at the time. During a radio interview on KIIS-FM on Maabout her debut single, Grande confessed that she had in fact "hated" both the music video for and the song itself, considering it to be "a terrible first impression". On December 12, 2011, Grande released her debut single " Put Your Hearts Up", which is a bubblegum pop song with a vastly different style of music and target demographic than "The Way." Whereas the lyrics in "The Way" deal with the subject of a flirty, romantic relationship, some sections with sexual implications, "Put Your Hearts Up" was a song aimed at young audiences, with lyrics about making the world a better place. Rapper Mac Miller was featured on "The Way". It depicts Grande and Miller dancing inside a room covered in balloons, as Miller takes several photographs of Grande. An accompanying music video was directed by Jones Crow, and released on March 28, 2013. "The Way" was eventually certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over three million units in the United States.
"The Way" peaked at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100, which became Grande and Miller's first top 10 song on the chart. The song samples Big Pun's 1998 song " Still Not a Player", which itself samples Russell's 1979 song "A Little Bit of Love". It was released by Republic Records on March 25, 2013, as the lead single from the album.
The song was written by Amber Streeter, Al Sherrod Lambert, Jordin Sparks, Brenda Russell, Miller, and the producer Harmony Samuels. " The Way" is a song by American singer Ariana Grande, featuring American rapper Mac Miller, from Grande's debut studio album Yours Truly (2013).
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