Ostensibly a break-up song reflecting on a past relationship, it’s already been speculated by many fans that on Hate That I Made You Love Me, Ariana is actually singing about complicated feelings about fame, celebrity, her own public persona and the parasocial relationships between a performer and their audience on her new musical offering.
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