Moonlight is a slow, violin-enriched track that serves as the intro to Dangerous Woman. It was originally intended to be title track of the album, but the album was ultimately renamed in favor of the track “Dangerous Woman.”

In May 2015, Ariana Grande announced that her third studio album was on the way and confirmed to fans via Twitter that its title was Moonlight. During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in January 2016, she announced that she changed the album title to Dangerous Woman.

From Digital Spy:

Grande eases you into her third studio album with this ‘50s-inspired sway, which blossoms with its dainty string plucks and romantic violins. But despite the twinkly production, which sounds like it was composed amongst the fluffy clouds in the sky, this isn’t reflective of what’s to come. Consider this Sandy Dee’s soaring ballad before she sexes it up with the black leggings.

Ariana posted a BTS video on Instagram of the filming of the “Moonlight” music video. The music video was ultimately scrapped following her breakup with Ricky Alvarez.