The musician's vision for her hit breakup song is as over-the-top as teased, full of film references and celebrity cameos.

The wait is over, and Ariana Grande delivered. After nearly two weeks of <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/music/ariana-grande-takes-inspiration-from-2000s-films-for-thank-u-next-2018">teasers</a>, the oft-ponytailed pop star&nbsp;has released the video for her smash hit breakup single, &quot;Thank U, Next,&quot; which has broken the internet all November. The project is full of references to iconic films from the early 2000s, as well as a heap of celebrity cameos, proving Grande did not simply&nbsp;drop a music video, but she stands&nbsp;at the center of&nbsp;a true&nbsp;cultural moment.

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&quot;Thank U, Next,&quot; opens with the same footage as its trailer: a recreation of the iconic&nbsp;Mean Girls&nbsp;gossip scene, with Grande replacing Regina George. Jonathan Bennett, AKA Aaron Samuels, and Bethany Byrd, the &quot;army pants and flip flops&quot; girl, join the tribute to their movie, as do Troye Sivan and Colleen Ballinger. To begin the actual song, the star logs&nbsp;her exes into the Burn Book before parading through the halls and performance with her fellow Plastics, with&nbsp;Elizabeth Gillies, her former&nbsp;Victorious&nbsp;co-star, as Cady Heron. In a moment perfect for 2018, Kris Jenner is the &quot;cool mom&quot; filming the sexy holiday dance.

The scenes from the other three films (Bring It On, 13 Going on 30,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Legally Blonde) are just as memorable. Grande gets involved in cheerleading drama, carries around a magical dollhouse, and shows up to law school as Elle Woods, adorable dog in tow. The star even recreates Legally Blonde&#39;s&nbsp;nail salon conversation, featuring Jennifer Coolidge, who played Paulette in the original.

So many references happen over five-and-a-half minutes that it&#39;s difficult to keep track, but the one certainty is that this will go down in pop culture history. Grande&#39;s single title will likely remain an inspiration for Instagram captions, but maybe with a slight change to resemble the Kris Jenner finale that says it all: &quot;Thank u,&nbsp;next, bitch!&quot;

Ariana Grande Finally Releases the 'Thank U, Next' Video

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