Teasing the release earlier this week, Grande referred to Carey as the “queen of my heart and lifelong inspiration”

NEARLY 15 YEARS ago, Mariah Carey took aim at an extensively gossipy person spreading her business around. On “Obsessed,” the first single from Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, opens with the songstress chuckling before asking: “Why are you so obsessed with me?” It’s the same question Ariana Grande tried to get to the bottom of on her latest single, “Yes, And,” where she ponders: “Why do you care so much whose — I ride? Why?” Naturally, Grande sought out Carey — an expert on dodging obsessed spectators — for the song’s official remix.

“I’m so done with sharing this hypocrisy with you,” sings Carey on the remix. “Baby, you have been rejected Go back, no more pretending that.” The two join together for the uplifting chorus, crooning: “Boy, come on, put your lipstick on/No one can tell you nothing/Come on and walk this way through the fire/Don’t care what’s on their mind.”