Ariana Grande calls for 'Better Days' with new song in response to police shootings

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Ariana Grande calls for 'Better Days' with new song in response to police shootings
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First, Jay Z released a song inspired by the police shootings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling.

**w Ariana Grande (http://mashable.com/category/ariana-grande/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and Victoria Monét (https://twitter.com/victoriamonet_)have released a track to express their pain over the violence that has gripped the United States over the last week. Called "Better Days," it was released (https://soundcloud.com/victoria-monet/better-days-feat-ariana-grande-prod-by-flip) via Soundcloud on July 10.*

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"During this challenging time, we have to remember that the only way we will progress is if the overruling force is #Love," Grande posted (https://www.instagram.com/p/BHp39aABzfz/) to Instagram, including the names of police shooting victims Alton Sterling (http://mashable.com/category/Alton-Sterling/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) and Philando Castile (http://mashable.com/category/Philando-Castile/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=), as well as the Dallas police ******rs (http://mashable.com/2016/07/07/dallas-police-shooting/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) who were shot at a protest last week.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/12/victoria-monet-ariana-grande-better-days/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)


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