It took frank conversation, a failed re-write and some outside opinions to get "Bang Bang" on the Avett Brothers' 2019 album Closer Than Together. However, the process brought the band -- brothers ...

Jessie J said, "We didn't go to her and ask; she wanted to do it," about how Nicki Minaj became part of the 2014 hit song "Bang Bang," which also included Ariana Grande When it comes to the origins of ...

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Jessie’s quote in question read, “Max Martin wrote ‘Bang Bang,’ and Ariana had been played it, I’d been played it, and we both loved it. We just said, ‘Why don’t we both do it?’ So Ariana stayed on ...