WATCH: Official "Beauty and the Beast" music video with Ariana Grande and John Legend

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WATCH: Go behind the scenes with John Legend & Ariana Grande as they record "Beauty and the Beast"

Disney has released a behind the scenes look of Ariana Grande and John Legend recording their rendition of Beauty and the Beast's iconic title song.


The video also includes a new shot of Belle and Beast as they enter the ballroom.

Listen to "Beauty and the Beast" in its entirety below and be sure to pre-order the soundtrack before its release on March 10th.

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WATCH: John Legend discusses recording "Beauty and the Beast"

One constant question among fans was who would be singing the cover of "Beauty and the Beast", and it was revealed last week John Legend and Ariana Grande will be the next duo to record the beloved tune.

Access Hollywood spoke with John Legend at this year's Television Critics Association Winter Tour about the "huge honor" of being part of the film and the pair's take on a Disney classic.


UPDATE: Legend also spoke with Collider about his collaboration with Grande on "Beauty and the Beast"

What’s the appeal for you in taking on the duet for Beauty and the Beast, and how do you feel you and Ariana Grande compliment each other?

LEGEND: It’s such an iconic song and, as a singer, it’s a great challenge to try to remake a song that people already love quite a bit. Ariana’s a wonderful singer. I felt like we’d make a good team to try to tackle it. So when Disney reached out to me, I agreed to do it.

Was it special to you, when you were growing up?

LEGEND: I love that song, and I thought the film was great, back then. I was a little older, by then. What was that, 20 years ago? So, I was a teenager. I wasn’t that young. That song was obviously a really important song, and the film was really important. So, as an artist, it’s a bit of a challenge to take on something like that, where people already love the original, and try to make your own version that honors the original, but is new, as well.

Extra TV: Jump to 1:45 for Beauty and the Beast

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Ariana Grande & John Legend to cover "Beauty and the Beast" for the film's soundtrack

It was a bit of a mystery when the official Beauty and the Beast Instagram page posted a photo of Ariana Grande last night with no caption. Fans drew their own conclusions about Grande and John Legend, who was tagged in the photo, collaborating on the pop version of the film's title song and their suspicions were confirmed with an official announcement this evening.

Deadline reports Grande and Legend will indeed perform "Beauty and the Beast" on the film's soundtrack and over the final credits. An official music video directed by Dave Meyers is also on the horizon before the film's release.

The song reunites producer Ron Fair and director of Disney's Music & Soundtrack Mitchell Leib, who also spoke with Deadline about the song.

“Ron was the first and only choice to make this particular record,” Leib said in a press statement. “No one is a better vocal producer and he also has a great understanding of the filmmaking dynamic.”

“Stepping into the shoes of an Oscar and Grammy award-winning classic is not small potatoes,” said Fair. “But with today’s two greatest plutonium singers – John Legend and Ariana Grande – we are bringing the song back with a new school-old school fresh treatment that shows the soulfulness and power of what a great melody and lyric can inspire.”

The Beauty and the Beast soundtrack is set for release on March 10, 2017. Pre-orders are now available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Disney Music Emporium.


Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson originally recorded a pop version of "Beauty and the Beast" for the animated film's release back in 1991, which peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. American Idol winner Jordan Sparks previously recorded a version of the song for Beauty and the Beast's Diamond Edition release in 2010.



Source: @beautyandthebeast, Deadline