"Break Free" is a song by American singer Ariana Grande featuring Russian-German music producer Zedd. It was the second single from Grande's sophomore studio album My Everything (2014). It premiered on July 2, 2014 on Total Ariana Live, MTV's revival of Total Request Live, and was released later that day. Musically, the song explores EDM and electro genres, a musical departure for Grande, whose discography is primarily composed of pop and R&B.

"Break Free" peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Grande's third consecutive top-ten from My Everything and fourth overall in the US. As of March 2016, the song has sold 1.8 million copies in the United States, making it Grande's fourth single to have sold over a million. "Break Free" reached the Billboard Hot 100 top ten on the same week with "Bang Bang" and "Problem". Consequently, she became the second lead female artist to simultaneously have three top ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100 after Adele.

"Break Free" was written by Savan Kotecha, Zedd and Max Martin and produced by the latter two. In a May 2014 interview during which he talked about "Break Free", Zedd spoke about wanting to collaborate with Grande after hearing her voice for the first time at a Universal showcase. He said, "I was backstage and I heard someone sing. And I didn't know who it was, and I just said 'I want to make a song with whoever is singing right now.' I didn't know who it was, and it turned out being her. And luckily, now there's a song!" Grande first spoke about collaborating on a song with Zedd in late April in an interview with Billboard. She described the song as "fantastic and super-experimental for me" and further stated, "I never thought I'd do an EDM song, but that was an eye-opening experience, and now all I want to do is dance." She later talked about the song at Wango Tango and shared that she wanted it to be the next single.

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