--- title: Ariana Grande & John Legend in 'Beauty and the Beast' Video description: Watch Grande and Legend sing their hearts out in the new music video for the updated version of the 'Beauty and the Beast' theme song. canonical: https://time.com/4691912/john-legend-ariana-grande-music-video/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-06T19:07:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:39.234Z og:title: Watch the 'Beauty and the Beast' Theme Song Music Video og:description: Ariana Grande and John Legend sing as backup dancers who transofrm into roses og:url: https://time.com/4691912/john-legend-ariana-grande-music-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the 'Beauty and the Beast' Theme Song Music Video twitter:description: Ariana Grande and John Legend sing as backup dancers who transofrm into roses twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch the Fantastical _Beauty and the Beast_ Music Video Starring Ariana Grande and John Legend > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 6, 2017 7:07 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 6, 2017 7:07 PM UTC Take a spin through the magical world of [_Beauty and the Beast_](http://time.com/4689999/beauty-and-the-beast-review/) before you even head to the movie theater with this [Ariana Grande and John Legend](http://time.com/4659730/beauty-and-the-beast-song-2017/) music video. Featuring cameos by a waltzing [Emma Watson](http://motto.time.com/4691381/emma-watson-photo-feminism-vanity-fair/) as Belle, Dan Stevens as the Beast, and the delightful Chip, the new version of the classic Disney theme song showcases the range of Grande and Legend. Set in an extravagant castle ballroom, the video gives us a taste of the opulence and fantasy of the fairy tale world itself. Legend, of course, plays piano—while Grande, bedecked in a dramatic red gown, gets backup from dancers dressed as rose petals that come together and swirl away in a creative homage to the movie’s obsession with the flower. 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