Watch Brandy & Monica Make Surprise Cameos in Ariana Grande's 'The Boy Is Mine' Music Video

Ariana Grande nails it in her new music video for “The Boy Is Mine,” which arrived on Friday morning (June 7) with surprises from Brandy and Monica.

The visual begins with Grande attending a press conference hosted by TV news anchors played by Brandy and Monica, who sang the original 1998 hit “The Boy Is Mine” together. The iconic song spent 13 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 the year it was released and was a clear inspiration for the singer's self-titled track 'Into You'.

He then approaches the mayor of their Gotham-like city, portrayed by Penn Badgley, proposing a novel idea to rid the area of ​​the rat infestation – rounding up stray cats and releasing them to the vermin – which leads the singer to hatch a plan to transform into some sort of Catwoman and sneak into his apartment.

While there, she tries to seduce him, traps him in a lasso and approaches to inject him with a love potion. Badgley, however, distracts her by removing her mask and looking sensually into her eyes before throwing the potion at the wall.

Grande has been teasing the new video all week and at one point fueled rumors that Badgley would be her male lead by posting a TikTok video of her dancing to “The Boy Is Mine.” The night before the visual dropped, he performed the sultry track The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonwhere she also talked about her love for gossip Girl alum.

“I was a fan of him [him] my whole life,” she told Fallon. “It was so amazing to work with him. I'm such a fan.”

“The Boy Is Mine” is the third single from Grande's Billboard 200 album. Eternal sunshine, as well as his third track to get the music video treatment. He previously released a choreography-filled Paula Abdul-inspired visual for single “Yes, And?”, which was followed by a Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind tribute featuring Evan Peters for “We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love).” Both tracks reached No. 1 on the Hot 100.

Watch Grande, Badgley, Brandy and Monica in the music video for “The Boy Is Mine” above.