“bad idea” by Ariana Grande hits 300 million streams on Spotify, marking her 46th song to reach the milestone

Ariana Grande's song bad idea has officially hit 300 million streams on Spotify.

Pop idol Ariana Grande's iconic song bad idea hit 300 million streams on Spotify, making this her 46th song to reach the milestone. This milestone comes after another successful album by the singer Eternal Sunshine and its recent deluxe version that came out in March.

The song bad idea is from Grande's 2019 album Thank You, Next. The album was quite special to the artist as the album was a compilation of her ups and downs, her struggles and her breakthroughs. We Can't Be Friends singer got quite candid on this album as she talked about her exes, Pete Davidson and Mac Miller, grief and sorrow and how to move forward.

The electro-pop song, riddled with catchy beats and a grand outro, is about having the "bad idea" of using someone else to get over somebody else and numb away the pain as apparent from her lyrics:

"I got a bad idea (Uh-huh)/Yeah, I'ma call you over here to numb the pain. Yeah, I know we shouldn't, baby, but we will (You know we will)/Need somebody, gimme something I can feel. Tryna get control of it (Yeah, yeah)/Why can't I let go of it?"

In the list of these 46 songs that cross 300 million streams, the top 5 songs are:

1. 7 rings with 2,509,424,787632,067 streams
2. thank u, next with 2,025,126,607404,763 streams,
3. Save Your Tears (Remix) (with the Weeknd) with 1,824,630,102813,355 streams
4. One Last Time with 1,733,536,872812,894 streams and
5. Into You with 1,589,009,843 streams.

Fans react to Ariana Grande's milestone

Fans celebrate this milestone with the singer as they express how underrated the song is.

"Deserves 1b," one fan commented.

"The chorus alone deserves 300M, timeless smash hit!"- one fan claimed.

Another arianator said,- "An album track did that!"

One user expressed,- "Wow! 46 songs is impressive! So close to making it to 50!"

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While another stated,- "Eighth track from thank u, next to do it. Queen of consistency, no skips ever!"

The singer has currently been focusing on her acting with her cinema debut with Wicked last year and her recent short film, Brighter Days Ahead, based on her album Eternal Sunshine and the concept of memory wiping, which dropped on March 28, 2025. But no matter what Ariana Grande puts out, her fans are right there to celebrate the milestone with her.

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