Courtesy of NetflixFilm & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsAriana Grande and Kid Cudi share their apocalyptic song from Don’t Look UpThe ‘Just Look Up’ performers appear in the upcoming disaster comedy alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Timothée Chalamet, and moreShareLink copied ✔️December 4, 2021December 4, 2021TextThom Waite Last month, Netflix shared the first full trailer for Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up, showing two small-time astronomers (played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence) on a hopeless mission to warn Earth’s inhabitants about their impending doom. Now, Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi have shared their soundtrack for the apocalypse, a pop ballad (and desperate plea to “get your head out of your ass”) titled “Just Look Up”, which has been tipped as a best original song contender at the Oscars. Both musicians will make cameo appearances in the forthcoming disaster comedy, which also features performances by Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance, and Cate Blanchett. The president and her chief of staff — who dismiss the astronomers’ claims about an approaching comet in a teaser released in September — are played by Meryl Streep and Jonah Hill, respectively. “This guy was the grossest blast I’ve ever had,” Hill wrote of his slimy, badly-dressed role earlier this year. “I thought, what if Fyre Festival was a person and that person had power in the White House.” In a statement on the newly-released Don’t Look Up track, Moonlight and Succession composer Nicholas Britell says: “It was a privilege to collaborate with Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi, and Taura Stinson on our song ‘Just Look Up’, a love song that transforms into a rallying cry.” “Many of the projects that I’ve worked on with Adam McKay are, in their own way, explorations of tone as a central topic — they’re all a unique blend of gravitas and absurdity.” Previous collaborations between McKay and Britell include the acclaimed features The Big Short and Vice. Don’t Look Up, he adds, captures “a sense of ever-increasing astonishment at how crazy things really are.” Watch the official lyric video for “Just Look Up” below, and revisit the Don’t Look Up trailer here. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREEuphoria season 3 is a celebration of female degradationThis iPhone-shot doc exposes the ugliness of authoritarianism Nike Airmaxxing with singer-songwriter Simone Ruth7 things to watch from trans film festival TITE10 films we’re excited to see at Cannes Film Festival 2026Exit8: A must-see Japanese horror about an endless commute ‘It’s just the aesthetic’: The Drama and the allure of violent subculturesWhat went down at our 25th anniversary screening of AmélieHow Daniel Blumberg turned water, wind and silence into a film scoreDazed x MUBI Cinema Club’s season finale: Father Mother Sister Brother6LILITH6: Inside the witchy femme mall cult of Forbidden FruitsDJ Ahmet, a coming-of-ager about an EDM-obsessed teen sheep farmerEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy