Missy has also ventured into writing pop hits, including "borderline" from Ariana Grande's album Sweetener in 2018. The Songwriters Hall of Famer recently chatted with Variety and shared that she loves "working with new artists because that keeps me refreshed, they're so talented, all of them, and they inspire me." When it came to "borderline," Missy said, "The Ariana song was a record for me and she liked it. But for the most part, anybody that I do a record for, I try to cater it to them — and when I say 'cater,' I don't really mean... I still try to make them come out of what's the norm of what's predictable for them."