Ariana Grande was a guest on the Tonight Show last Thursday. She’s been promoting her album, Sweetener, which came out on Friday. She premiered some of her songs, including the opening track Breathing, which she said is about dealing with anxiety. There’s also a song that’s called “Pete Davidson,” it’s not called just Pete she used his full name. It’s a slow jam, you can hear it at about 3:40 into the video below and here’s a link to the lyrics. She calls him her soulmate and talks about their relationship like it’s fated. It turns out that she knew she would marry him when she met him. Here’s what she told Jimmy Fallon about that:
We met on SNL like 2, 3 years ago whenever that was [ed note: it was March, 2016]. We never liked exchanged numbers or anything. We weren’t even like friends for the longest time. I had the biggest crush in the whole world on him for the whole time, for like forever. My friends just made fun of me… I like left his writers room when we were writing skits and stuff for the show. My tour manager was in the hallway. I’m not a crushy person I don’t have like crushes on people I don’t know. I left and I like jokingly said to my tour manager ‘I’m going to marry him 100%.’
After that she joked about her grandmother facetiming Pete for the first time and calling him David. She did her New York accent to impersonate her and it was hilarious. I guess sometimes you feel a connection to someone immediately, but I’m a little more pragmatic than that and am not a “love at first sight” person.
Later in the show Ariana sang “Natural Woman” as a tribute to Aretha Franklin and it was lovely. She also told a story about meeting Aretha when they both performed at the White House. Aretha called her later and asked if it was ok if she sent her some music from her nephew. Ariana of course said “yes” and got a CD in the mail four months later.
In another recent interview, with radio station Beats 1, Ariana got upset and understandably started crying when she talked about her song “Get Well Soon.” It’s about the Manchester bombing, where 23 people, half of them children, were killed in a terrorist bombing at her concert in 2017. Of course she’s still upset talking about that, I can’t imagine what she went through. She said that the song is about dealing with anxiety and living in the moment. You can see the interview and read more quotes from it on US Magazine’s site. I’ll just say that I get why she got serious with Pete so fast and I’ll leave it at that.
Here’s Ariana’s interview on The Tonight Show. The part where she talks about first meeting Pete is at 5:00 in.
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I’m actually here for Pete and Ariana now. They’re kinda cute together. That said, is God is a Woman about the bombing or is that a misprint? The lyrics don’t really reflect that.
Think it’s just a mistake and should read that it is about Get Well Soon.
I will fix it thanks!
They both seem like very genuine, good people and while they both seem really naive, I do hope for the best for them. It’s lovely when good things happen to good people.
The fact the only contents of her bag appear to be a face puff, a perfume(?) and a vape pen is cracking me up this morning. She travels light, I respect that.
Like, she like talks like a valley girl or the like the like Kardashians
I’m happy for her and Pete.
I also wonder about those boots she wears all the time in the summer. They look so hot and too smothering to be wearing when it’s 100 degrees outside!
Wearing them with huge sweatshirts must make her extra hot
Someone at Elle did a hilarious article about dressing like her for a week, wearing the big sweatshirts and boots in the NYC summer: https://www.elle.com/fashion/celebrity-style/a22678310/i-dressed-as-ariana-grande-for-a-week/
I’ve always been kinda meh on Ariana, she seems nice enough but a bit bland. However today I saw a story elsewhere about her interactions with a fan who had gotten an advance copy of her CD. The girl was happily showing it off on instagram and AG pitched a fit because the girl didn’t have her nails tidy. Seriously, she complained about how her music was too good and she’d worked too hard for it to be shown next to unmanicured nails. It was not a good look for her.
I can’t find anything about that online? It seems a bit odd
It was on Buzzfeed, I read it too.
Found it thanks Holly – https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/clean-your-nails-no-offense?utm_term=.wuqDBpB12#.wczwDRDj5 here for anyone else.
I don’t see the problem with what AG said to be honest
I think the fan wasn’t supposed to scoop the cover art and decided to do it anyway. And her nails WERE dirty. 😉
Uhhh was black and crusty, possibly infected, and yes, dirty lol. It did take away from the album cover a bit. In fact I couldn’t see the album cover bc of her crooked pictures. Yuck…who doesn’t consider nails part of personal grooming?
Yeah, no. The “fan” got an advance copy and was posting leaks on Twitter. I’d be kind of pissed too.
Fine to be upset about leaks and to even say something about it, but that’s not what AG did, she attacked the girl on a very personal level.
The nails didn’t look dirty to me, more very badly bitten and possibly bleeding, which again made it seem unnecessarily cruel.
@Maddy wtf, a badly bitten and possibly bleeding nail is just as gross and unappealing to look at as a dirty nail!
I didn’t always like her, but I’ve really come around to her in the past few months, and I like them as a couple. They’ve both been through unique, tragic experiences due to terrorism and I’m sure they have a special, healing bond because of that.
@ Case, I agree. Ariana & Pete have that same type of tragedy bond so I believe that brings them closer. They can each understand it as no one else can unless you’ve been through it.
I’m loving Sweetener. “No Tears left to Cry” NEVER should have been her first single when “Breathin” was an option. That’s one of the best ones on the album and it’s already stuck in my head. “The Light is coming” was just a waste- the only likeable part is Nicki’s rap.
Best songs (in no particular order):
-“God is a Woman”
– “Breathin”
-“R.E.M.” (this one was also a Beyoncé demo from 2013. I really hope to see Beyoncé and Ariana collaborate on something in the future)
-“Goodnight n Go” (Her voice is angelic on this track-just like it is on “Raindrops”)
– “Get Well Soon” (This is the one with the moment of silence on the end)
Pete and Ariana are a car crash waiting to happen.
I actually found that interview clip to be a little bit delightful. I don’t think I’ve ever heard her speak (or sing) before seeing this clip. She can sing, eh? She’s clearly still very young and her manner of speaking reflects that, but she does have some charisma for sure.