Every person mentioned in "Thank U Next" because Ariana Grande has dropped so many names

To this day, most Ariana Grande fans have probably heard, or at least heard, about the pop star's new banger, "Thank U, Next". Since the unexpected release of the song Saturday night, November 3, the internet is boiling. For example, who are all the people mentioned by Ariana Grande in "Thank U, Next"? The flaming verse of the song refers to a handful of names that many Grande fans (especially those who have been around since the beginning of the singer's career) will likely recognize. Hosting great novels with Big Sean, Ricky Alvarez, Mac Miller and, more recently, Pete Davidson, "Thank U, Next" from Grande offers listeners a glimpse of what she's learned after these relationships.

This seems more than appropriate, because, as reported by several media, "Thank U, Next" from Grande aims above all to go forward. Of course, as is customary when it comes to personal growth of almost any genre, moving forward often means coming to terms with the chapters you have chosen to leave behind. In the case of Grande, the personal enlightenment that she found in "Thank U, Next" seems to come after some serious critical reflections on each of her great past novels.

"I thought I would end up with Sean / but he was not doing the weight," said Grande at the beginning of the song, referring quite clearly to her relationship with Big Sean, the rapper with whom she shared two overly mention two duets : "Best Mistake" and "Right There". The couple released their love story at the Grammy Awards in 2015, but it was conceivable that it had been a product for about six months before. According to a report by E! At the time, Big and Big Sean separated in April of the same year, after a date that seemed to them almost nine months old.

Continuing, the first verse of the song quickly fits into a series of lyrics inspired by each notable relationship that followed, from Alvarez to Davidson:

"A wrote some songs about Ricky / now I'm listening and I'm laughing / I almost got married / And for Pete, I'm so grateful / I'd like to be able to say "thank you" to Malcolm / because he was an angel. "

Shortly after It was rumored that Big and Alvarez, one of his backup dancers, had started dating. In August 2015, another report from E! The news seemed to confirm rumors of relationship, and both seemed pretty happy about a year later. But in July 2016, Grande and Alvarez were also separated.

Then, about a month later, Grande and Miller unveiled their relationship with the audience at the MTV Video Music Awards 2016. (Just for everyone to be on the same page about Grande's lyric references, the name Miller's birth was Malcolm McCormick.) The couple had already been the subject of romantic rumors, mainly because of their musical collaboration "The Way" of 2013. And while they had apparently been seen by train to snuggle a few weeks before the VMA that year, the couple made it official at the awards ceremony. Big and Miller stayed together about two years after that, until their public separation last May.

Just weeks after Grande confirmed it and Miller's separation via Instagram Stories, rumors that she and Davidson had started dating together began to circulate. On May 30, Davidson, a comedian of Saturday Night Live appeared to "confirm" the relationship with an Instagram photo removed since Great Britain and Great wearing Harry Potter costumes alongside of the legend. , "the Chamber of Secrets has been opened." By the end of June, Grande and Davidson were engaged.

But a few months later, in October, Grande and Davidson separate, after two painful months for the singer. After Miller's untimely death in early September, Grande stepped back, retiring from this year's Emmy Award show and periodically moving away from social media. Grande has not yet commented directly on Davidson's separation reports. That said, her final name in "Thank U, Next" suggests that she no longer dwells on past novels. Why?

"Also, I have met someone else / we have better discussions / I know that they say I'm going too fast / it's Ari / and I'm so good at it. "

So, on the whole, it seems safe enough to say that Grande has no bitterness about the end of past novels. In fact, her sincere thanks to each of the ex throughout the new song clearly show that she is grateful for the time she has shared with them and what these experiences have taught her. And, from these experiences, it seems that the "next" relationship to the Grande horizon is with itself. Apart from romance, most people who have already had a relationship before know that this is the most important thing to maintain anyway.