Ariana Grande Drops surprises a new song, "Thank U, Next" – Variety

UPDATE: Ariana Grande's personal life has made headlines until 2018: her breakup with her long-time boyfriend, Mac Miller, and her dazzling engagement with the star of '' Saturday Night Live, "Pete Davidson, a few weeks later, and Miller's death following an apparent drug overdose, and then his separation. with Davidson a few months later.

Big Sean and Ricky Alvarez, all previous friends, are featured in a song she teases all week, "Thank U, Next", which she left abruptly Saturday night, half an hour before the first new episode of "SNL" since his separation with Davidson. Despite the potentially combative timing, the result of the song is that she is good with all her ex.

"I thought I would end up with Sean
But it was not a match
Wrote some songs on Ricky
Now I listen and laugh
Even almost married
And for Pete, I'm so grateful
I would like to be able to thank Malcolm [Miller]Because he was an angel,

"We learned about love
I've learned patience
And we learned the pain
Now I am so amazing
Say that I liked and that I lost
But that's not what I see
So look what I've
Look what you've learned
And for that I say

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"Thanks, next
Thanks, next
Thanks, next
I am very grateful for my ex. "

Ninety minutes later, "Saturday Night Live", Davidson made his own statement during the "Weekend Update" segment of the show. He concluded his speech by saying, "I know that some of you are curious about the breakup, but the truth is that it is nobody 's business. Sometimes things do not work and it's okay. He is a great and strong person and I sincerely wish him all the happiness of the world. Now, please, go vote Tuesday, agree?

Judging by the social media posts earlier this week, Grande did not respond well to Davidson's reference to their breakup when promoting "SNL" (one of them quipped this week's musical guest, Maggie Rogers, to marry her). relax the atmosphere.

The severity of his comment on a new album was less clear. "Sweetener", her fourth and last album, was released just two months ago and is currently in number 20 of the Billboard 200. Last week, she announced the world tour "Sweetener", whose dates initials go from March to June 2019.