I remember the day this cover came out mostly bc i was very endeared by her sharing the cover with her mutt instead of a pomeranian or a frenchie or some bullshit
oscar voter admits they snubbed ariana grande & cynthia erivo as “they creeped a lot of people out” during the press tour:
“they sucked the air out of any red carpet they were on. think of it this way: we were protecting ariana from her anxiety and cynthia from having to intervene. again.”
Ariana Grande appears to hint that the ‘eternal sunshine tour’ might be her last after wrapping up her interview with Vogue Japan:
“I hope I get to hug you in LA at one of the shows or all at all of them. Just in case it never happens again.”
Ariana Grande credits her mom for giving her strength amid tabloid scrutiny:
“When I felt like my work wasn't good enough to be louder than the things that were wrong with maybe my appearance or the tabloid culture that sort of latched on to me, that I felt like my soul and Cancerian spirit was not strong enough to fight back against. My mom was there every single time to tell me it was bullsh*t and to keep singing.” (Vogue Japan)
ariana grande opens up about how mac miller encouraged her to be herself when she started her music career:
“i’ve never talked about this, but actually malcolm, who you might know as mac, encouraged me to be myself […] embrace my brown hair and make r&b-influenced pop music, and separate, and do the brave thing.”
ariana grande talks about the making of “thank u, next”:
“that was a very challenging time in my life. my dear friends victoria monét, tayla parx and tommy brown all came to new york to be with me as friends to support me. it wasn’t like ‘we have to make an album right now’, but that was just the thing that we all ended up doing. we definitely held the studio space and we didn’t leave. it was a life saving experience, it really was.”