On Sunday, pop star Ariana Grande introduced the upcoming launch of her new single, her first new solo music in three years, titled “Sure, And?” for January 12 of this yr. Her final studio album, Positions, got here out in 2020, with a deluxe model in January 2021. The announcement was pretty easy, with only a blurry image of the singer in a seemingly darkish house, carrying purple lipstick.
Within the caption, she wrote, “sure, and? ♡ 1.12.”
On December 27, she shared a glimpse into her course of making music, together with pictures of the studio, crying and laughing with buddies, and collapsing on the sofa after an extended day recording.
In the previous few years, Grande has been specializing in different initiatives, together with her REM Magnificence model and the movie adaptation of the musical Depraved wherein she stars as Glinda, throughout from Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba. Her private life has additionally undergone modifications in 2023, with a divorce from her former husband, actual property agent Dalton Gomez. She started courting Broadway star Ethan Slater, who she met on the set of Depraved. Slater is forged as Boq, a resident of Munchkinland.
Simply earlier than the brand new yr, Grande emphasised how 2023 was “one of the crucial transformative, most difficult, and but happiest and most particular years” of her life on Instagram.
“I’ve by no means felt extra on the mercy of and in acceptance of what life was screaming to show me. i’ve by no means felt extra fulfilled by or current in my work, having the ability to cherish each second,” she wrote to her followers in an Instagram Story. “i gave every thing i may have probably given of my coronary heart and of myself to the initiatives i used to be lucky sufficient to be part of and discovered a lot from each sensible, lovely, soul that i had the privilege of making artwork with and crossing paths with this close to.”
Aimée Lutkin is the weekend editor at ELLE.com. Her writing has appeared in Jezebel, Glamour, Marie Claire and extra. Her first ebook, The Lonely Hunter, can be launched by Dial Press in February 2022.
