Ariana Grande and Ricky Alvarez are red-carpet official after the Wicked star soft launched their reignited romance back in August.
The couple, who originally dated from 2015 to 2016 and rekindled their relationship this year, were photographed at the premiere of Focker-in-Law in New York City on Wednesday.
Grande, 33, costars in the comedy alongside Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro.
Despite previously dating years ago, this appears to be their very first red carpet together.
Grande wore a vintage ’90s Badgley Mischka gown, which was contrasted by Alvarez’s more toned-down white shirt and black blazer paired with blue jeans.
Grande has been known to rekindle a romance or two, with Alvarez no exception.
The two first met when Alvarez was a backup dancer on the singer’s Honeymoon Tour in 2015 and began dating the same year.
By 2016, however, they called it quits, and by 2019, the Thank You Next hitmaker was name dropping Alvarez in her breakup anthem.
The song, released in 2019, was Grande’s way of reflecting on what her past failed relationships taught her, from the late Mac Miller, who died of a drug overdose to Pete Davidson, whose short-lived engagement she broke off following the news of Miller’s passing.
Other exes of Grande’s, including Big Sean and Ricky Alvarez, got lines in the song.
“Thought I’d end up with Sean / But it wasn’t a match”
“Wrote some songs about Ricky / Now I listen and laugh”
“Even almost got married / And for Pete I’m so thankful”
“Wish I could say ‘thank you’ to Malcolm / ‘Cause he was an angel”
The song’s chorus boasts that “one taught me love, one taught me patience, one taught me pain,” and reflected on how she had loved and lost.
A few months ago, speculation grew that Grande was rekindling her romance with Alvarez following her split with Ethan Slater after the two were spotted together in June.
By July, rumours only grew after Grande noticeably changed the lyrics to Thank You Next to “I wrote some songs about Ricky / We always find our way back.”
That same month, Alvarez was seen dancing at her concerts in the audience.
On July 7, a Grande source told PEOPLE “Ricky has always been a friend and confidant” and said she “really trusts him” with similar stories from sources being reported by TMZ.
In August, Grande casually snuck in some photos of her and Alvarez in an Instagram carousel and tagged him.
Though they’ve been Instagram official for months, the two are reportedly looking forward to spending more time together ahead of Grande’s plans to take a step back from public facing work.
A source exclusively told Page Six that Grande will “be spending a lot of time with her family, friends, and Ricky.”
“Between touring, rehearsals and her other work commitments, she and Ricky haven’t been able to spend as much time together as she would have liked over the past few months, so she’s looking forward to having more uninterrupted time with him.”
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