{"id":239673,"date":"2025-10-25T10:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T10:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/239673\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T10:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T10:36:10","slug":"did-ariana-grande-know-about-beyonces-surprise-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/239673\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Ariana Grande Know About Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s Surprise Album?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n She knows \u2026 I know she knows.
\n Photo: Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images\n <\/p>\n

The evidence is stacking up, and the picture of the incident is becoming clearer: Ariana Grande knew about Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s surprise self-titled album<\/a> in 2013 and dutifully told no one, leaving thousands of Beyhive members vulnerable<\/a> to their queen\u2019s sneak attack. In an October 24 episode of the podcast Shut Up Evan<\/a>, Grande told a sweet story about Bey inviting her to visit a music-video set early in her career. \u201cBeyonc\u00e9 had me come visit a music video she was shooting. I was just there in a corner, like, Why am I here?\u201d Grande said. \u201cIt was after I sang \u2018Tattooed Heart\u2019 on the AMAs, I believe it was. And she invited me to set to visit her \u2014 just being kind. She gave me a little advice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s be very clear about our facts. Grande sang \u201cThe Way\u201d and \u201cTattooed Heart\u201d at the American Music Awards on November 24, 2013, less than a month before Beyonc\u00e9 would change the game with that Beyonc\u00e9 digital drop on December 13, uploading the album to iTunes without anyone knowing a new project was coming. Except Grande.<\/p>\n

The Wicked star was\u00a0likely on set for\u00a0\u201cJealous,\u201d which was filmed three weeks before the album came out, per MTV News<\/a>. The video sees Bey both inside and outside on the streets of New York City. Could she really have kept the line \u201cI cooked this meal for you naked \/ So where the hell you at?\u201d secret from her brother Frankie for multiple weeks? Impressive work.<\/p>\n

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