{"id":840954,"date":"2026-08-03T02:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T02:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/840954\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T02:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T02:21:08","slug":"new-music-video-sparks-fears-for-ariana-grande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/840954\/","title":{"rendered":"New music video sparks fears for Ariana Grande"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans and celebrities have publicly expressed their concerns for Ariana Grande after her latest music video showed the always petite star looking alarmingly thinner than ever. <\/p>\n<p>Grande, 33, dropped the <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=afSgBNwmZrQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">music video<\/a> for her new single Petal on Friday, along with her new studio album of the same name. <\/p>\n<p>But some on social media said they found it hard to make it through the music video, given Grande\u2019s shockingly thin appearance throughout. <\/p>\n<p>In one scene, Grande dances in costume as Sandy from the classic movie Grease, her rib bones jutting against her skin in a low-cut, off-the-shoulder top. <\/p>\n<p>The music video immediately caused fierce debate on social media, with some of Grande\u2019s acolytes arguing that it was not appropriate to comment on her body \u2013 while many others expressed their hope that the star is getting help.<\/p>\n<p>Grande is currently in the midst of a gruelling work schedule \u2013 she\u2019s releasing this new album midway through a 41-date world tour that sees her perform on stage for more than two hours a night, up to five nights a week.<\/p>\n<p>Other recent photos of the star on stage and meeting fans after a show have sparked similar concerns.<\/p>\n<p>American broadcaster and former The View panellist Meghan McCain is one well-known figure who spoke out about the new video, saying it reminded her \u201cof the Amy Winehouse era when it was blatantly obvious something was very wrong but everyone around her just ignored and enabled it.\u201d<br \/>Actress and body positivity campaigner Jameela Jamil also spoke out online, calling the video \u201cdangerous\u201d. \u201cThis poor woman is possibly dying right in front of us,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Countless others online echoed those sentiments, with many commentators questioning why Grande and her team were barrelling full steam ahead with her various career commitments rather than allowing her a break. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat video is SO hard to watch,\u201d one fan wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Another called the video \u201cdistressing\u201d. \u201cI know we aren\u2019t supposed to publicly talk about this for some reason, but it\u2019s genuinely upsetting,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>A third called it \u201cterrifying and heartbreaking\u201d asked, \u201cWhy was a music video of her in this state even allowed to be released?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>News.com.au has today commented Grande\u2019s management seeking a statement about the video. <\/p>\n<p>Grande has faced speculation about her size for several years now. Back in 2023, the star posted a video on social media in which she urged her followers to be more mindful before sharing their opinion on others\u2019 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe body that you\u2019ve been comparing my current body to was the unhealthiest version of my body. I was on a lot of antidepressants and drinking on them and eating poorly,\u201d she said, referring to past photos of herself that fans had said showed her looking \u201chealthier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I was] at the lowest point of my life when I looked the way you consider my healthy, but that in fact wasn\u2019t my healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In December last year came a report in the <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-15364909\/ariana-grande-cynthia-erivo-wicked-fears-touch.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Mail<\/a> that the star, who had just completed her second press tour in 12 months for the two-part Wicked movie musical, was \u201cnot in a healthy place\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is struggling right now,\u201d a source told the outlet. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s not in a healthy place and she knows it. Everyone around her knows it. Her anxiety is through the roof. She overexerted herself and the cracks started to show pretty quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFortunately she\u2019s got a support system. Everyone is encouraging her to take care of her own mental health \u2013 because she needs to,\u201d the source said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans and celebrities have publicly expressed their concerns for Ariana Grande after her latest music video showed the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":840955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[413277,387324,325111,22956,93752,241634,413268,377674,413254,413251,376730,413284,413273,378351,397470,377075,377249,376769,413233,376594,413271,413256,413280,38771,228235,24871,64,63,32140,18998,156721,120167,413270,134,6986,1635,413239,199641,302545,413266,413275,39598,5588,413272,39560,413260,413249,381559,385282,413274,413281,413241,413248,413258,413236,413269,413287,413259,406156,413238,237,45755,399127,409304,413252,376762,413257,413235,67432,381654,413285,380151,403989,413261,413244,39611,399440,413286,1314,413282,413255,3203,47867,413253,4031,413245,413234,413262,245970,413283,413267,227529,215379,413247,413240,413243,413263,384165,413276,413250,376867,34537,413264,413278,376738,214758,389548,413265,389099,413232,413242,413237,382188,413279,39,413246],"class_list":["post-840954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-s-acolytes","tag-s-management","tag-my-life","tag-12-months","tag-93752","tag-241634","tag-a-41-date-world-tour","tag-a-break","tag-a-gruelling-work-schedule","tag-a-healthy-place","tag-a-lot","tag-a-low-cut","tag-a-music-video","tag-a-night","tag-a-report","tag-a-show","tag-a-source","tag-a-statement","tag-a-support-system","tag-a-video","tag-a-week-other-recent-photos","tag-actress-and-body-positivity-campaigner-jameela-jamil","tag-antidepressants-and-drinking","tag-appearance","tag-appearances","tag-ariana-grande","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-care","tag-clip","tag-costume","tag-december","tag-eating-disorder-helpline","tag-entertainment","tag-fact","tag-fans","tag-fans-and-celebrities","tag-fears","tag-fierce-debate","tag-five-nights","tag-former-the-view-panellist-meghan-mccain","tag-friday","tag-front","tag-full-steam","tag-grande","tag-help-grande","tag-her-anxiety","tag-her-body","tag-her-followers","tag-her-latest-music-video","tag-her-new-music-video","tag-her-new-single-petal","tag-her-new-studio-album","tag-her-own-mental-health","tag-her-rib-bones","tag-her-second-press-tour","tag-her-size","tag-her-skin","tag-her-team","tag-her-various-career-commitments","tag-internet","tag-last-year","tag-many-commentators","tag-many-others","tag-more-than-two-hours","tag-my-body","tag-my-current-body","tag-my-healthy","tag-new-music-video","tag-news-com-au","tag-off-the-shoulder-top","tag-one-fan","tag-one-scene","tag-one-well-known-figure","tag-past-photos","tag-sandy","tag-several-years","tag-similar-concerns-american-broadcaster","tag-social-media","tag-some-fans-and-fellow-celebs","tag-some-reason","tag-speculation","tag-stage","tag-stage-and-meeting-fans","tag-star","tag-that-video","tag-the-always-petite-star","tag-the-amy-winehouse-era","tag-the-body","tag-the-classic-movie-grease","tag-the-cracks","tag-the-daily-mail","tag-the-end","tag-the-lowest-point","tag-the-midst","tag-the-music-video","tag-the-new-video","tag-the-outlet","tag-the-roof","tag-the-same-name","tag-the-source","tag-the-star","tag-the-two-part-wicked-movie-musical","tag-the-unhealthiest-version","tag-the-video","tag-the-way","tag-their-concerns","tag-their-hope","tag-their-opinion","tag-this-new-album","tag-this-poor-woman","tag-this-pop-star","tag-this-state","tag-those-sentiments","tag-top-stories","tag-x-another"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}