{"id":490196,"date":"2026-06-09T06:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/490196\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T06:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:54:08","slug":"ariana-grande-references-her-divorce-during-thank-u-next-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/490196\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande References Her Divorce During “Thank U, Next” Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

The future that Ariana Grande manifested on her 2018 hit \u201cthank u, next\u201d<\/a> may not have worked out as planned, but now, she\u2019s found the humor in it. On June 6, the singer kicked off her long-awaited Eternal Sunshine Tour<\/a> and made some changes<\/a> to her performance of \u201cthank u, next,\u201d nodding to her family drama and divorce from ex-husband Dalton Gomez in subtle yet hilarious ways.<\/p>\n

After playing a jukebox montage of some of throwback hits, including \u201cThe Way\u201d and \u201cGod is a woman,\u201d Grande surprised fans by bringing back \u201cthank u, next,\u201d her first older song in the setlist. For the most part, it was business as usual, but when she got to the bridge, she switched up some of the lyrics to reflect her current life and prove how far she\u2019s come.<\/p>\n

Envisioning her future, she usually sings, \u201cOne day I\u2019ll walk down the aisle holding hands with my mama \/ I\u2019ll be thanking my dad, \u2018cause she grew from the drama.\u201d But now, Grande sings \u201cWe all grew from the drama,\u201d nodding to her family\u2019s reconciliation. <\/p>\n

She then skirted the next line, \u201cOnly wanna do it once real bad, gonna make that sh*t last.\u201d Instead, she gave a knowing look to the crowd and flashed the number two before bursting into laughter with the rest of the audience. Like Cher once sang, she believes in life after love. <\/p>\n

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Grande tied the knot to Gomez, a luxury real estate agent, in May 2021, after over a year of dating and a six-month engagement. However, the pair separated nearly two years later. The relationship seemed to inspire Grande\u2019s acclaimed 2024 album, Eternal Sunshine<\/a>, particularly the emotional title track<\/a>, in which she erases memories of strife and infidelity \u00e0 la Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. <\/p>\n

When it comes to her parents, Grande revealed in a February episode of WTF with Marc Maron<\/a> that she got her mother, Joan, and father, Ed Butera, to make up after nearly two decades of hostility following their divorce. Now, their daughter says she \u201ccan\u2019t separate them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re not together, but they\u2019re best friends,\u201d she said. \u201cIt took 18 years, and it took me forcing it. I forced them to communicate again… I guess they just had some sort of beautiful conversation, or realized that how much they love me is so much louder than whatever nonsense happened way back when. It really is beautiful. It did something to my brain, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

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