Ariana Grande‘s 2026 tour might be her last — or touring may, at least, become a rare occurrence.
The Wicked star enjoys trying different things in her career, she explained on the Good Hang with Amy Poehler podcast.
“I feel very privileged and grateful to have learned that there can be room for different creative endeavors,” the 32-year-old singer and actress said. “So that’s been a really beautiful thing. I think it will change a lot. I think the last 10 or 15 years will look very different than the ones that are coming up. And I don’t want to say any definitive things. I do know that I’m very excited to do this small tour, but I think it might not happen again for a long, long, long, long time.”
Grande began her career as a teen on Nickelodeon shows such as Victorious and Sam & Cat, before moving into music and more grown-up acting roles.
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Ariana Grande attends the ‘Wicked: For Good’ premiere in Singapore on Nov. 13
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“So I’m going to give it my all, and it’s going to be beautiful, and I’m so grateful,” she said of her planned 2026 concerts in support of her 2024 Eternal Sunshine album. “I think that’s why I’m doing it, because I’m like, one last hurrah — for now.”
The Oscar nominee and Grammy winner said her plans also include a movie. She didn’t say which one, but she’s been cast in Meet the Parents 4, alongside Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro.
“I spent so much time only doing pop music, but I grew up as a girl who loved musical theater and comedy,” the “7 Rings” singer said. “So I think the thing that will be best for my soul and also for my art and for what I’m giving myself to is if I’m chasing things that sort of feel just very right in the moment, even if it’s spontaneous, if it’s something different.”
Grande said she’d doing “a small stint of shows next year, because that is something that authentically sounded good to me, and then from there, there are other things that are different. I think following those authentic impulses, it feels like a really good idea, a good thing.”
Poehler, who’s 54, said getting older helped her to listen to her body more and do what feels right.
Grande explained that she’s feeling more like that, but she hasn’t always.
“When I came into all of this,” Grande said, “my pop career sort of took over my life in a way.”
Grande became a star quickly, which was not always easy to navigate. Just this month, the actress was rushed and grabbed on the yellow carpet of the Wicked: For Good Singapore premiere by a man who has since been sentenced to nine days in prison for being a public nuisance.
Listen to their full conversation above.
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