{"id":564611,"date":"2026-08-10T10:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/564611\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T10:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:58:14","slug":"frankie-grande-voices-support-for-ariana-after-hiatus-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/564611\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Grande Voices Support for Ariana After Hiatus Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFrankie Grande has shared a message of support for his sister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/ariana-grande\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ariana Grande<\/a> following her announcement that she will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/ariana-grande-speaks-out-chicago-concert-1236308627\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">step back from public life<\/a> after her current tour.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/ariana-grande\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ariana-grande-i9s-344x344.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/frankie-grande\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-secondary-fancy-xxxs@desktop-xl a-font-secondary-fancy-s@desktop-xl-max lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-black u-padding-t-13 lrv-u-padding-b-2 lrv-u-margin-tb-00 lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-color-black lrv-u-width-100p\">See latest videos, charts and news<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWriting on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbwOZx5yW8R\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> alongside a clip of Ariana performing \u201cOne Last Time\u201d on her Eternal Sunshine tour, Frankie said he was \u201cso proud\u201d of his younger sister. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cFamily forever. I will have your back until the end of time,\u201d he wrote. \u201cLast night was a beautiful celebration of your artistry and the magnificent eternal sunshine family you have built and created\u2026 You are my everything and I am so so happy I was there to see you shine on this tour one last time.\u201d Frankie and Ariana are half-siblings who share their mother, Joan Grande.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAriana\u2019s team announced on Aug. 2 that she will step back from public visibility and appearances following the conclusion of the Eternal Sunshine tour. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/ariana-grande\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grande<\/a>\u00a0addressed her decision to step back from public life directly to fans during her\u00a0Eternal Sunshine\u00a0Tour stop in Chicago on Aug. 3, pushing back on the idea that outside criticism had driven the choice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI heard that my fans were worried that negativity was ruining things for me, but I just have to say that could not be more the f\u2014 opposite,\u201d she said, adding: \u201cHuman beings can need a break sometimes. And also, this can be and will continue to be the greatest experience of my professional and creative life.\u201d The tour\u2019s final date is scheduled for Sept. 1 in London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGrande is one of the most commercially successful pop artists of her era. Her new album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/ariana-grande-petal-tracklist-songs-1236277122\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1236277122\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Petal <\/a>arrived July 31, led by \u201cHate That I Made You Love Me,\u201d which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 \u2014 her 10th career leader, tying her for the 10th-most No. 1s in the chart\u2019s history. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt followed Eternal Sunshine (2024), which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 \u2014 her sixth chart-topping album \u2014 with the largest opening week of any album that year, and produced the Hot 100 No. 1s \u201cWe Can\u2019t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)\u201d and \u201cYes, And?.\u201d She has also expanded into film, earning an Academy Award nomination for her role in Wicked.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"c-logo lrv-a-unstyle-link u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-width-100p  u-max-width-100 u-height-26 u-max-width-130px@mobile-max u-margin-t-040@mobile-max\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/\" title=\"Billboard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-accent-l@desktop u-font-size-1205 a-font-accent-xs@mobile-max u-font-size-15@mobile-max u-line-height-22px@mobile-max lrv-u-text-align-center@mobile-max u-letter-spacing-0030@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-t-025 lrv-u-margin-a-00 u-padding-t-0125@mobile-max u-padding-b-0063@mobile-max\">Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link  lrv-a-unstyle-button lrv-u-cursor-pointer lrv-u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-background-color-brand-primary lrv-u-background-color-black:hover lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover u-padding-lr-0.875 u-padding-tb-10 lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-align-items-center a-font-basic-fancy-xs u-margin-t-0.188 u-margin-b-0188 u-margin-b-040@mobile-max\" href=\"https:\/\/preferences.mail.billboard.com\/preferences\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\tSign Up<\/a><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frankie Grande has shared a message of support for his sister Ariana Grande following her announcement that she&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,3295,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-564611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-genre-pop","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}