Published 15:50 IST, February 10th 2019
Ariana Grande opens about how split with Pete impacted 'Thank U', Next'
American singer Ariana Grande recently revealed that there were three versions of her latest hit song ‘Thank U, Next’ and opened up about how her split with ex-fiancé-comedian Pete Davidson impacted the track’s lyrics
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American singer Ariana Grande recently revealed that re were three versions of her latest hit song ‘Thank U, Next’ and opened up about how her split with ex-fiancé-comedian Pete Davidson impacted track’s lyrics. pop singer recently appeared on ‘Zach Sang Show’ and talked about how her split with Pete, reported E! Online.
‘Thank U, Next’ includes Pete’s name as well as her or ex-boyfriends Big Sean, Ricky Alvarez and late rapper Mac Miller. track was released in vember, a month after she and Pete ended ir brief engment.
In recent interview, she informed that Sean and Ricky both loved song.
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“Everyone that I am still in touch with has been very supportive of it,” Ariana said in interview.
Ariana talked about how song had three different versions and even referred to her broken engment.
In first version, Ariana sings, “Thought I’d end up with Sean / But he wasn’t a match / Wrote some songs about Ricky / w I listen and laugh / Even almost got married / And for Pete, I’m so thankful / Wish I could say ‘thank you’ to Malcolm / ‘Cause he was an angel.”
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She had recorded two alternate versions of breakup track including one without names.
“I was also trying to be protective. In my relationship [with Pete] at time, things were like up and down and on and off, and so I didn’t kw what was going to happen and n we got back toger, so I had to make a different version of it, and n we broke up again, so we ended up going with that verse,” she said.
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“re’s a version where I was getting married, re’s a version where I’m t getting married, re’s a version with thing—we’re t talking about anything. But we all knew that first version was gonna be version we ultimately went with,” she added.
Ariana added, getting a little emotional, “At end of day, se are people and relationships. It’s real s–t to me. It is real life and I spent a lot of time with each of those people…it was like scary to put in a song.”
Ariana’s split with Pete was followed by some public drama. When 25-year-old comedian made headlines in December by posting a seemingly suicidal te on Instagram and n deleted his account. Ariana reached out to him on Twitter to offer support and even rushed to show’s studios to see if he was okay, but he refused to meet her.
He has since appeared to recover and has also moved on in his love life. He was recently spotted out with actress Kate Beckinsale. Ariana has also written about Pete before, her previous album ‘Sweetener’ features a song called ‘Pete Davidson’.
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15:50 IST, February 10th 2019