Ariana Grande credits 'Thank U, Next' with "saving my life" following Mac Miller's death and the Manchester terrorist attack
Ariana Grande has revealed that her hit album 'Thank U, Next' "saved her life" during a period when she was facing PTSD, depression and more.
Ariana Grande has credited her hit album âThank U, Nextâ with âsaving my lifeâ during a dark period of time for the pop singer.
On the latest episode of The Hollywood Reporterâs âAwards Chatterâ podcast with Ariana Grande, the singer-actress opened up about her mental health struggles in the past and how music helped her move forward.
Ariana Grande. Credit: John Shearer/Getty Images for The Recording AcademyâThank U, Nextâ came just a couple of short months after the release of her 2018 album âSweetenerâ and was written and recorded in the span of just two weeks, which is something Ariana Grande has said she âneededâ.
AdvertisementShe explained to The Hollywood Reporter: âI was doing so much therapy, and I was dealing with PTSD and all different kinds of grief and depression and anxiety. I was, of course, treating it very seriously, but having music be a part of that remedy was absolutely contributing to saving my life. They were dark times, and the music brought so much levity.â
Listen to Ariana Grandeâs chat with The Hollywood Reporterâs âAwards Chatterâ below.
RecommendedWith âThank U, Nextâ coming so soon after âSweetenerâ, Grande admitted that it was something her record label was âhesitantâ about, but she saw it as âa means of survivalâ. She said: âThe label understood that, but they were also very hesitant to stop Sweetener dead in its tracks and move onto an album so quickly⊠I just said, âI donât really care about the formula. I donât want to play by the rules at this moment, because this is what I need for my soul.â It felt really healing and freeing.â
âThank U, Nextâ came as a lifeline for Grande, who in the months prior had faced some tumultuous times. In September 2018, her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller had died from an accidental drug overdose, and in October that year, she broke up with comedian-actor Pete Davidson. A year before all of that, her Manchester concert in 2017 was infamously targetted for a deadly terrorist attack, leaving her with PTSD.
Ariana Grande. CREDIT: Neil Mockford/WireImageMore recently, Grande has enjoyed a significant 2024, releasing her latest album âEternal Sunshineâ before going on to dominate the box office globally as Glinda in Wicked â for which she has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 2025 Oscars.
AdvertisementShe appeared on the Varietyâs Awards Circuit podcast earlier this year and touched on the vocal prep she undertook for her âdream roleâ as Glinda, as well as the new song her character takes on in the second instalment, Wicked: For Good, which is set for release in cinemas November 21.
The âYes, And?â singer said playing the pink-loving witch came with a heavy sense of responsibility, and has already admitted it may change her vocals forever, having spent months transforming her voice to sing Glindaâs soprano parts.
Ariana Granda is Glinda and Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba in âWickedâ. CREDIT: Universal StudiosShe also gave fans a hint of whatâs to come from Glindaâs new song, written by the Broadway productionâs original composer Stephen Schwartz â who her co-star Cynthia Erivo teamed up with to co-write an original track for the sequel.
In a four-star review of Wicked, Nick Levine wrote for NME: âWicked flags a little in the middle, but not enough to dampen a dramatic climax in which Elphaba and Glinda travel to Oz to meet the fabled Wonderful Wizard (Jeff Goldblum). He and Yeoh sell their brief musical numbers on twinkly charisma, but Erivo and Grande are both vocally extraordinary.â
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