Ariana Grande's Apple Music Interview: Living With Anxiety, Meeting Jim Carrey, Taking Time Away From Music to Heal & When She'll Tour Again

Shakira’s eldest son appears to be taking after her when it comes to music!

The upcoming Wicked musical movie doesn’t use canned vocals, director Jon M. Chu says.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu confirmed in a new interview with Vanity Fair that his leading ladies Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo sang live on set, similar to how other movie musicals such as “La La Land” and “Les Miserables” were filmed. Studios often rely on pre-recorded tracks when filming musical numbers, which requires performers to lip-synch along on set.

We have our first professional photos of the leads of the Wicked movie, including Ariana Grande as Glinda, Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, and Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard (all courtesy of Vanity Fair!)

Shakira is opening up about her world.

Ariana Grande and her ex-husband Dalton Gomez have finalized their divorce following their 2-year marriage. The singer, who hints at the struggles of her relationship in her new album, is set to pay Gomez $1.25 million as ordered by a judge in Los Angeles.Joe Manganiello and Caitlin O’Connor seem to be ready for marriage and kids after his divorce from Sofia VergaraNorth West gives first interview about her album, says it will be ‘great’: Kim Kardashian shows her supportAriana Grande tells music leakers ‘I’ll see you in jail’As reported by the Associated Press, the dissolution of their marriage became official on Tuesday, with the former couple settling their case back in October 2023.

Ariana Grande‘s grandmother – Marjorie “Nonna” Grande – has made history by becoming the oldest person to hit the Billboard Hot 100.The 98-year-old is featured on Grande’s track ‘Ordinary things’ from her latest studio album ‘Eternal Sunshine‘. The song earned the 55th spot on this week’s Billboard Hot 100 chart, setting a new record for the oldest person to appear on the chart.At the end of ‘Ordinary Things’, “Nonna” – who is credited as a co-writer of the song – closes out the track by reflecting on her late husband, Frank, saying: “And when he’d come home and I’d see him, when he first gets off that train / It was like God almighty arrived / It was like seein’ daylight”. “Nonna” then proceeds to offer advice saying: “And as I told her, never go to bed without kissin’ goodnight / That’s the worst thing to do, don’t ever, ever do that”.The late Fred Stobaugh previously held the record, earning the title at 96-years-old after appearing on the Green Shoe Studio track ‘Oh Sweet Lorraine’.

Ariana Grande’s grandmother is making history!

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music The standoff between Universal Music Groupand TikTok over royalty payments and AI policies has resulted in a near-complete blackout of all music owned, distributed and published by the company on the platform — the videos are still there, but the music is muted. Yet new songs by UMG artists, including Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello and Niall Horan could be found on TikTok at the time of this article’s publication. How and why is that happening? While reps for UMG and TikTok declined comment, and an explanation of the platform’s logistics and process quickly devolves into a mind-melting blizzard of jargon and abbreviations, here’s a vast oversimplification of a couple of possibilities.

Eternal Sunshine.The set arrived on Friday, March 8, to positive reviews and intense streaming activity from fans eager to hear what one of the biggest pop artists on the planet had come up with.The full-length includes the superstar’s new single, “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love),” which could easily become another smash.“We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” is an electro-pop/synth-pop tune about a love gone awry, one that cannot be morphed into a friendship.It’s both energizing and perfect for the dance floor while also being restrained. Grande doesn’t belt her way through the cut.

Ariana Grande is healing, again. This, historically, has been a great thing for the top 40; her resilience is the magic that has fueled some of her biggest hits (see: “Break Free,” “no tears left to cry,” “thank u, next,” etc.) Her voice, one of the most ubiquitous in modern pop, practically epitomizes going onward and upward — four octaves, to be precise.

Ariana Grande has shared her “slightly deluxe” version of her latest album ‘Eternal Sunshine‘ which includes a Troye Sivan feature.‘Eternal Sunshine (Slightly Deluxe)’ includes four brand new tracks: ‘Supernatural (feat. Troye Sivan)’, ‘Imperfect For You (acoustic)’, ‘True Story (acapella)’ and ‘Yes, and? (feat. Mariah Carey)’.

Ariana Grande is back!

Josh Brolin and Ariana Grande put on quite the Saturday Night Live show!

Ariana Grande has requested fans refrain from sending hate to the people in her life they believe she wrote about on her new album ‘Eternal Sunshine’.Amid the personal context of the album – namely Grande’s divorce from Dalton Gomez and her new relationship with Ethan Slater – some fans took it upon themselves to troll people she may have written about. In response, Grande posted on her Instagram story telling them to stop.“Hi, I just wanted to say anyone that is sending hateful messages to the people in my life based on your interpretation of this album is not supporting me and is absolutely doing the polar opposite of what i would ever encourage (and is also entirely misinterpreting the intention behind the music),” she wrote.“I ask that you please do not. It is not how to support me.

Emily Longeretta Ariana Grande wasn’t just the musical guest during the March 9 episode of “Saturday Night Live.” While she took the stage to perform “We Can’t Be Friends” and “Imperfect For You” — and was introduced by her mom, Joan Grande, for the second number — she also took on two different sketches. After appearing as a patient in a group therapy session during the first half of the show, she was invited back to the stage later on in the night for a “Moulin Rouge” spoof, giving her the opportunity to sing covers of multiple hit songs.

Ariana Grande album is, as the kids say, a vibe.And the mood of “Eternal Sunshine” — the octave-leaping diva’s first LP since 2020’s “Positions” — is a forever forecast of cloud-busting, post-breakup bliss.Whether it’s self-renewal or a romantic one, Grande’s seventh studio set is the kind of spring awakening that we could all use in the final days of winter.Time to soak up the “Sunshine,” folks.But as much as this has been an unusually long album hiatus for Grande – who had released six LPs in the seven years between her 2013 debut “Yours Truly” and “Positions” — even more has changed in her personal life.Following a string of high-profile romances — and subsequent splits — with the likes of Big Sean, Mac Miller and Pete Davidson, the pop superstar got married to real estate agent Dalton Gomez in 2021.

Jack Antonoff has spoken about his past experiences working with Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey, which he has described as “magic”.Speaking with Zane Lowe for Apple Music 1, the musician, songwriter and producer opened up about his working relationship with the two singers. According to the hit producer, there’s “magic” in the air whenever he gets into the studio with Swift and Del Rey, though he’s unsure how long it’ll last.“Every time we do something new, I joke, ‘I guess we still got it,’ because there’s no reason for it to keep coming the way it does,” Antonoff said to Lowe.

Kings Of Leon have opened up about the first time they heard their track ‘Sex On Fire’ on the radio.While appearing in a new interview with USA Today‘s Ralphie Aversa in support of their latest track ‘Mustang’ and their forthcoming album ‘Can We Please Have Fun’, Kings Of Leon – comprised of Caleb, Jared, Nathan and Matthew Followill – opened up about their 2008 hit ‘Sex On Fire’.“I remember I was at a Mexican restaurant with my wife, we were having like a tortilla soup and margaritas, and I think Andy our manager called me and said ‘Hey, there’s an interview we need you to do like right now’,” recalled Caleb.He continued: “I picked up the phone and it was Zane Lowe and he was debuting ‘Sex On Fire’. When he introduced the song, even like hearing it over the phone, I was like ‘Oh man, this does feel different’.

Miley Cyrus has a special relationship with Pharrell Williams that she can trace back over a decade.