Ariana said in one interview that her mom thought she might grow up to be a serial killer when she was 3 and I want to know more about that but doubt I ever will
Not to mention the fact that when asked who is the one person she like to sit down and talk with living or dead she replied Jeffrey Dahmer!? Like wtf?? That girl got issues
actually after watching some exposing videos about her dark side i can clearly admit that she has some potential to be serial killer 😅 she clearly is a bit sociopathic narcissist
As someone who played the dog in Annie in my school's production of the play, I can assure you that my life has not ended up being as glamorous as Ariana's has been.
You're doing better than her since you're not dating an immoral, weird looking, weirdy weirdo who decided it was okay to abandon his family for you. And yeah, I will mention his looks. Already punching above his weight, he decided he could do better. Imagine being in a place in life where you want HIM. She needs help. Like real healing and help.
truly idk if ashley knows that this video is lining up perfectly with a big brother season starting so i had already thought of frankie grande at least once this week. i feel insane
I think it's funny to us despite the context because a lot of people that would use it can see it as a way to communicate something specific. Like a lot of stan twitter clips, it's a moment conveying an emotion; awkward soapboxy jealousy. Even if that wasn't the intention or actual reason it happened. There's plenty of memes like that where they're wildly out of context, Millie Bobby Brown being homophobic is a good example of that in action. Or whatever the Tom Holland and Nicki Minaj vs. James Charles meme was. It's transformative media IMO, interesting stuff.
yeah that whole thing is weird but if somebody actually cheated on me I wouldn't give af. Unfortunatly we don't know what really happen so either he is a psychopath or she's a cheaty mccheater... 🤷🏽♀️
For all we know she had just admitted for cheating for the 5th time and his straw was broke. Girl sounds like she was messy as hell and dude sounded heartbroken.
@@bailey316 tbh probably because the dumpee is about to go on tour for an extended period of time which gives the dumper time get all of their shit out of their house while the other person isn't home so it's not awkward. Then when the person comes home from tour, they are both already removed from each other possession wise
As a person who speaks Japanese, I call complete bullshit on "Ariana just couldn't read/write kanji yet". If she knew Japanese at even the most BASIC level she would be familiar with counters. In Japanese you can't just write kanjis for "seven" and "ring" and be done with it, and yet this is how she ended up with 七輪 (written as seven + circle. Not even like, a ring you'd wear on your finger - just a circle). If she wanted to write "seven rings", it would be "七つの指輪". Her tattoo doesn't mean "smelly barbecue", btw. It means shichirin, which is a specific type of small grill you set on a table to grill yakitori or something. The "fixed" tattoo is.... even worse, because it's still incorrect and now reads "small grill finger
youre completely right, i was also quite confused where "smelly" came from lmao. though i suppose the memes that came out of the situation were probably rife with misinformation
Yeah she pretty obviously didn't know how to say it in Japanese lmao. Why is that even surprising have you ever seen her speak Japanese? It's truly not that deep or even offensive just an embarrassing mistake on her part
@@cc-gx8hr but she allegedly had a Japanese tutor on hand? She could've just ask them. I will clown on this woman endlessly just as much as I clown on every non-Japanese speaker getting gibberish kanji tattoos lmao
I have the upmost respect for Victoria Justice and will defend her until the day I am six feet under. I heard that she was always very shy and kind of separated from the group. While the rest of the cast of Victorious hung out together, drank alcohol, and did drugs (allegedly) Victoria Justice was on her lonesome. She’s always been pretty strong and never let the entertainment industry pressure/change her. She’s a queen!
For the context of Colleen being in the Thank U Next music video; Colleen Ballinger met Ariana when she was 15 during Ariana's 13 musical run. Colleen stared in a show in New York with Ariana's brother Frankie, who is in many of Colleen's vlogs. Colleen and Frankie became great friends, to the point where the Grandes let Colleen live with them in their New York apartment. They had a sister relationship, referring each other as sister's, Ariana is in many of Colleen's old videos, one video being Colleen having planned Ariana's 20th birthday party. Apparently they're still friends, but who knows they haven't been publically seen together since 2019. There's a rumor that Colleen was her vocal coach, but that's an inside joke between the two.
Wow, I definitely wouldn't have ever guessed that. But I don't follow either of them so I guess I wouldn't know. I really just know they are both problematic.
I decided that, even tho it's only mildly relevant here, now is the time to share that I got to meet/work with Naya Rivera once before she passed away and she was a GEM of a human, kind and funny and smart and just a joy to work with, RIP queen
You know I have always considered myself to just be a casual Ariana fan but the fact I knew about everything mentioned in this makes me realise I am probably a much bigger fan than I thought I was lol
@@abrennI feel like fan culture has been stepped on by stan culture. I feel like I can't call myself a fan without people assuming some crazy para social love story
I saw Pete Davidson do standup in October 2018, and I can confirm he made a joke about the Manchester incident and several people walked out (I walked out shortly after)
@@emptyteardrops She actually pretty much defended him. Said it happened months ago and that he uses comedy for trauma... except for the fact it wasn't HIS trauma
@@feliixby From CNN: One fan tweeted, “I respect Ariana and I want her to be happy and everything, but she was just broken after the Manchester bombing, so I don’t know why she is still with Pete, like yeah he made that joke a while ago, but like it’s not funny, it’s just rude. This is my opinion.” Grande responded to that tweet on Thursday. “This has been v tough & conflicting on my heart,” she tweeted. “[Davidson] uses comedy to help ppl feel better ab how f-ed up things in this world are. We all deal w trauma differently.” “I of course didn’t find it funny,” Grande added. “It was months ago & his intention wasn’t/ is never malicious but it was unfortunate.” [End CNN quote] Imo this is not defending him by saying it was months ago, it is saying that she didn't like the joke but he meant well and that it was something he hadn't repeated after she told him it was hurtful it months prior. Which is a very adult way to handle a misstep in a relationship imo. Besides, surely Ariana gets to decide how she feels about her partner making a joke about a trauma that happened to her, and it's not something she has to defend to others.
i remember thinking that was so bizarre. like on one hand, why was everyone so angry about it you'd think she'd committed a crime, but on the other, what on earth compelled her to do that lmao
I got some for Christmas four years ago from my mom's ex-boyfriend and I still wear it to this day. He also shop lifted it or bought it illegally since it was a tester but hey at least I got some bomb ass perfume I still wear to this day.
Genuinely crazy how depressing her life is. It always seems like she just goes from one traumatic event to the next. I don’t know if she’s ever had the time to really process her life and truly heal.
@@PGOumaon ariana’s level and path to fame, it’s such an intense case i feel like it’s maybe hard to know the best and correct way to feel about and handle her situations. there’s only so many within the industry who really have handled it “right/well” and again on her scale of fame plus what she’s experienced i think it’s possibly hard to gauge what the correct way to handle situations is.
@@PGOumaon ariana’s level and path to fame, it’s such an intense case i feel like it’s maybe hard to know the best and correct way to handle her situations. there’s only so many within the industry who really have handled it “right/well” and again on her scale of fame plus what she’s experienced i think it’s possibly hard to gauge what the correct way to handle situations is 🤔
Um hello? Being prejudiced against a group of people and screwing over a business + their employees/customers are both horrible things in their own right. It’s not comparable, and I’m never gonna stop finding people who contrast these two issues weird af.
Licking donuts that other people are going to eat is way worse than saying you hate Americans. Use your brain. There’s a thing called nuance. I am American idgaf if someone says they hate me but I would be enraged if I hate a donut contaminated with someone else’s spit that’s literally a danger to your health
Thank you for speaking on what I’ve always felt about Ethan Slater, there are very real things to be upset about but his appearance isn’t one of them. I always dislike the need to make fun of someone’s appearance when the internet doesn’t like them, partly because it’s mean but also the people that see you making those comments aren’t the celebrities themselves but the people in your life who may have those traits.
I really hope he hasn’t seen the extent that it got to on the internet it is quite literally bullying and you hear of people being so mentally damaged by Idk like a few people in their school class doing shit online, I can’t even imagine how it feels on this scale where it’s like the whole world seems to be against you. That’s why I have so much respect for Ariana after everything she’s been through
@@caro31099 I mean tbh I have known seriously so many people who've dated people that look heaps like their siblings. I think it's common to be attracted to people who look like people you were around growing up, not in a weird way or anything
I am from the city where she licked the donut and to this day I’m pressed because that donut shop was one of the only places in town open 24 hours and they changed their hours after the scandal. I was in high school, this was a big deal to me and my friends at the time. Edit: these comments were a fun read. It was a joke yall relax. Sorry I like to use dramatic language. Now I have arianators calling me fat in the replies. LMAO
Ariana desperately needs a single era. Jumping from one relationship to another without healing reads as a serious issue. Not to mention, she's suffered horrible traumas and it's not surprising she behaves the way she does. Yet another reason to better laws and regulations protecting children in media.
I had no idea what 13 the musical was so I was absolutely stunned when someone told me Ariana starred in what my millennial mind assumed to be a musical adaptation of the gritty teen drama movie from 2003
A musical adaptation of Thirteen (2003) would be WILD. 😭 Though nowadays, I wouldn't be surprised if someone tried to make that into a musical one day, since I feel like so many movies are being made until musicals nowadays (even when they really shouldn't be, like Mean Girls: The Musical, for example).
I recently finished listening to the audiobook for I’m Glad My Mom Died (my second time overall reading the book) and I honestly do think that Jennette is very fair to Ariana in the book. Like she does a lot to emphasize that it really is professional jealousy since Ariana came from a position of privilege she didn’t and it seemed liked at the time that everything was going right for Ariana while everything was going wrong for her. Like if Ari and Jennette had actual beef, it’s not touched on in the book. Instead, Jennette is instead talking about her own feelings at the time.
her issues with ariana were definitely professional. they were dual stars on a comedy show and were fighting for laughs and stardom. of course jeanette, who was struggling with an ED, didn’t want to be in the business after playing second lead and struck out on a music career, would have issues with ariana, the teeny tiny and ultra talented theater kid who clearly had a bright future ahead of her. young women in general are pitted against each other and are always supposed to be in competition.
ariana grande saying she had a crush on seth rogen has the same energy as when olivia rodrigo publicly thirsted after anderson cooper. ariana likes awkward comedians, olivia likes silver foxes. celebrities truly are just like us
when ariana said in her podcrushed appearance something about... people never being satisfied with what she does even after she changes in response of valid criticism, i felt like she was talking about the blackfishing. What i interpreted was like, "i listened to the criticism and i changed and now people are finding new things to complain about and i need to learn how to deal with that"
@@ryyaannn_people will pick any negative critique or word or anything at all and use it against her in some way, she’s probably one of the nicest celebrities and gets hated on soooo much
@@James-re3lzbeing nice doesn’t negate the fact that she’s made some poor choices, especially in regards to her cultural appropriation. people, especially celebrities, cannot change for the better without criticism and there are some very valid discussions to be had on how her changes in aesthetic and recent distancing of herself from any form of blackness relate to how she wants to be perceived professionally. your faves are not immune to criticism!
I think the backlash is heavier because she wouldn't admit to it. And now that she's "white again" people feel like she's only imitating certain races when it fits her aesthetic. I mean, she'd get backlash either way of course. But I feel like things would've been different if she directly addressed her whole race debacle and makes it clear that her major change is a response to that.
I really do feel deep sympathy for Ariana at times but her actions as a grown woman just make her so unbearably annoying to me and I’m not apologizing for that
So Andrew Garfield, Tom Hiddleston, and Jonathan Bailey are all Brits (upper class Brits, specifically). Wimbledon is as much a networking event as it is a sports event and it's also a point of National Pride for the English. Not at all surprising that all of them (who are also around the same age and in the same profession) would be sat in the same match box.
Can't stop myself from butting in re: casting doubt on the authenticity of the screenshots-- I was extremely active in the Victorious fandom during its original run and can vividly remember the cancellation drama and Ariana's comments fueling fire against Victoria for years to come. I used to get Victoria's tweets sent straight to my phone, back in the era where Twitter did insane things like texting you "mobile updates," and I remember her response. This absolutely did happen. Ariana actually did address it, though it may have been in something like a blog entry rather than an interview, and essentially owned up to her wrongdoing in this situation and elaborated that she was crumbling under the pressure of being blamed herself and feared Sam and Cat would suffer due to the perception that it ended Victorious. Regardless of this, Victoria remained maligned as the villain, and the "Victorious renaissance" in recent years proves that attitude toward her is still alive and well. While none of us can say whether the two have ever or will ever have a really authentically close relationship, they did clear the air on this and have been civil since. Obviously I can't prove myself as any more credible of a source than any other article recycling the screenshots, but I'm just saying... as someone who was a teenager deeply invested in these girls when it happened, it did happen.
Plot twist: despite what Ashley says she is in fact dating Ariana Grande and has been since thank you next where Ariana is actually singing "and her name is Ashley" and this is just an elaborate coverup
I don't understand how people aren't all generally grossed out by licking food you didn't pay for...? Like if you saw a random man do it you'd be disgusted? i don't get it
the fact yall still bring it up as if she wasn’t on laughing gas from getting her wisdom teeth out and then proceeded to buy the donut (and more for her team) is enough. touch some grass
@@planetp0sitionsso ? It makes it okay to show disrespect ? Like oops I’ve trashed an hotel room but I was on laughing gas ? It’s shows bad character like stop making excuses. It’s not a egregious crime but it gives insight into the lack of respect for people she has .
@@reshell7338 bruh ur judging on that one instance 10 years ago and she clearly gives and has respect for people and everyone who meets her loves her stay mad
@@planetp0sitions I’m not mad ? Ofc she has changed but in that instance it shows disrespect? You don’t do things like that if you have respect . You’re acting as if you know the woman personally ? Like stop idolizing her she was disrespectful that’s it . Not hard to admit omg
21:14 I think you missed a pretty important point! I was a Belieber (derogatory) so I remember this 🤓☝🏾 In 2012 Ariana had posted a cover of Justin Bieber’s “Die In Your Arms”, from his album that had come out like a month earlier. It’s a doo-wop type of song and it matched her style and aesthetics pretty well (remember the Tumblr and We Heart It girlies used to love her back in the day). Back then, Beliebers really liked supporting covers of Justin’s music on TH-cam, probably because he started his career that same way. “Justin” watched the video, loved the cover and obviously tweeted about it to his millions of super engaged Twitter followers. His agent, Scooter Braun (also derogatory) obviously loved it as well, and in no-time, he was her manager too. That’s when the original album got scrapped - Justin’s music matched what Ariana wanted for herself and now she had the connections to make it happen. Looking back, and knowing that Scooter handled Justin’s social media, it was pretty obvious that there was already some sort of agreement, and he was simply promoting his new artist to a new and loyal audience. Unfortunately, it was pretty smart of him. Scooter did eventually slip up in an interview that he had already known her from Victorious, anyway… Edit, some extra info: Scooter was also The Wanted’s manager, and a lot of people at the time (people who stanned Scooter’s artists and were aware of his… antics) suspected Ariana’s relationship with Nathan Sykes was set up by him. He tried it with Ariana and Justin as well but Justin’s relationships “issues” were so public that it was kinda pointless to pair them together. Scooter was also Madison Beer’s manager, which is why I actually believe her when she said she was supposed to be in the video 😭
So many people deflect any discussion about the trauma Ariana Grande has endured by saying, “yeah but she’s still a rich celebrity.” Yes, rich celebrities overall have it way better than the vast majority of us. But I can’t help but wonder, how many of the people who are saying this have gone through a bombing at their workplace and the overdose death of a beloved ex in the span of 2 years? That alone is horrible, but that was also after a lifetime of toxic environments, exploitation, intense public scrutiny (when she was basically still a child mind you), and more. She’s still a human being and at a young age has gone through more than most people will go through in their entire lives.
@@furrycheetah idc that's not what I'm talking about. Everybody has trauma money doesn't fix shit. Even if she had a boost early on in her career doesn't make her or her achievements any less
@@cup0cakeyz ashley didn't skip talking about the exploitation, child acting environment, manchester & mac miller and showed very clear sympathy for ariana so idk what video you watched
Re the wanted; RIP one of the singers, Tom Parker. The wanted were apparently gunna make a comeback in 2021, esp after they did a concert for cancer after Tom was diagnosed. They released a couple unheard songs in 2021 too. Tom passed in relation to a brain tumour in 2022 :(
All I can think about after seeing the clip of Tana saying Zach Sang gets drunk and tells all of Ariana's deepest secrets and the messed up stuff she's done is what has she done?? Im so curious now lol
@@rokhayasZach and Ari have been friends for years, as for “deepest darkest secrets”, she probably was over exaggerating a little bit but I’m sure Zach probably does know personal things about Ariana, everyone has secrets that are not even secrets it’s just personal information that is none of the general publics business, Zach and Ariana have been close for a long time so I’m sure he knows her a lot more personally than we do.
I would like to say: your videos never feel like hit pieces, ever. They always just feel super informative with very funny jokes, which is why I love them! I love to learn but sometimes I really hate doing research. 🙃 Anyway, another great video, thank you for your hard work!
34:26 the point “crushed her w/ a phone breakup” is so wild considering they were long distance. like, what was the guy supposed to do? just lie to her for however many months until her tour was over and she could visit australia, just so he could break her heart in person in a foreign country??? girl. frankie. come on. i get that the timing was bad, but like
@@fxiry-txles so he was supposed to wait until after her first ever tour to ruin her? No timing would be good. Plus let's not act like it's easy to break up with someone anyway, let alone with a massive time difference.
Nathan Sykes was the youngest member of the Wanted and they took a break to pursue other things. The band actually got back together a few years ago when Tom Parker was diagnosed with cancer but unfortunately he has since passed.
As someone whos black, african and not an american. I dont find it right what she said about having a conversation with Jeffrey Dahmer and callling him fascinating. All given to her blackfishing from the past and not coming to the public about it, also asian fishing...it just doesn´t feel right. What she might have meant was how disturbing and interesting his mind might have been but its still a very sensitive topic that happened in the real world, to real families. You can make mistakes but also admit them to your fans. Also, she herself as you pointed out on the video has had trauma because of real tragedy, so why should us now "glamorize" and give hype to cold bloody murderers?
LITERALLY TO EVERYTHING YOU SAID YES. like yes trauma can happen to rich people but that has nothing to do with her weird racist behaviors and consistent comments and actions that show she doesn’t seem to care about many people but herself. i’m not willing to give my sympathy to someone who has repeatedly shown that they do not give that grace to other people. she can make jokes and comments about jeffery but no one can say things about what she has done wrong because of her trauma😢😢. like yes rich people can have trauma, but poorer people everywhere go through extremely traumatic events nearly daily and are still nice people who don’t have habits of publicly hurting relationships multiple times. she has the money and resources for all the therapy and assistance she needs- why is she still behaving so immaturely and everyone is ok with it.
@@dommiedarkoh8816 girl you go cry… this is valid criticism that fans refuse to acknowledge. keep fighting for that girl who will literally never give a shot about u
Girl the timing of this got me feeling so parasocial. This video is going to get me through the rest of the work day and I’m just so grateful. You’re a real one.
I used to listen to it all the time! Also the cover she did of "just for now" by Imogen heap. She so obviously loved music I was so excited when she started to make it big.
Even though I vividly remember doughnut gate and also the “I hate America” statement discourse in real time, I’ve actually never seen the video itself and learning she said “I hate America” in reaction to seeing jumbo sized donuts is genuinely hilarious. I thought she just said it devoid of context
I also see the vision! I feel like people (men) who need to point out how unattractive Pete is are just frustrated their alpha male fantasy is being shattered
lmao no. i'm a woman and it has nothing to do with masculinity being threatened and has everything to do with ariana looking perfect with perfect clothes and makeup and plastic surgery meanwhile he looks like they pulled him out of a gutter
@@machinegunlament I think the original comment just meant that many men can't comprehend a beautiful woman with an average man so they insult the man out of insecurity
I'm sorry, women are susceptible to this kinda shit too, it's not just the men. People in general can't stand seeing a pretty person with an ugly one. I feel like "pretty privileged" or whatever you wanna call it is deeply ingrained in all of us unfortunately:/
have you used the liquid shadow? if so, is that also bad? i’ve had one of them in my ulta cart for ages and i can’t decide if i want it or not and my in person store doesn’t carry rem so i can’t check out testers lol
It's interesting that the tweets screenshotted of Ariana's response to Jai, in which she states, "I'm so happy now," are echoed in the intro of her "yes, and?" video. I'm glad this video was an empathetic, intelligent review of her work and public-facing reactions to experiences of hers that are well-known, as opposed to the trigger-happy "homewrecker" sentiment that I feel has been attached to the discourse surrounding Ariana since Spongebobgate. That being said, it does feel like she's caught in a loop of using romantic relationships as a form of escapism, feeling trapped in the reality of a long-term relationship, anddeveloping some new limerent attachment to a conveniently unavailable person. So many of her lyrics for this new album express the sentiment that she's "not usually like this," when we all know she's BEEN like this. It veers into magical thinking at times. Are you really the happiest you've ever been, or are you slipping out of reality again?
I watched a video from The Authentic Observer titled Ariana Grande and Disney Princess Syndrome that went pretty hard into that topic. It’s not nearly as nice or empathetic as Ashely’s video, but she did some good analysis.
@@satan4518what do you mean getting away, she didn't commit crimes... and things that happen in her personal life are no ones busnisses, she doesn't owe apologies and we just have to accept that. there's nothing to be fone, life goes on
I got an ad the second after you mentioned the glitch in the music video and I wasn’t looking at my phone so imagine my confusion when a man starts demanding I visit Prince Edward Island in the middle of an Ariana grande song.
Its sad how quickly the sweetener era ended because that was my favorite of hers by far, I really love god is a woman I'm of two minds. I feel really really bad for her as a person. Especially since she's a child star, she basically didn't really have time to grow up normally. But she's also done a lot of things I personally can't stand behind. I still love her art though
I watched this video only knowing really cursory information about Ariana. Like, I'm not a stan. I usually don't have strong feelings either way about her. But the clip of her being interviewed about the tragedy in Manchester? Man I couldn't stop crying.
did anyone remember during the early spongebob cheating scandal era, michele obama was tweeting happy birthday to her husband and someone quoted with "posting this where Ariana could see him is crazy....." cause i thought of that all the time 😭
31 is not even old though! I’m not sure if this helps, but people tend to view themselves hypercritically and I would guess you have lots of lovely features and qualities! Comparison is the enemy of happiness ❤
It’s crazy that people think it’s okay that she licked a doughnut, and it’s not a big deal, but people were arrested for licking ice cream. It’s disgusting, it’s hazard, there are people with health issues that it could’ve affected, but people dismissed that shit way too quickly. It was that serious, tbh.
as a closet ariana stan over the years, this was my personal superbowl. i have followed this woman since her victorious days and just generally have her on my radar whether it’s for her success or for her messiness. i enjoyed this video immensely ashley you are quite literally the best that being said, i would LOOOVE more music reviews/insight about music releases from you !!! i want to hear your 2024 music release ranking/tier list/faves so bad
20:30 Describing making an “inauthentic” music video at 18 years old as “the worst moment of her life” makes me so envious of the life she must have had up until that point for that to be the worst thing that had happened to her.
Your theory that celebs are just always cheating on one another is true. If you live in a big city, you learn that quickly from meeting people that singers hit up whenever they’re in town, people whose rents are paid by artists, people with selfies together with them in bed- and it’s almost always the people that have been giving off a picture perfect marriage or relationship to the public
whats sad about the whole ariana/ethan story is that, based on history, this relationship prob won't be too long lasting. feels like them both, but especially ethan who had a 10 year marriage and a baby, just got divorced impulsively and irresponsibly.
I'd do the same. Any self respecting man would. Even I'd my baby had cancer, I'd still ditch it for a hottie like Ariana. I'm a man. That's how we do. P.s. I would attend my babies funeral. I'm not a psycho.
the tom kenny thing is so unfortunate yet so hilarious to me. imagine being this guy’s wife, a man who is only recognized by animation fans/spongebob fans/those in the know, and maintaining a relatively low profile and one day you wake up to ig comments saying your husband ain’t shit?
just to comment on her voice very quickly, those of us on the east coast do have deeper speaking voices. we speak in our vocal fry often. as a singer myself, i was always taught that when you’re talking A LOT you need to raise the pitch because it does really grate our voices over time. now, in the podcast clips, she is doing a very vocally tough movie role while also recording a new album, that’s a lot of retakes. lots of singing. i imagine her voice is tired plus aging. the older you get the more you have to truly watch how you treat your voice.
Now that got me thinking of placing my speaking voice a lil higher cus my speaking voice is reaaaally deep and now that you said this I don't want my voice to be hurt/affected by my deep lazy speaking voice. I sing too, quite good too, so I don't wanna lose that ability. Huh.
42:30 very off topic, but Perez recently posted a video on his channel seemingly criticizing Katy Perry and defending Kesha. I say seemingly cause I didn’t wanna give him the view. Back in the day though he made Kesha’s life hell! He’s such a vile manlet.
I've never been this early! I'm in a baaad depressive episode right now, but Ashley talking about Ariana Grande is DEFINITELY gonna hype me up...I just KNOW it before watching lol
51:47 HELPPP i also thought they'd been dating since "The Way", like I thought they wrote that as a couple lmaooo (i very much didn't know much ariana lore until sweetener era)
1:28:10 It was at this timestamp I stopped and said, “wait, how long have I been watching this for?” I knew the length of the video going in, as well as most of this information, and yet I was enthralled the entire time, even after pausing to make a snack. That is remarkable for me. You are a very compelling, intelligent, compassionate, unbiased story teller! Glad I found you! ♥︎
i went with some friends with spongebob the musical while he was in the lead bc they were our cheapest tickets outside of phantom and everyone knows I beef w alw. he did absolutely slay as did basically everything about the production except the songs slash score. this entire time i absolutely understand why he caught ms grande's eye. she seems like the type attracted to talent and damn can that little white boy dance and carry a tune. it might be worth a bad cinderella esque video bc the book is buckwild and every song was written by a different artist which leads to a fun roster and a patchworky score that does feature panic at the disco
I have yet to see the SpongeBob musical, but considering how my view (and a lot of others) of Austin Abrams changed drastically after he absolutely crushed the “I need a Hero” number on Euphoria, I too understand the hype for goofy white theater boys. That being said, it sucks that Ethan Slader is an opportunistic cheater. He and Ariana have those things in common, which was the main reason I wasn’t surprised when they got together.
What I will never understand is that Ariana is absolutely more controversial than Taylor swift yet doesn’t face the same scrutiny and is constantly forgiven. Whether or not i agree with that forgiveness, it just will never cease to amaze me. i truly don’t understand what makes Taylor swift the exception for constant public hatred for seemingly no reason. I say this as a long time Ariana fan way back from cat and yours truly era.
@@summerm4911Taylor was 19, don’t play it like she is some kind of pedo. That’s a 2 year age difference. Really throwing it back to 2009. Both Taylor’s seem happy and remain friends.
what if…. they are both bad not for misogyny reasons but because most rich people suck and think the world revolves around them reasons 😮😮😮🤯 like both have done really shitty things
Ashley, I give you so much praise and credit for being literally the only person who I have seen speak about Ariana Grande while talking about her cultural appropriation of black music styles and themes. So many people want to focus on her relationships without focussing on her issues as an individual person.
Her mom communicates with dolphins and she can whistle note...? Hmm....
OOP 👀
notice how you’ve never seen ariana and a dolphin in the same room
It's pretty clear what's going on here
@@ongakiraLMAO
Is that why her parents divorced? Is Ariana part dolphin???
Ariana said in one interview that her mom thought she might grow up to be a serial killer when she was 3 and I want to know more about that but doubt I ever will
it was just cause he love for Halloween (fave holiday) and her big mask collection (like scary masks). It was a hyperbole
Not to mention the fact that when asked who is the one person she like to sit down and talk with living or dead she replied Jeffrey Dahmer!?
Like wtf??
That girl got issues
@@Monikamusic02official She's just interested on what's going on Jeffrey's mind, like why would he do that. It's not that deep
actually after watching some exposing videos about her dark side i can clearly admit that she has some potential to be serial killer 😅 she clearly is a bit sociopathic narcissist
Fr she's one of those girls who are addicted to murder documentaries 😭😭
As someone who played the dog in Annie in my school's production of the play, I can assure you that my life has not ended up being as glamorous as Ariana's has been.
You're doing better than her since you're not dating an immoral, weird looking, weirdy weirdo who decided it was okay to abandon his family for you. And yeah, I will mention his looks. Already punching above his weight, he decided he could do better. Imagine being in a place in life where you want HIM. She needs help. Like real healing and help.
@@Setashi lmfao!
LOL
i played the dog too 😭
I played a wall. Things have been exactly as glamorous as you'd expect.
You can't stop thinking about Ariana Grande? I can't stop thinking about Frankie Grande. He haunts my dreams.
i want a frankie deep dive
I'm traumatized by his Rain On Me cover
truly idk if ashley knows that this video is lining up perfectly with a big brother season starting so i had already thought of frankie grande at least once this week. i feel insane
All I’m saying is…have Frankie grande and Ethan slater ever been seen in the same room ?
@@minnowingswait is he in it
I feel bad for Victoria over the whole “I think we ALL sing” thing but my god it is so funny
People took it way too seriously 😂
literally the smallest comment iys so funny
My sis n I still say it to mess with each other 😭 it’ll never get old
Lmao very much one of those things "i shouldnt laugh, but its still funny"
I think it's funny to us despite the context because a lot of people that would use it can see it as a way to communicate something specific. Like a lot of stan twitter clips, it's a moment conveying an emotion; awkward soapboxy jealousy. Even if that wasn't the intention or actual reason it happened. There's plenty of memes like that where they're wildly out of context, Millie Bobby Brown being homophobic is a good example of that in action. Or whatever the Tom Holland and Nicki Minaj vs. James Charles meme was. It's transformative media IMO, interesting stuff.
Breaking up with someone FIVE MINUTES before they start their tour is absolutely DIABOLICAL
yeah that whole thing is weird but if somebody actually cheated on me I wouldn't give af. Unfortunatly we don't know what really happen so either he is a psychopath or she's a cheaty mccheater... 🤷🏽♀️
it's crazy this isn't even the only time this happened to a pop star (Katy Perry) like why have MULTIPLE people done this 😭
For all we know she had just admitted for cheating for the 5th time and his straw was broke. Girl sounds like she was messy as hell and dude sounded heartbroken.
@@bailey316 tbh probably because the dumpee is about to go on tour for an extended period of time which gives the dumper time get all of their shit out of their house while the other person isn't home so it's not awkward. Then when the person comes home from tour, they are both already removed from each other possession wise
Could have been four minutes. Give him that.
my dumb ass genuinely thought that Goose had gone brunette for a second
Ariana what are you doing here?
@@shivan_7664you get a life first
@@shivan_7664get a life before commenting rude shit for no reason
@@shivan_7664??
@@shivan_7664 ?????? whats your problem
As a person who speaks Japanese, I call complete bullshit on "Ariana just couldn't read/write kanji yet". If she knew Japanese at even the most BASIC level she would be familiar with counters. In Japanese you can't just write kanjis for "seven" and "ring" and be done with it, and yet this is how she ended up with 七輪 (written as seven + circle. Not even like, a ring you'd wear on your finger - just a circle). If she wanted to write "seven rings", it would be "七つの指輪".
Her tattoo doesn't mean "smelly barbecue", btw. It means shichirin, which is a specific type of small grill you set on a table to grill yakitori or something.
The "fixed" tattoo is.... even worse, because it's still incorrect and now reads "small grill finger
youre completely right, i was also quite confused where "smelly" came from lmao. though i suppose the memes that came out of the situation were probably rife with misinformation
literally all it would have taken to get it right was just asking an actual japanese person to write it out
What's weird is that the kanji in the music video is correct so idk why she didn't copy that??
Yeah she pretty obviously didn't know how to say it in Japanese lmao. Why is that even surprising have you ever seen her speak Japanese? It's truly not that deep or even offensive just an embarrassing mistake on her part
@@cc-gx8hr but she allegedly had a Japanese tutor on hand? She could've just ask them.
I will clown on this woman endlessly just as much as I clown on every non-Japanese speaker getting gibberish kanji tattoos lmao
I have the upmost respect for Victoria Justice and will defend her until the day I am six feet under. I heard that she was always very shy and kind of separated from the group. While the rest of the cast of Victorious hung out together, drank alcohol, and did drugs (allegedly) Victoria Justice was on her lonesome. She’s always been pretty strong and never let the entertainment industry pressure/change her. She’s a queen!
Utmost
Justice for Victoria Justice everyone treated her so horrible 😢
@@NosiphoL__nah she deserves nothing 😂 she treated other people like that on her own shows too so it’s giving hypocrite
@@harrison33she’s not a hypocrite if she hasn’t spoken out about anything
@@harrison33 when i'm in a misogyny competition and my opponent is a gay man who's way too into pop music and shows targeted at 10 year old girls
For the context of Colleen being in the Thank U Next music video; Colleen Ballinger met Ariana when she was 15 during Ariana's 13 musical run. Colleen stared in a show in New York with Ariana's brother Frankie, who is in many of Colleen's vlogs. Colleen and Frankie became great friends, to the point where the Grandes let Colleen live with them in their New York apartment. They had a sister relationship, referring each other as sister's, Ariana is in many of Colleen's old videos, one video being Colleen having planned Ariana's 20th birthday party. Apparently they're still friends, but who knows they haven't been publically seen together since 2019. There's a rumor that Colleen was her vocal coach, but that's an inside joke between the two.
How old was Colleen
Wow, I definitely wouldn't have ever guessed that. But I don't follow either of them so I guess I wouldn't know. I really just know they are both problematic.
@@demetriam2408 when ariana was 15 colleen would have been 22
@@anngu_ Colleen was younger than I expected, but seriously what does a 22 year old have in common with a 15 year old?
has Ariana said anything about Colleen after everything went down? I'm just curious- didn't realize the connection was that intense.
“thank you ashley” we all say in unison
fr
Yes 🤍
indeed
thank you ashley
we're actually singing it and doing a fun little choreo we came up with for her
I decided that, even tho it's only mildly relevant here, now is the time to share that I got to meet/work with Naya Rivera once before she passed away and she was a GEM of a human, kind and funny and smart and just a joy to work with, RIP queen
No way ! That’s so cool
I still cant believe she's gone 😢
I always wanted to meet her. What a loss when she passed away 😢
And yet she was charged with domestic violence....which shows you that you never know how people behave in private.
You know I have always considered myself to just be a casual Ariana fan but the fact I knew about everything mentioned in this makes me realise I am probably a much bigger fan than I thought I was lol
i like her music and everything i've learned about her has been voluntary and I still wouldn't consider myself a fan lmao
@@abrennI feel like fan culture has been stepped on by stan culture. I feel like I can't call myself a fan without people assuming some crazy para social love story
@@shyviolets no because you’re like so right actually
@@shyvioletsExactlyy!! Stan culture is taking away from the experience of being a casual fan like what happened to not worshipping people???
shes like the kardashians she knows how to end up back in headlines when the world starts forgetting about her.
I saw Pete Davidson do standup in October 2018, and I can confirm he made a joke about the Manchester incident and several people walked out (I walked out shortly after)
Do you remember what he said?
I heard that Ariana scolded him (rightfully so) for making that joke too
@@emptyteardrops She actually pretty much defended him. Said it happened months ago and that he uses comedy for trauma... except for the fact it wasn't HIS trauma
@@feliixbyofc she did
@@feliixby From CNN:
One fan tweeted, “I respect Ariana and I want her to be happy and everything, but she was just broken after the Manchester bombing, so I don’t know why she is still with Pete, like yeah he made that joke a while ago, but like it’s not funny, it’s just rude. This is my opinion.”
Grande responded to that tweet on Thursday.
“This has been v tough & conflicting on my heart,” she tweeted. “[Davidson] uses comedy to help ppl feel better ab how f-ed up things in this world are. We all deal w trauma differently.”
“I of course didn’t find it funny,” Grande added. “It was months ago & his intention wasn’t/ is never malicious but it was unfortunate.”
[End CNN quote]
Imo this is not defending him by saying it was months ago, it is saying that she didn't like the joke but he meant well and that it was something he hadn't repeated after she told him it was hurtful it months prior. Which is a very adult way to handle a misstep in a relationship imo. Besides, surely Ariana gets to decide how she feels about her partner making a joke about a trauma that happened to her, and it's not something she has to defend to others.
"hogwarts incest fan-fiction" is the BEST description of shadowhunters ive ever heard
i'm sorry to tell you that's reputedly what it IS
and also the most accurate description!!
7th grade me did everything in my power to deny this lmaooo also, didn’t expect shadowhunters to be mentioned here!
Tell me why I finished the entire series just to find this out LMAO
in defence the rest of the series are pretty 'normal' in comparison lmaoo
I remember during donutgate, radio stations said they wouldn’t play her anymore and I cried listening to one last time on my mp3 player 😭
BAHAHA
i remember thinking that was so bizarre. like on one hand, why was everyone so angry about it you'd think she'd committed a crime, but on the other, what on earth compelled her to do that lmao
@@vlad5042she was high from wisdom tooth gas/anesthesia
@@vlad5042Food tampering is 100% a crime.
Do the iconic bridget mendler who literally auditioned on disney to earn money for medical university
OMG YESSSS
her cloud perfume had me in a chokehold in 2020 and i get war flashbacks whenever i walk near someone wearing it today 😭 it's a good scent
I got some for Christmas four years ago from my mom's ex-boyfriend and I still wear it to this day. He also shop lifted it or bought it illegally since it was a tester but hey at least I got some bomb ass perfume I still wear to this day.
Genuinely crazy how depressing her life is. It always seems like she just goes from one traumatic event to the next. I don’t know if she’s ever had the time to really process her life and truly heal.
how's the line go, "should be a sad bitch, turned into a savage"
So true
She doesn't allow herself time to heal
@@PGOumaon ariana’s level and path to fame, it’s such an intense case i feel like it’s maybe hard to know the best and correct way to feel about and handle her situations. there’s only so many within the industry who really have handled it “right/well” and again on her scale of fame plus what she’s experienced i think it’s possibly hard to gauge what the correct way to handle situations is.
@@PGOumaon ariana’s level and path to fame, it’s such an intense case i feel like it’s maybe hard to know the best and correct way to handle her situations. there’s only so many within the industry who really have handled it “right/well” and again on her scale of fame plus what she’s experienced i think it’s possibly hard to gauge what the correct way to handle situations is 🤔
What kills me is that people were more mad at the "I hate americans" than her licking the donuts
Right like that part was fine to me but the donuts and disrespecting minimum wage workers was really messed up
Shows how brain dead people are
Um hello? Being prejudiced against a group of people and screwing over a business + their employees/customers are both horrible things in their own right. It’s not comparable, and I’m never gonna stop finding people who contrast these two issues weird af.
Licking donuts that other people are going to eat is way worse than saying you hate Americans. Use your brain. There’s a thing called nuance. I am American idgaf if someone says they hate me but I would be enraged if I hate a donut contaminated with someone else’s spit that’s literally a danger to your health
The hypocrisy is what bothered me personally
Thank you for speaking on what I’ve always felt about Ethan Slater, there are very real things to be upset about but his appearance isn’t one of them. I always dislike the need to make fun of someone’s appearance when the internet doesn’t like them, partly because it’s mean but also the people that see you making those comments aren’t the celebrities themselves but the people in your life who may have those traits.
it’s not his face alone that gets me but I can never unsee the Frankie Grande resemblance
@@caro31099 seriously someone edited their faces on top of each other and it genuinely made me feel sick lmao
I really hope he hasn’t seen the extent that it got to on the internet it is quite literally bullying and you hear of people being so mentally damaged by Idk like a few people in their school class doing shit online, I can’t even imagine how it feels on this scale where it’s like the whole world seems to be against you. That’s why I have so much respect for Ariana after everything she’s been through
i think it's more the fact that he looks like her brother
@@caro31099 I mean tbh I have known seriously so many people who've dated people that look heaps like their siblings. I think it's common to be attracted to people who look like people you were around growing up, not in a weird way or anything
I am from the city where she licked the donut and to this day I’m pressed because that donut shop was one of the only places in town open 24 hours and they changed their hours after the scandal. I was in high school, this was a big deal to me and my friends at the time.
Edit: these comments were a fun read. It was a joke yall relax. Sorry I like to use dramatic language. Now I have arianators calling me fat in the replies. LMAO
What city if u dont mind me asking bc my friend also said the same thing and im trying to connect the dots if its the same place im thinking of
It’s never that deep omg
@@LAx1901 no one said it was 😭
@@LAx1901Who said it's deep?
you’ll be ok 😭💀
and when the world needed her most… she returned
The world would’ve been fine without this spoiled, entitled serial cheater. Many girls were hurt cus Ariana got with their boyfriends..
@@lessismore8533They were talking about Ashley, not Ariana 😅
Lmao you're pressed about some allegations 😭😭@@lessismore8533
😂😂😂
Ariana desperately needs a single era. Jumping from one relationship to another without healing reads as a serious issue.
Not to mention, she's suffered horrible traumas and it's not surprising she behaves the way she does. Yet another reason to better laws and regulations protecting children in media.
I wouldn't even have a problem with her jumping through relationships if they weren't TAKEN men 😭😭
@@feliixbyit literally got all debunked-
plus you'll never know what really happened so
@@buterarianatorsydau arianator
@@emilinegabriele what?
her single era was thank u, next
but i think she desperately needs another one 😭
I had no idea what 13 the musical was so I was absolutely stunned when someone told me Ariana starred in what my millennial mind assumed to be a musical adaptation of the gritty teen drama movie from 2003
It’s much more wholesome than that movie 😄
A musical adaptation of Thirteen (2003) would be WILD. 😭 Though nowadays, I wouldn't be surprised if someone tried to make that into a musical one day, since I feel like so many movies are being made until musicals nowadays (even when they really shouldn't be, like Mean Girls: The Musical, for example).
Same!
I must assume via your comment that that is Not what it is- but it's better for me to continue to believe
the first time I heard about it I had the exact same thought 😂❤
IT'S NOT?? To be fair, I never considered what an odd concept that show would be, so my brain readily accepted it as fact
I recently finished listening to the audiobook for I’m Glad My Mom Died (my second time overall reading the book) and I honestly do think that Jennette is very fair to Ariana in the book. Like she does a lot to emphasize that it really is professional jealousy since Ariana came from a position of privilege she didn’t and it seemed liked at the time that everything was going right for Ariana while everything was going wrong for her.
Like if Ari and Jennette had actual beef, it’s not touched on in the book. Instead, Jennette is instead talking about her own feelings at the time.
her issues with ariana were definitely professional. they were dual stars on a comedy show and were fighting for laughs and stardom. of course jeanette, who was struggling with an ED, didn’t want to be in the business after playing second lead and struck out on a music career, would have issues with ariana, the teeny tiny and ultra talented theater kid who clearly had a bright future ahead of her. young women in general are pitted against each other and are always supposed to be in competition.
ariana grande saying she had a crush on seth rogen has the same energy as when olivia rodrigo publicly thirsted after anderson cooper. ariana likes awkward comedians, olivia likes silver foxes. celebrities truly are just like us
This is such a cringey comment😅
@@Shannon_Moore sorry shannon i'll do better next time
@@Shannon_Mooreyou’re annoying
@@0rchid_lily6868 😂
@Politoed89 sorry you seem like a sweet person
that “however, they’re both adorable and i totally ship it” must have made jill feel like it aged HORRIBLY after the RUMORS came out 😭
The way I NEED a Degrassi deep dive😅😅😅
Seconded for the Degrassi deep dive!
Oh boy I need a deep dive on several Degrassi characters by themselves. The show needs a deep dive docuseries.
Have you seen Jane Mulcahy's video from a couple of years ago?
@@fgjhham89 nooo omg adding to my list now lol
PLEASE GOD YES IVE SEEN EVERY OTHER DEGRASSI VIDEO ON THE INTERNET
when ariana said in her podcrushed appearance something about... people never being satisfied with what she does even after she changes in response of valid criticism, i felt like she was talking about the blackfishing. What i interpreted was like, "i listened to the criticism and i changed and now people are finding new things to complain about and i need to learn how to deal with that"
THIS!!
people love to hate her
@@ryyaannn_people will pick any negative critique or word or anything at all and use it against her in some way, she’s probably one of the nicest celebrities and gets hated on soooo much
@@James-re3lzbeing nice doesn’t negate the fact that she’s made some poor choices, especially in regards to her cultural appropriation. people, especially celebrities, cannot change for the better without criticism and there are some very valid discussions to be had on how her changes in aesthetic and recent distancing of herself from any form of blackness relate to how she wants to be perceived professionally. your faves are not immune to criticism!
I think the backlash is heavier because she wouldn't admit to it. And now that she's "white again" people feel like she's only imitating certain races when it fits her aesthetic. I mean, she'd get backlash either way of course. But I feel like things would've been different if she directly addressed her whole race debacle and makes it clear that her major change is a response to that.
I really do feel deep sympathy for Ariana at times but her actions as a grown woman just make her so unbearably annoying to me and I’m not apologizing for that
Pretty much sums up my feelings about her except I’d swap the word “annoying” to “disgusting”
@@addyvalencia exactly
yeah i cant get over the racism personally
Yea I think a lot of non black people just plainly over look her micro aggressions and slightly racist behavior
@@winkwonk32how is she racist? 😭
Plans got cancelled AND a new documentary length video about a celebrity I barely know anything about? sign me tf up.
Amen, brother
i still quote "i think we All sing" to this day
I think we ALL still quote it 😂
That wasn’t as cringey as I remember it being. Is it just me??
well you should stop
@@y2kaydeeYes me too. I think it might be because one of the original viral videos of it edited Victoria to be much louder to emphasize the joke
Same
So Andrew Garfield, Tom Hiddleston, and Jonathan Bailey are all Brits (upper class Brits, specifically). Wimbledon is as much a networking event as it is a sports event and it's also a point of National Pride for the English. Not at all surprising that all of them (who are also around the same age and in the same profession) would be sat in the same match box.
Ashley: "this is nutmeg"
me alone in my room: "hi nutmeg!!! 👋🏽"
“HE DIDNT SAY I COULD SIIIING” PLS
Can't stop myself from butting in re: casting doubt on the authenticity of the screenshots-- I was extremely active in the Victorious fandom during its original run and can vividly remember the cancellation drama and Ariana's comments fueling fire against Victoria for years to come. I used to get Victoria's tweets sent straight to my phone, back in the era where Twitter did insane things like texting you "mobile updates," and I remember her response. This absolutely did happen. Ariana actually did address it, though it may have been in something like a blog entry rather than an interview, and essentially owned up to her wrongdoing in this situation and elaborated that she was crumbling under the pressure of being blamed herself and feared Sam and Cat would suffer due to the perception that it ended Victorious. Regardless of this, Victoria remained maligned as the villain, and the "Victorious renaissance" in recent years proves that attitude toward her is still alive and well. While none of us can say whether the two have ever or will ever have a really authentically close relationship, they did clear the air on this and have been civil since. Obviously I can't prove myself as any more credible of a source than any other article recycling the screenshots, but I'm just saying... as someone who was a teenager deeply invested in these girls when it happened, it did happen.
I love a primary source 🫡
Ugh, rest in peace fr to Naya Rivera. She saved her son and died a hero. Santana Lopez what such an important character for queer rep.
RIP Naya, I was just in that lake/reservoir.
ethan slayed as spongebob 😭 it sucks that the affair is what brings him to the wider public eye ??? like wyd dude
this is also PEAK theatre camp romance
i wonder if it's "the only straight boy at drama camp" syndrome on top of her fondness for goofy goobers
@@WendlaBergmann Really they are just returning to their drama kid roots
she truly saw the one straight tenor near her and said “you’ll do” and can we blame her.
@@katemartin113💀💀💀
Plot twist: despite what Ashley says she is in fact dating Ariana Grande and has been since thank you next where Ariana is actually singing "and her name is Ashley" and this is just an elaborate coverup
Plot twist: despite what you hear, the above comment was written by Perez Hilton.
@@absolutelysearchingmyreality GASP! how did you know??
@@absolutelysearchingmyrealityLMFAO
I don't understand how people aren't all generally grossed out by licking food you didn't pay for...? Like if you saw a random man do it you'd be disgusted? i don't get it
People literally sent her a crazy amount of hate for that and they still do it to this day +10 years after, be so fr and give it a rest
the fact yall still bring it up as if she wasn’t on laughing gas from getting her wisdom teeth out and then proceeded to buy the donut (and more for her team) is enough. touch some grass
@@planetp0sitionsso ? It makes it okay to show disrespect ? Like oops I’ve trashed an hotel room but I was on laughing gas ? It’s shows bad character like stop making excuses. It’s not a egregious crime but it gives insight into the lack of respect for people she has .
@@reshell7338 bruh ur judging on that one instance 10 years ago and she clearly gives and has respect for people and everyone who meets her loves her stay mad
@@planetp0sitions I’m not mad ? Ofc she has changed but in that instance it shows disrespect? You don’t do things like that if you have respect . You’re acting as if you know the woman personally ? Like stop idolizing her she was disrespectful that’s it . Not hard to admit omg
21:14 I think you missed a pretty important point! I was a Belieber (derogatory) so I remember this 🤓☝🏾
In 2012 Ariana had posted a cover of Justin Bieber’s “Die In Your Arms”, from his album that had come out like a month earlier. It’s a doo-wop type of song and it matched her style and aesthetics pretty well (remember the Tumblr and We Heart It girlies used to love her back in the day).
Back then, Beliebers really liked supporting covers of Justin’s music on TH-cam, probably because he started his career that same way. “Justin” watched the video, loved the cover and obviously tweeted about it to his millions of super engaged Twitter followers. His agent, Scooter Braun (also derogatory) obviously loved it as well, and in no-time, he was her manager too. That’s when the original album got scrapped - Justin’s music matched what Ariana wanted for herself and now she had the connections to make it happen.
Looking back, and knowing that Scooter handled Justin’s social media, it was pretty obvious that there was already some sort of agreement, and he was simply promoting his new artist to a new and loyal audience. Unfortunately, it was pretty smart of him. Scooter did eventually slip up in an interview that he had already known her from Victorious, anyway…
Edit, some extra info: Scooter was also The Wanted’s manager, and a lot of people at the time (people who stanned Scooter’s artists and were aware of his… antics) suspected Ariana’s relationship with Nathan Sykes was set up by him. He tried it with Ariana and Justin as well but Justin’s relationships “issues” were so public that it was kinda pointless to pair them together. Scooter was also Madison Beer’s manager, which is why I actually believe her when she said she was supposed to be in the video 😭
belieber (derogatory) is legit so funny
I love how this was worded lol
@PokPak-tq4hv she eventually became an opening act for him and everything
@@stressed-out lol thank you I made a couple typos and it’s k*lling meeee
@ninanano I relate to that, I'm the same way, but don't worry about it. It's not noticeable at all
So many people deflect any discussion about the trauma Ariana Grande has endured by saying, “yeah but she’s still a rich celebrity.” Yes, rich celebrities overall have it way better than the vast majority of us. But I can’t help but wonder, how many of the people who are saying this have gone through a bombing at their workplace and the overdose death of a beloved ex in the span of 2 years? That alone is horrible, but that was also after a lifetime of toxic environments, exploitation, intense public scrutiny (when she was basically still a child mind you), and more. She’s still a human being and at a young age has gone through more than most people will go through in their entire lives.
Literally! She skimmed over so much she did to skip to the "controversial" shit
@cup0cakeyz
Actually her parents were already rich before she became rich in entertainment industry
@@furrycheetah idc that's not what I'm talking about. Everybody has trauma money doesn't fix shit. Even if she had a boost early on in her career doesn't make her or her achievements any less
@@cup0cakeyz BTW,her life is non of our business
@@cup0cakeyz ashley didn't skip talking about the exploitation, child acting environment, manchester & mac miller and showed very clear sympathy for ariana so idk what video you watched
Re the wanted;
RIP one of the singers, Tom Parker. The wanted were apparently gunna make a comeback in 2021, esp after they did a concert for cancer after Tom was diagnosed. They released a couple unheard songs in 2021 too. Tom passed in relation to a brain tumour in 2022 :(
All I can think about after seeing the clip of Tana saying Zach Sang gets drunk and tells all of Ariana's deepest secrets and the messed up stuff she's done is what has she done?? Im so curious now lol
tana is one of the internets most notorious liars. I would take that with a massive bucket of salt.
why would ariana tell her deepest secret to Zach???? i am not saying tana is lying but i think Zach is a sketchy person
@@rokhayasZach and Ari have been friends for years, as for “deepest darkest secrets”, she probably was over exaggerating a little bit but I’m sure Zach probably does know personal things about Ariana, everyone has secrets that are not even secrets it’s just personal information that is none of the general publics business, Zach and Ariana have been close for a long time so I’m sure he knows her a lot more personally than we do.
@@youtubeiguess4472yeah exactly.
hearing the words “janoskians” and “keek video” in the year 2024 hit me like a punch in the face
No fr she said janoskians and my heart skipped a beat. I was one of those crazy girls and I was obsessed with jai lmao
I swear, for the longest time I legitimately thought that Ariana was Latino 💀
Yeah, Grande also sounds a little hispanic.
@@to_ur_heart It’s not an hispanic word tho...
@@nai110grande is a word in both Spanish and Italian
I don't blame you
She's not?
“y’all remember bulling yourself on ask fm” I feel so seen it pains me
I would like to say: your videos never feel like hit pieces, ever. They always just feel super informative with very funny jokes, which is why I love them! I love to learn but sometimes I really hate doing research. 🙃 Anyway, another great video, thank you for your hard work!
34:26 the point “crushed her w/ a phone breakup” is so wild considering they were long distance. like, what was the guy supposed to do? just lie to her for however many months until her tour was over and she could visit australia, just so he could break her heart in person in a foreign country??? girl. frankie. come on. i get that the timing was bad, but like
agreed
idk i think a 5 min phone call before someone’s big tour is unreasonable…
@@fxiry-txles so he was supposed to wait until after her first ever tour to ruin her?
No timing would be good.
Plus let's not act like it's easy to break up with someone anyway, let alone with a massive time difference.
Nathan Sykes was the youngest member of the Wanted and they took a break to pursue other things. The band actually got back together a few years ago when Tom Parker was diagnosed with cancer but unfortunately he has since passed.
i've been an ariana stan for years and this is THE DEEPEST dive i've ever seen
You’re literally glowing
shout out fellow 2018 temple university students who had tickets to pete’s show that got cancelled bc they broke up the day before
As someone whos black, african and not an american. I dont find it right what she said about having a conversation with Jeffrey Dahmer and callling him fascinating. All given to her blackfishing from the past and not coming to the public about it, also asian fishing...it just doesn´t feel right. What she might have meant was how disturbing and interesting his mind might have been but its still a very sensitive topic that happened in the real world, to real families. You can make mistakes but also admit them to your fans.
Also, she herself as you pointed out on the video has had trauma because of real tragedy, so why should us now "glamorize" and give hype to cold bloody murderers?
Girl Cry 😂
@@dommiedarkoh8816 how abt u do? since ure the one clearly feelin some type way over my comment.
Thank uu 🥰
LITERALLY TO EVERYTHING YOU SAID YES. like yes trauma can happen to rich people but that has nothing to do with her weird racist behaviors and consistent comments and actions that show she doesn’t seem to care about many people but herself. i’m not willing to give my sympathy to someone who has repeatedly shown that they do not give that grace to other people. she can make jokes and comments about jeffery but no one can say things about what she has done wrong because of her trauma😢😢. like yes rich people can have trauma, but poorer people everywhere go through extremely traumatic events nearly daily and are still nice people who don’t have habits of publicly hurting relationships multiple times. she has the money and resources for all the therapy and assistance she needs- why is she still behaving so immaturely and everyone is ok with it.
@@dommiedarkoh8816 girl you go cry… this is valid criticism that fans refuse to acknowledge. keep fighting for that girl who will literally never give a shot about u
Girl the timing of this got me feeling so parasocial. This video is going to get me through the rest of the work day and I’m just so grateful. You’re a real one.
The best thing she ever recorded was her cover of Vienna for her grandpa's birthday on her personal youtube channel
I used to listen to it all the time! Also the cover she did of "just for now" by Imogen heap. She so obviously loved music I was so excited when she started to make it big.
That cover is gorgeous absolutely!
I literally used to have a osnapitzari album on my iPod.
Also can we talk about Victoria Justice's Oh Darling cover on her personal channel? Nickelodeon did her voice so dirty 😭
Even though I vividly remember doughnut gate and also the “I hate America” statement discourse in real time, I’ve actually never seen the video itself and learning she said “I hate America” in reaction to seeing jumbo sized donuts is genuinely hilarious. I thought she just said it devoid of context
I also see the vision! I feel like people (men) who need to point out how unattractive Pete is are just frustrated their alpha male fantasy is being shattered
lmao no. i'm a woman and it has nothing to do with masculinity being threatened and has everything to do with ariana looking perfect with perfect clothes and makeup and plastic surgery meanwhile he looks like they pulled him out of a gutter
@@machinegunlament I think the original comment just meant that many men can't comprehend a beautiful woman with an average man so they insult the man out of insecurity
I'm sorry, women are susceptible to this kinda shit too, it's not just the men. People in general can't stand seeing a pretty person with an ugly one. I feel like "pretty privileged" or whatever you wanna call it is deeply ingrained in all of us unfortunately:/
I've used some REM beauty and here's the result: lipsticks are great, lip gloss is awful, eyeshadow is low quality. Love both lipsticks though!
have you used the liquid shadow? if so, is that also bad? i’ve had one of them in my ulta cart for ages and i can’t decide if i want it or not and my in person store doesn’t carry rem so i can’t check out testers lol
@@sillygoose420 I forgot about that! I did have fembot and it was gorgeous. Super long lasting, just have to apply thin and let it dry
yes lipsticks super good! so are the powder blushes!
ahhh doing God's work for us ❤❤ thank you
I screamed when I saw the title. Ashley shares brain cells with us all. 😭❤
Marine communications sounds like they are laying those underwater internet cables that make bank
ashley i think we need a full deep dive on perez hilton… it’ll be messy but damn entertaining
It's interesting that the tweets screenshotted of Ariana's response to Jai, in which she states, "I'm so happy now," are echoed in the intro of her "yes, and?" video.
I'm glad this video was an empathetic, intelligent review of her work and public-facing reactions to experiences of hers that are well-known, as opposed to the trigger-happy "homewrecker" sentiment that I feel has been attached to the discourse surrounding Ariana since Spongebobgate.
That being said, it does feel like she's caught in a loop of using romantic relationships as a form of escapism, feeling trapped in the reality of a long-term relationship, anddeveloping some new limerent attachment to a conveniently unavailable person.
So many of her lyrics for this new album express the sentiment that she's "not usually like this," when we all know she's BEEN like this.
It veers into magical thinking at times. Are you really the happiest you've ever been, or are you slipping out of reality again?
I watched a video from The Authentic Observer titled Ariana Grande and Disney Princess Syndrome that went pretty hard into that topic. It’s not nearly as nice or empathetic as Ashely’s video, but she did some good analysis.
Love this psychoanalysis. So true
Naw. Ariana has been getting away with too much shitty behavior for far too long. Criticism and not just “yes man” attitude has been long overdue.
@@satan4518what do you mean getting away, she didn't commit crimes... and things that happen in her personal life are no ones busnisses, she doesn't owe apologies and we just have to accept that. there's nothing to be fone, life goes on
@@marinaemeunome2319"Getting away with", as in people defending her very shtty behavior that has no defense.
I got an ad the second after you mentioned the glitch in the music video and I wasn’t looking at my phone so imagine my confusion when a man starts demanding I visit Prince Edward Island in the middle of an Ariana grande song.
Its sad how quickly the sweetener era ended because that was my favorite of hers by far, I really love god is a woman
I'm of two minds. I feel really really bad for her as a person. Especially since she's a child star, she basically didn't really have time to grow up normally. But she's also done a lot of things I personally can't stand behind. I still love her art though
I watched this video only knowing really cursory information about Ariana. Like, I'm not a stan. I usually don't have strong feelings either way about her. But the clip of her being interviewed about the tragedy in Manchester? Man I couldn't stop crying.
You can say all you want about Frankie but he knew his sister would go on to become a DIVA ICON. AND. HE. ACTED. LIKE. IT.
did anyone remember during the early spongebob cheating scandal era, michele obama was tweeting happy birthday to her husband and someone quoted with "posting this where Ariana could see him is crazy....." cause i thought of that all the time 😭
Ariana grande is one day younger than me, so everytime I remember her existence, I am reminded of how badly ive aged.
She has a lot of money to get Botox, and always with a lot of makeup.
31 is not even old though! I’m not sure if this helps, but people tend to view themselves hypercritically and I would guess you have lots of lovely features and qualities! Comparison is the enemy of happiness ❤
31 is still so young! and alot of ppl have a 2nd glow up in their 30s so dont give up
oof….
You’re probably aging fine, she’s definitely not aging naturally so it’s not a fair comparison
It’s crazy that people think it’s okay that she licked a doughnut, and it’s not a big deal, but people were arrested for licking ice cream.
It’s disgusting, it’s hazard, there are people with health issues that it could’ve affected, but people dismissed that shit way too quickly. It was that serious, tbh.
exactly!! and she was 23! like why would she do that?
Exactly
as a closet ariana stan over the years, this was my personal superbowl. i have followed this woman since her victorious days and just generally have her on my radar whether it’s for her success or for her messiness. i enjoyed this video immensely ashley you are quite literally the best
that being said, i would LOOOVE more music reviews/insight about music releases from you !!! i want to hear your 2024 music release ranking/tier list/faves so bad
20:30 Describing making an “inauthentic” music video at 18 years old as “the worst moment of her life” makes me so envious of the life she must have had up until that point for that to be the worst thing that had happened to her.
Literally. Some people will live their entire lives in a comfort bubble. How fair is that?
Your theory that celebs are just always cheating on one another is true. If you live in a big city, you learn that quickly from meeting people that singers hit up whenever they’re in town, people whose rents are paid by artists, people with selfies together with them in bed- and it’s almost always the people that have been giving off a picture perfect marriage or relationship to the public
Ashley, I needed this. Thank you (yuh)
whats sad about the whole ariana/ethan story is that, based on history, this relationship prob won't be too long lasting. feels like them both, but especially ethan who had a 10 year marriage and a baby, just got divorced impulsively and irresponsibly.
I'd do the same. Any self respecting man would. Even I'd my baby had cancer, I'd still ditch it for a hottie like Ariana. I'm a man. That's how we do.
P.s. I would attend my babies funeral. I'm not a psycho.
@@Richard-d1y …wtf is wrong with you? seek help
i love that the whole video has the energy of "but as her manager...."
the tom kenny thing is so unfortunate yet so hilarious to me. imagine being this guy’s wife, a man who is only recognized by animation fans/spongebob fans/those in the know, and maintaining a relatively low profile and one day you wake up to ig comments saying your husband ain’t shit?
omg hello nutmeg i am so glad to meet u
just to comment on her voice very quickly, those of us on the east coast do have deeper speaking voices. we speak in our vocal fry often. as a singer myself, i was always taught that when you’re talking A LOT you need to raise the pitch because it does really grate our voices over time. now, in the podcast clips, she is doing a very vocally tough movie role while also recording a new album, that’s a lot of retakes. lots of singing. i imagine her voice is tired plus aging. the older you get the more you have to truly watch how you treat your voice.
Now that got me thinking of placing my speaking voice a lil higher cus my speaking voice is reaaaally deep and now that you said this I don't want my voice to be hurt/affected by my deep lazy speaking voice. I sing too, quite good too, so I don't wanna lose that ability. Huh.
Small correction: it’s DaniellA Monet, not Danielle. 😇
It’s also Put Your Hearts Up, but you didn’t hear that from me.
Also where is Ricky
42:30 very off topic, but Perez recently posted a video on his channel seemingly criticizing Katy Perry and defending Kesha. I say seemingly cause I didn’t wanna give him the view.
Back in the day though he made Kesha’s life hell! He’s such a vile manlet.
I've never been this early! I'm in a baaad depressive episode right now, but Ashley talking about Ariana Grande is DEFINITELY gonna hype me up...I just KNOW it before watching lol
Best of luck to you my friend 💚
crossing my fingers that you feel better soon!
Oh my god the kid face planting at 31:15 threw me right for a loop
as a diehard ariana fan since 2015, this was so thorough and messy. loved it. thank you for quality content yet again.
i can't get over ariana's celeb crushes at 1:23:04 ... it makes so much sense looking at the men she's dated over the years now
I love the brat summer eyeshadow, iconic
you uploaded right as i was about to eat my sweet treat thanks queen
What are you having
Omg the star spangled banner instrumental playing in the background while reading Ariana’s donut scandal apology is SENDING ME RN 😂😭😩
The Jai "yes i was cheated on" lives rent free in my brain - it was my first personal copy pasta
The way I still have portions MEMORIZED
not us dog sitting at the same time we r literally so connected
51:47 HELPPP i also thought they'd been dating since "The Way", like I thought they wrote that as a couple lmaooo (i very much didn't know much ariana lore until sweetener era)
An hour and a half left in my work day 🤝🏻 Ashley dropping an hour and a half long video
1:28:10 It was at this timestamp I stopped and said, “wait, how long have I been watching this for?”
I knew the length of the video going in, as well as most of this information, and yet I was enthralled the entire time, even after pausing to make a snack. That is remarkable for me. You are a very compelling, intelligent, compassionate, unbiased story teller! Glad I found you! ♥︎
The way I was just marathoning your videos and now you’ve posted a new one. Thank you Ashley for my life
i went with some friends with spongebob the musical while he was in the lead bc they were our cheapest tickets outside of phantom and everyone knows I beef w alw. he did absolutely slay as did basically everything about the production except the songs slash score. this entire time i absolutely understand why he caught ms grande's eye. she seems like the type attracted to talent and damn can that little white boy dance and carry a tune. it might be worth a bad cinderella esque video bc the book is buckwild and every song was written by a different artist which leads to a fun roster and a patchworky score that does feature panic at the disco
I have yet to see the SpongeBob musical, but considering how my view (and a lot of others) of Austin Abrams changed drastically after he absolutely crushed the “I need a Hero” number on Euphoria, I too understand the hype for goofy white theater boys.
That being said, it sucks that Ethan Slader is an opportunistic cheater. He and Ariana have those things in common, which was the main reason I wasn’t surprised when they got together.
The way I’ve been binging your old content all week not knowing this was coming… my manifestation powers must be growing
1:02:21 ashley you just answered a years-long curiosity i’ve never took the time to research. i thought it was audrey the whole time
What I will never understand is that Ariana is absolutely more controversial than Taylor swift yet doesn’t face the same scrutiny and is constantly forgiven. Whether or not i agree with that forgiveness, it just will never cease to amaze me. i truly don’t understand what makes Taylor swift the exception for constant public hatred for seemingly no reason. I say this as a long time Ariana fan way back from cat and yours truly era.
cmiiw but ariana never dated a vulnerable 17 year old who's mother just passed away
@@summerm4911Taylor was 19, don’t play it like she is some kind of pedo. That’s a 2 year age difference. Really throwing it back to 2009. Both Taylor’s seem happy and remain friends.
what if…. they are both bad not for misogyny reasons but because most rich people suck and think the world revolves around them reasons 😮😮😮🤯 like both have done really shitty things
@@chrishealton3830 she was 23.
Ashley, I give you so much praise and credit for being literally the only person who I have seen speak about Ariana Grande while talking about her cultural appropriation of black music styles and themes. So many people want to focus on her relationships without focussing on her issues as an individual person.