According to Daily Mirror - 3am Showbiz, Ariana Grande described her upcoming tour as a 'one last hurrah' and said it might not happen again for a long time. Sources have told TMZ that she has finished a new album, which she plans to release later this summer, though the exact release date, title, and number of songs remain unknown. Grande posted images on Instagram showing her in a recording studio, which sources say were taken recently, and the new album will be her eighth studio album, according to major media outlets.
Grande is preparing to start her tour in June in Oakland, California, and will finish on August 23 at London's O2 Arena, as reported by major media. It is unclear whether the new album will be released before or after the tour starts in June. Grande's last album, Eternal Sunshine, was released on March 8, 2024, according to major media.
I'm very excited to do this small tour. But I think it might not happen again for a long, long, long, long time. I'm going to give it my all, and it's going to be beautiful, and I'm so grateful. I think that's why I'm doing it. Because I'm like, one last hurrah. For now.
She has been filming and promoting the two-part Wicked movie adaptation, as reported by major media. According to Daily Mirror - 3am Showbiz, Grande described feeling more connected to herself and her art since starting different things, though what specific 'different things' she has been doing is not detailed.
That's something that is learned over time. For me, when I came into all of this, and my pop career sort of took over my life in a way, I didn't have that at all. I just am feeling a lot more connected to myself and my art since I started doing different things. I spent so much time only doing pop music, but I grew up as a girl who loved musical theatre and comedy.
Something that is full of life, and growing through the cracks of something cold, and hard, and challenging.