- Award Snub: When Billie Eilish won Album of the Year at the 2020 Grammy Awards, she said outright during her acceptance speech that she thought the award should've instead gone to Ariana for Thank U, Next.
- Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: Many fans considered the "screaming beavers" in the "God is a woman" music video to be this.
- Broken Base: The sample of the man saying "You wouldn't let anybody speak and instead—" looped endlessly on "the light is coming" is a hot button topic among fans who argue whether the sample ruins the song and is very distracting or if it's fine and sends an important message.note
- Fandom Rivalry:
- Oddly enough, with her own Sam & Cat co-star Jennette McCurdy. What doesn't help are the rumors that they didn't get along backstage, which contributed to Sam & Cat's cancellation, even though she and Jennette don't even harbor any animosity to one another.note
- Her fanbase does not get along with the Lambs. This is mainly due to Ariana fans seeing her as a Spiritual Successor to Mariah Carey (or flat out refusing to acknowledge the similarities between the singers, despite Ariana admitting that Mariah influenced her) while Mariah's fanbase sees her as an annoying knock off of their favorite singer.
- Though nowadays, Mariah and Ariana seem to actually be getting along quite swimmingly. The rivalry has definitely died down after they collaborated with Jennifer Hudson on "Oh Santa!"
where they both even pulled off whistle notes together.
- Though nowadays, Mariah and Ariana seem to actually be getting along quite swimmingly. The rivalry has definitely died down after they collaborated with Jennifer Hudson on "Oh Santa!"
- There's a lot of tension between Arianators and fans of Selena Gomez, as well as fans of Taylor Swift.
- With fans of former Victorious co-star Victoria Justice over Hostility on the Set rumors that have persisted even long after Ariana herself debunked them, Victoria and Ariana allegedly having feuded over the cancellation of Victorious, and Ariana quickly becoming the bigger celebrity by far. The stars themselves have been on good terms since at least 2014, but tensions within the fandoms continued for years, to the point that Ariana intervened after the Victorious cast's virtual reunion for the show's tenth anniversary. Tensions started to cool off a bit afterward, with some Ariana fans being more accepting of Victoria's return to music from "Treat Myself" onward, but remain unlikely to come to a complete stop.
- Fanon: Some fans consider the meaning of "God Is A Woman" to be about God taking a female form as A Form You Are Comfortable With instead of the traditional Grandpa God form that they think is God's true form.
- Friendly Fandoms:
- Ariana's fans got along with The Wanted's fanbase pretty well when Ariana and Nathan began dating.
- Her song "yes, and?" has resulted in a three-way connection between her, Madonna, and Beyoncé. This is because "yes, and?" is a 90's styled ballroom house track heavily inspired by Madonna's "Vogue"; additionally, a year and a half prior, Beyoncé released a popular remix of her Billboard-topping hit "Break My Soul" that samples "Vogue" itself. It helps that both "yes, and?" and "Break My Soul" are both about female empowerment in the face of stress and adversity. Tons of mashups of "yes, and?", "Vogue", and "Break My Soul (Queens Remix)" were made within hours of the former's release.
- Germans Love David Hasselhoff:
- Ariana Grande is quite successful in Japan
to the point some of her releases there have bonuses there not available in the original US versions, and Dangerous Woman peaked at #2 there
, and many of her other songs reach their top 40. And this example is full circle because she loves Japan back
and is what is known as a "weeaboo" in pop culture. One of those Japanese bonuses, a version of "Baby I", got licensed for television broadcasts of the Japanese children's series Tamagotchi!, specifically the second season of GO-GO Tamagotchi!, where it was used as the end credits theme. - The song "Problem" became
#1 in Jordan.
- Ariana Grande is quite successful in Japan
- Harsher in Hindsight:
- "no tears left to cry". As the next year and album proved, there were still plenty, most notably regarding the death of ex-boyfriend Mac Miller less than a month after Sweetener was released. thank u, next song "ghostin'" makes it clear that she still had feelings for him at the time of his death, which was a factor in her breakup with Pete Davidson shortly afterward.
- "pete davidson", after they broke up.
- The lyrics to "thank u, next" became this after her separation and eventual divorce from her ex-husband Dalton Gomez in 2023.
- "break up with your girlfriend, I'm bored", after the alleged homewrecking controversy surrounding her and her Wicked co-star Ethan Slater. The song has also recently been used to reinforce rumors about her allegedly pursuing men in relationships.
- "One Last Time," which contains lyrics of Ariana finally saying goodbye to her lover after admitting to being unfaithful, takes a heartbreaking and depressing perspective after a suicide bomber attacked one of her concerts in Manchester, killing 22 people but leaving her uninjured, and Ariana believing on Twitter that she failed her fans, just like in the song where she failed her lover. In the events after, the song became a symbol of the tragedy.
- "Breathin'" is about Ariana’s struggles with anxiety and staying strong through hardships, and contains the lyric "People tell me to medicate". A few months after Sweetener's release, her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller was found dead of an overdose ruled accidental, and some people blamed Grande for it, saying she left him too broken after getting engaged to Pete Davidson. The engagement was called off shortly after, if not directly because of it.
- Heartwarming in Hindsight: "thank u, next" is this after she finally got married. Though they divorced in 2023.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: "Popular Song" samples "Popular" from Wicked. Years later, it was announced she would be playing Glinda in the movie version and thus singing the song.
- The video for "One Last Time" features an asteroid set to destroy Earth. Seven years later, Ariana contributed a song to "Don't Look Up", about an asteroid set to destroy Earth.
- Ho Yay:
- Ariana Grande stealing the guy's girlfriend in the video for "break up, with your girlfriend, I'm bored" is a case of the song being interpreted this way despite the song having the lyric "you without me ain't right".
- A lot with her best friend and Victorious co-star Elizabeth Gillies. A leaked video shows them even sharing a test kiss for fun.
- It's Popular, Now It Sucks!: She as an artist has become this with her detractors particularly after the release of "thank u, next".
- Memetic Mutation:
- At the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in London, during a performance of one of her songs, she gets hit by a model's angel wings. Ariana's reaction to being hit has already gone viral. Here are a few
examples
. - Her song “thank u, next” has the line “one taught me love, one taught me patience, and one taught me pain” which many people took and applied to TV characters and regular day situations
. - Her spray tanning is a source of many memes, especially when it comes to comparing to how she looked back in her Victorious days.
- The Ariana Grande School of DictionExplanation
- "YUH."Explanation
- "Excuse me, umm..........I love you."Explanation
- This '80's-style remix
of Into You lead to comments pretending that Ariana Grande actually made the song in the '80's and was an active singer at the time. This snowballed into various other jokes and formed their own canon storyline. Explanation - And what about it?

- At the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in London, during a performance of one of her songs, she gets hit by a model's angel wings. Ariana's reaction to being hit has already gone viral. Here are a few
- Moe: Ariana's youthful and bubbly looks and personality won the hearts of many and endeared them to her music.
- Paranoia Fuel: These lyrics from the track "Touch It" sound frightening once you stop and think about it:Ariana: How do you know I'm breathing when I'm holding my breath?
- Rainbow Lens: The song "Break Free" has been interpreted by some of her fanbase as a coming out anthem.
- She Really Can Act: As it says in the main article, many people are surprised that she started out as a Broadway and television actress, having started out in an Annie production as the title character among other things.
- Signature Song: At first, "The Way" was considered this, then "God is a woman" was a huge success, and then "thank u, next" was unanimously considered by most fans to be her definitive signature song.
- Song Association: "Greedy" from Dangerous Woman. If you're a fan of RuPaul's Drag Race, then you know "Greedy" as the song Valentina didn't know the words to.

- Tough Act to Follow: According to a number of her fans and reviewers, Thank U, Next is this, as it's viewed as one of her best albums in terms of range, lyrical story telling and vocals. Because of this, the album Positions that she released in 2020, about a year after Thank U, Next was received less warmly due to feeling rather monotone in comparison.
- What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids?: Ariana has a lot of young fangirls due to the fact she began as a Nickelodeon child star and she has a "beautiful" look to her. A good number of her singles are rather clean, however not all are. For example, "Dangerous Woman" and "Into You" both have veiled references to sex. Her albums from Dangerous Woman onwards have Parental Advisory warnings, with thank u, next and Positions getting into Cluster F-Bomb territory.
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