“The first teaser trailer for the movie musical Wicked: Part One debuted during Super Bowl Sunday, showing the first footage of Cynthia Erivo as the witchy Elphaba and Ariana Grande as bubbly Glinda.”— Jack Smart, people.com
“Good karma my aesthetic / keep my conscience clear, that's why I'm so magnetic.”— Ariana Grande, open.spotify.com
“I’m a person who’s been through a lot and doesn’t know what to say about any of it to myself, let alone the world.”— Ariana Grande, vogue.com
“Pete is a young person trying to navigate fame; harassment shouldn’t be considered a normal part of being a celebrity.”— De Elizabeth, teenvogue.com
“A ukelele automatically turns a song into a bop, I don't make the rules.”— Claire Dodson, teenvogue.com
“After spending the Thanksgiving week teasing fans with odes to Legally Blonde, Mean Girls, 13 Going on 30, and Bring It On on her Instagram, we were blessed with the video for the power anthem this afternoon.”— Amanda Mitchell, marieclaire.com
“cool that ariana grande forgives her exes. also cool that every day I relish in the memory of mine calling, furious, asking why i let him believe björk was pronounced “bork” for 2 years and that he just embarrassed himself at a party””— reply bi, twitter.com
“Who do religions fear the most? You're going to say to me: Satan, the devil. It's actually women.”— Patrick Wanis, vice.com
“I wanted to make people feel really good when they listen to this. The thing that my friends say when they listen to this album is, 'This feels like the girl we hang out with.' When they listen they're like, 'This is our friend.'”— Ariana Grande, papermag.com
“He is a hot, sad, thin ghost. Surely there’s a real sweetheart under all those dumb tattoos. I bet I can fix him.”— Scaachi Koul, buzzfeed.com
“Expressing sexuality in art is not an invitation for disrespect. Just like wearing a short skirt is not asking for assault. Women's choice... Our bodies, our clothing, our music, our personalities... sexy, flirty, fun. It is not. an open. invitation. You are literally saying that if we look a certai…”— Ariana Grande, rollingstone.com