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A History of Ariana Grande Playing Her Controversies Like Atari
The highs, lows, and whoas of the singer’s decade in the spotlight.
After Grande’s 2011debut single, “Put Your Hearts Up” — a sugar-dusted interpolation of 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s Up?” — failed to gain traction, she returned in 2013 with a more mature and successful sound (and a more natural hair color), plus an influential new mega manager in Scooter Braun. Those 155 days inspired multiple albums’ worth of material for Grande, a special full of jokes for Davidson, and endless speculation from the rest of us as to whether this was true love that just burned out fast or the greatest PR relationship grift ever. Grande also faced criticism for getting a Japanese tattoo celebrating the song that actually read “shichirin,” or a small grill, and later in the year, for allegedly stealing mood-board ideas from drag queen Farrah Moan.
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