{"id":278928,"date":"2026-01-11T07:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T07:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/278928\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T07:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T07:04:10","slug":"ariana-grande-clarifies-comments-on-releasing-new-music-before-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/278928\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande Clarifies Comments on Releasing New Music Before Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/ariana-grande\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ariana Grande<\/a> is clarifying her comments about when she might release new music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn a Variety <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/awards\/ariana-grande-defends-cynthia-erivo-wicked-for-good-awards-snubs-1236626867\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">interview<\/a> published Friday (Jan. 9), the pop star and actress spoke about the Wicked film franchise, her upcoming Eternal Sunshine Tour, and the possibility of new music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cNo \u2014 definitely not. Nothing is coming before May,\u201d Grande said when asked about new music. She added, speaking directly to her fans, \u201cI love them so much, but sometimes I want to ask, \u2018Do you think there\u2019s another version of me out there who had time to write an album?\u2019 Not yet \u2014 but soon enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGrande\u2019s seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine, arrived in March 2024 and spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. She later released a deluxe version of the album, and will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/awards\/ariana-grande-tour-dress-critics-choice-awards-2026-1236148635\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">embark on a tour<\/a> this year in support of the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSince then, the \u201c7 Rings\u201d singer has been focusing on her role as Glinda in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Wicked and its recent sequel, Wicked: For Good. She is nominated for best performance by a female actor in a supporting role at the Golden Globes on Sunday (Jan. 11).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tShortly after the Variety interview was published, Grande addressed a fan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTTEs0FCKVY\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">post on Instagram<\/a> to clarify her remarks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWelp i never said \u2018but soon enough\u2019 or mentioned any months ! lol my goooooodness,\u201d she wrote in the comments. \u201cAll i said was \u2018no\u2019 and \u2018do they think there\u2019s a clone of me out there somewhere\u2019! there must\u2019ve been a zoom glitch or something.\u201d She added, \u201cMa\u2019am i would need an extra brain and four more arms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGrande has a packed schedule in the months ahead. In addition to her role in Wicked, she will star in the upcoming comedy Focker In-Law, appear in the new season of American Horror Story, and voice a character in the animated adaptation of the Dr. Seuss book Oh, the Places You\u2019ll Go!<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tShe also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/ariana-grande-teases-project-excited-contains-multitudes-1236152057\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">teased a top-secret project<\/a> to Variety. \u201cI can\u2019t say much yet, but it\u2019s something that inspires me deeply,\u201d Grande said. \u201cIt contains multitudes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande is clarifying her comments about when she might release new music. 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