Followers Assume Ariana Grande Hints at Dalton Gomez and Ethan Slater on Deluxe Album

• Ariana Grande’s deluxe album Everlasting Sunshine: Brighter Days Forward dropped Friday
• Followers rapidly began to learn between the traces and puzzled if she’s singing about her ex husband or present boyfriend
• Along with the deluxe album, Grande launched a brief movie

Brighter days are forward for Ariana Grande — however followers assume she could also be diving into her previous on her new Everlasting Sunshine tracks.

Following the discharge of Grande’s deluxe album Everlasting Sunshine: Brighter Days Forward, followers rapidly began to learn between the traces and puzzled if she’s singing about her ex-husband Dalton Gomez and present boyfriend Ethan Slater.

A number of followers on X are shared a clip of Grande, 31, as Cat Valentine within the hit Nickelodeon present Victorious, the place she belts out the phrases “he did not say I could not sing.”

One fan captioned the clip, “‘ariana you possibly can’t speak in regards to the divorce.'”

One other fan shared a clip of Trisha Paytas hysterically crying and captioned the submit, “ariana repeatedly saying ‘i do’ in hampstead as a nod to her marriage with dalton and to her marriage ceremony vows.”

In the meantime, one other captioned the clip, “Ariana when signing the divorce settlement to not point out dalton’s identify or something in regards to the relationship publicly.”

In “Twilight Zone,” Grande, 31, seemingly dives into her divorce with Gomez, which was finalized in March 2024 after they confirmed their separation in July 2023. Within the observe, Grande references the sci-fi present that debuted in 1959.

“Did I dream the entire thing? / Was I only a nightmare? / Completely different dimensions / Caught within the twilight zone,” she sings of Dalton, who she begun relationship in January 2020. “Is that this a black-and-white scene? / If that’s the case, then I am within the grey one / Hope you win for greatest actor / ‘Trigger I had you utterly unsuitable.”

Within the refrain, she insists “it is not like I am nonetheless not over you” however “typically, I simply can’t imagine you occurred.” Nonetheless, she sings “it is not like I might ever change a factor.”

On “Hampstead,” Grande addresses the critics who had selection phrases about her love life, reminding them that they know little or no about what occurred when she was residing in Hampstead, North London whereas filming Depraved. It was throughout this time that she introduced she’d break up from Gomez — and confirmed she was relationship Slater, who additionally starred within the Oscar-nominated movie.

“I left my coronary heart at a pub in Hampstead / And I misplaced my thoughts in a great way / Threw away my status however saved us extra heartache,” she sings. “Sure, I do know it appears f—ed up, and also you’re proper / However fairly frankly you’re nonetheless unsuitable about all the pieces / To this point off, your seat’s nowhere close to the desk.”

On “Previous Life,” Grande is shifting on from a previous lover — that seemingly did not know her in any respect. “You assume I am misplaced, however that is simply the way you discovered me / Effectively, possibly I am the stranger in any case.”

“All the time puzzled what would occur if I allow you to lose me / All the time puzzled what would occur if I let myself want extra,” she sings. “Would possibly f— round and elevate my expectations / Now I am (I am), superb (Positive), to depart you in a previous life / Yeah, I am (I am), superb (Positive), to depart you in a previous life.”

Along with the deluxe album, Grande launched a brief movie, which explores the “love, loss, development and the fleeting nature of reminiscence, delivering a heartfelt cinematic expertise that closes the door on this everlasting sunshine album period.”

Everlasting Sunshine: Brighter Days Forward is out now,