Ariana Grande is teasing fans with hints that she may be dropping music.
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Ariana Grande has been in the headlines a lot lately, but unfortunately for the singer, it hasn’t been because of her music.
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Most recently, Grande made headlines after she ended her marriage to Dalton Gomez.
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The pair were first linked in 2020, when the star was spotted kissing a mystery man in Los Angeles, who was later confirmed to be the luxury real estate agent.
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The couple revealed that they were engaged in December 2020, and in May 2021, they got married in an intimate ceremony at their Montecito home.
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A source confirmed to PEOPLE in July 2023 that the pair had separated earlier in the year.
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In September 2023, Grande officially filed for divorce.
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“Dalton’s career is demanding and he can’t leave Los Angeles often,” a source said. “So, when [Grande] started filming Wicked in England, they were in for a long-distance marriage.”
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The couple finalized their divorce in October 2023, with Grande agreeing to pay her ex-husband a lump sum of $1,250,000 and split the proceeds from the sale of their former Los Angeles home.
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A week after the couple’s split was made public, a source told PEOPLE that “Dalton is very religious and was committed to making it work, but Ariana had moved on.”
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As it turns out, Grande actually moved on to her Wicked co-star, Ethan Slater.
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The singer will be portraying Glinda in the movie adaption of the hit Broadway musical, while Slater plays Boq, the love interest of Elphaba’s sister Nessarose.
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Shortly after news of Ariana’s split went public, sources confirmed to multiple outlets that Grande and Slater are dating and that both of them separated from their marriage partners.
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“Ariana and Dalton separated in January,” one source said. “She and Ethan recently began dating, and he is separated from his wife.”
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Ethan and his ex-wife, Lilly Jay, were married in 2018 and had been together since high school.
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In 2022, the couple welcomed their first child together.
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Though sources say that Grande’s breakup happened well before her relationship with Slater began, Ethan’s wife has a different story.
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She directly told Page Six that “[Ariana’s] the story really. Not a girl’s girl. My family is just collateral damage.”
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Jay added that she’s just focusing on raising her and Slater’s baby and being “a good mom.”
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Ethan officially filed for divorce on July 26, 2023, per TMZ, with a source telling Entertainment Tonight that Lilly is “devastated” by the breakup.
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Another source told Page Six that Jay was “completely blindsided” by her ex-husband’s relationship with Ariana.
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Now, fans who have stuck by Grande’s side through the controversy have reason to believe she has new music coming out.
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After putting her singing career on hold for the past couple years to focus on the Wicked, it looks like Grande is back in the studio.
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On Thursday, the performer shared a series of photos and muted videos on Instagram of her at work in a professional recording studio.
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In many of the slides, Grande sits at a computer while editing audio files that are visible on the screen.
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Unfortunately for eager Arianators, the “Side to Side” singer didn’t provide a caption for the post, so the pictures and clips are all the confirmation we have.
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Still, Grande’s close friend and frequent collaborator Victoria Monet did comment, “She’s HOME!!!🤎🤎🤎🥂”
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Cynthia Erivo, who’s starring as Elphaba opposite Grande’s Glinda in the Wicked movies, also hopped in the comments, writing that “no one is ready.”
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“I’m so freaking proud of you!!” She continued. “This project is so freaking special!!!”
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What project Erivo is actually speaking about, we have yet to see. But Ariana certainly has enough material for another project.