Ariana Grande Made a Subtle Reference to Manchester in Her New Music Video
Ariana Grande‘s new era is upon us. The pop star released her first solo single in over a year, “No Tears Left to Cry,” on Friday (April 20), and fans are obsessed with it. Rightfully so: “No Tears” takes the glittery electro-pop genre Grande explored on 2016’s Dangerous Woman and updates it, infusing elements of nineties house, R&B, and even some spoken word. The song is the literal embodiment of using dance as catharsis—a way to combat any issues in your life, be they small or large.
Many of Grande’s fans are using the song to continue their healing from the bombing that took place at her May 2017 concert in Manchester. The senseless terrorist attack killed 22 people—some of them very young—and injured many more. Grande organized a benefit concert for Manchester the next month, which raised more than $13 million for the victims and their families. In a statement released several days after the attack, Grande said the Manchester victims will be “in [her] heart every day” and that she’ll think of them in “everything [she does] for the rest of [her] life.”
This rings true in the video Grande released for “No Tears Left to Cry.” At the end of the clip, a large bee flutters across the screen and then out of frame—and that’s not a coincidence. The worker bee is actually the symbol of Manchester, used to represent the city’s resilience during the Industrial Revolution. Watch the video for yourself, below, and pay close attention to the end.
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The reference, naturally, moved Grande’s legion of fans, who took to Twitter to express their thoughts. Here are just a few of their responses:
https://twitter.com/illywhitesides/status/987187888302542848
https://twitter.com/hvneymoonavenve/status/987191240251801601
https://twitter.com/ArianaGrandeXOL/status/987337951880282113
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