Ariana Grande Already Teased Her Next Single in the 'Thank U, Next' Video
To say that Ariana Grande‘s “Thank U, Next” has become the song of 2018 would be an understatement. The single was released without a formal announcement following Grande’s sudden breakup with SNL cast member Pete Davidson—and it promptly became an overnight hit. Then, on Friday, the singer gave the world her music video for the single, which has racked up more than 75 million YouTube views in 48 hours.
But Grande’s a busy woman, and you can’t expect her to rest on these latest laurels for long. She confirmed on Saturday to a Twitter fan that she has a whole new album on the way—and that there’s a hidden reference to one of its upcoming singles tucked right in plain sight in the “Thank U, Next” video. Best of all? It honors her best friends.
It started when a fan asked, “Was the instrumental in the beginning really 7 rings? Cause it SLAPS.” “Seven Rings” is reportedly the name of her next single (or one of them), and the beginning of the “Thank U, Next” does sound a lot like what’s rumored to be a clip of “Seven Rings”. Grande confirmed in her response: “mhmm.”
“So is the album like done DONE,” one fan followed up.
“yes but i keep writing things i want to add,” replied Grande.
And that’s when a fan asked a critical question about the origin of “Seven Rings”: “can u let us know who has the 7 rings?”
“me, vic, courtney, alexa, tayla, njomza, kaydence (and my mom and nonna so technically nine but they got theirs after song was done),” Grande responded.
So, uh, how did everyone get them? One fan decided to ask:
“well…………. twas a pretty rough day in nyc,” the singer replied. “My friends took me to tiffany’s. we had too much champagne. i bought us all rings. ? it was very insane and funny. & on the way back to the stu njomza was like ‘bitch, this gotta be a song lol’. so we wrote it that afternoon.”
It’s so great Grande’s best friends have had her back during these past few weeks—and the hidden tribute to these supportive women in a song about her exes? Brilliant.
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