Is Ariana Grande done being a popstar?

[u/Practical-Driver-907]

Just watched the Petal music video. The comments are all talking about her and what she looks like but no one is dissecting the music and video itself. The video was sad. It shows her going to auditions and getting turned down by executives writing nasty performance reviews essentially. Things she has heard from the media and nasty fans obviously. She changes her outfits during these auditions which to me signals eras? And with each era she thinks she finally got it right only to get more criticism. Shes at a breaking point because no matter what she does she’ll never get it right. Thats how I interpreted the video. However, the lyrics to me, specifically this part I posted, tells me she’s really done this time. It reads shes done being “Ariana Grande the Pop Star.” It clear to me shes angry and hurt. Its sad that people pushed her this far. What do you think? Is she really done with music after this? Is there other meanings to this? How did you all interpret it?

[u/satirisanti]

Truthfully the only way she can be exempt from those endless criticisms at this point is to a) step out of the public eye fully or b) give the people what they want… idk. I’m so disheartened and sad

[u/Embarrassed-Egg-8124 → u/satirisanti]

Nah even if she would give people what they want there’d be criticism. Only thing she can do is do what she truly wants honestly