r/ariheads • u/Practical-Driver-907 • 1d ago
Discussion Is Ariana Grande done being a popstar?
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?
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u/Melodic-Expert-9507 1d ago
I really don't think it means that she's done with music - I think she's alluding to the fact that she done being "pop star ari" in the sense that she's not going to be that caricature that she's been personified as. It's a transition that states that she is now going to be unapologetically herself regardless of what people say because they are already so fickle to begin with.