

Sometimes you cry, sometimes I cry, sometimes even Ariana Grande cries! After the singer was spotted with “tears in her eyes” at a concert in St. Louis on Saturday, she tweeted (then deleted) a brief explanation to fans. Here’s what enterprising Arianators recorded before the message was lost:
“tour is wild. Life is wild. i’m grateful for the sea of love i have around me everyday and for the people who come to these shows and give all of us every ounce of energy they’ve got. i’m grateful to work with the best musicians and dancers in the world. i’m grateful for my voice and my team. i’m grateful for this music. i’m grateful for my tour bus driver, Kurt who bought me pickles yesterday because he saw we ran out. i’m grateful for the opportunity to sing to thousands of people every night. it’s a dream come true. no matter how hard it gets or how many feelings come up that are screaming at me to be processed and sorted through one day, i’m grounded by gratitude and promise not to give up on what i’ve started. i feel everything very intensely and have committed to doing this tour during a time in my life when i’m still processing a lot … so sometimes i cry a lot! i thank you for accepting my humanness.
Many speculated that the emotional moment was rooted in her breakup with Pete Davidson. “R.E.M.”—the song in question—is about “dreaming someone into your life.” (She tweeted as much in 2018.) Some claimed it was the memory of the late Mac Miller, while others argued her tears came from memories of the bombing of her Manchester show in 2017. It might have even been the pickles she ran out of! Humans are unpredictable and wildly varied. She ended her self-care transmission not with despair, then, but a call to action for Arianators worldwide.