{"id":248950,"date":"2026-06-28T13:58:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T13:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/ariana-grande-changes-thank-u-next-lyrics-about-ex-ricky-alvarez-when-he-attends-her-concert\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T13:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T13:58:30","slug":"ariana-grande-changes-thank-u-next-lyrics-about-ex-ricky-alvarez-when-he-attends-her-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/ariana-grande-changes-thank-u-next-lyrics-about-ex-ricky-alvarez-when-he-attends-her-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande Changes \u2018Thank U Next\u2019 Lyrics About Ex Ricky Alvarez When He Attends Her Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/ariana-grande\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ariana Grande<\/strong> <\/a>gave a sweet shoutout to ex <strong>Ricky Alvarez<\/strong> during her <em>Eternal Sunshine Tour<\/em> stop in Austin, Texas, changing the lyrics to one of her hit tracks.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of singing, \u201cWrote some songs about Ricky, now I listen and laugh,\u201d Grande, 33, belted out, \u201cWrote some songs about Ricky, know he still got my back,\u201d while performing \u201cThank U, Next\u201d on Friday, June 26.<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez, for his part, was in the VIP audience on Friday during the performance. He was seen smiling as Grande swapped the lyrics, per a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@alexisromo22\/video\/7655907202502315294?_r=1&amp;_t=ZP-97Z1pF30YfO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> captured by a fan.<\/p>\n<p>Grande and Alvarez, 33, were first romantically linked in 2015 before parting ways the following year. In 2018, Grande dropped her \u201cThank U, Next\u201d track, referencing many of her former flames including Alvarez, <strong>Big Sean, Pete Davidson<\/strong> and the late <strong>Mac Miller.<\/strong> (Miller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/ariana-grande-makes-rare-comment-about-mac-miller-years-after-his-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died in 2018<\/a> of an accidental overdose. He was 26.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/ariana-grande-cries-on-stage-after-ethan-slater-split-news\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/ariana-grande-cries-on-stage-after-ethan-slater-split-news\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Ariana Grande Cries on Stage After \u2018Overwhelming&#8217; Performance<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tAriana Grande got very emotional during a performance in Los Angeles. \u201cThank you so much, oh, my God. L.A., thank you so much,\u201d Grande, 32, said in footage from the second of four performances at Crypto.com Arena for her Eternal Sunshine Tour. \u201cAre you kidding? What the hell? I\u2019ve never in my life experienced a [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While talking about her <em>Thank U, Next<\/em> album in 2019, Grande shared Alvarez\u2019s reaction to being featured in the song.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRicky loved it. He was proud. But Ricky was like, \u2018Why did I get the worst line?\u2019 And I was like, \u2018What do you mean?\u2019 He was like, \u2018Everyone else\u2019s line is so nice and mine is like, Man f*** him, he\u2019s trash.\u2019 I was like I could have said that,\u201d Grande recalled during her appearance on the <em>Zach Sang Show<\/em> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cI could have said, \u2018Wrote some songs about Ricky, never mind he\u2019s trash.\u2019 I was like, \u2018I could have said that, but I didn\u2019t.\u2019 I said, \u2018Now I listen and laugh.\u2019 Because it didn\u2019t work out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grande, for her part, has most recently been linked to <em>Wicked<\/em> costar <strong>Ethan Slater.<\/strong> After meeting on set of the Blockbuster hit in 2023, the twosome began dating before news broke earlier this month that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/ethan-slater-makes-1st-appearance-after-ariana-grande-split\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the pair called it quits.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/inside-ariana-grande-and-ethan-slaters-split-what-went-wrong\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2192896109-ethan-slater-ariana-grande.jpg?crop=0px%2C50px%2C1200px%2C678px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2192896109-ethan-slater-ariana-grande.jpg?crop=0px%2C50px%2C1200px%2C678px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2192896109-ethan-slater-ariana-grande.jpg?crop=0px%2C50px%2C1200px%2C678px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2192896109-ethan-slater-ariana-grande.jpg?crop=0px%2C50px%2C1200px%2C678px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2192896109-ethan-slater-ariana-grande.jpg?crop=0px%2C50px%2C1200px%2C678px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2192896109-ethan-slater-ariana-grande.jpg?crop=0px%2C50px%2C1200px%2C678px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2192896109-ethan-slater-ariana-grande.jpg?crop=0px%2C50px%2C1200px%2C678px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2192896109-ethan-slater-ariana-grande.jpg?crop=0px%2C50px%2C1200px%2C678px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2192896109-ethan-slater-ariana-grande.jpg?crop=0px%2C50px%2C1200px%2C678px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Inside Ariana Grandes Split From Ethan Slater What Went Wrong After the Release of Wicked\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/inside-ariana-grande-and-ethan-slaters-split-what-went-wrong\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Inside Ariana Grande&#8217;s Split From Ethan Slater: What Went Wrong<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tAriana Grande and Ethan Slater\u2019s private split was far from dramatic. \u201cAfter their press tour [for Wicked: For Good] died down, they had been spending more time apart than usual,\u201d a source exclusively shared with Us Weekly of what led to the demise of the pair\u2019s relationship. \u201cThey both agreed they wanted different things and [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s amicable. They gave lots of time and careful consideration and decided to go their separate ways,\u201d a source told <em>Us Weekly<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/ariana-grande-and-ethan-slater-split-after-2-years-of-dating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">about their split.<\/a> \u201cThey are still friends and very supportive of one another. They have been quietly broken up for several months.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>The insider shared that Grande \u201cis doing great\u201d and has been \u201cfocused\u201d on her <em>Eternal Sunshine Tour<\/em> and \u201cupcoming new album,\u201d <em>Petal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>A separate source told <em>Us<\/em> that Grande and Slater had been \u201cspending more time apart than usual\u201d after their press tour for <em>Wicked: For Good.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey both agreed they wanted different things and had been working through what the future holds together,\u201d the insider shared, noting that there is still admiration between the exes. \u201cThey both care about each other and hoped things would work out.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/ariana-grande-changes-lyrics-about-ex-ricky-alvarez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ariana Grande gave a sweet shoutout to ex Ricky Alvarez during her Eternal Sunshine Tour stop in Austin, Texas, changing the lyrics to one of her hit tracks. Instead of singing, \u201cWrote some songs about Ricky, now I listen and laugh,\u201d Grande, 33, belted out, \u201cWrote some songs about Ricky, know he still got my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-248950","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}