Ariana Grande is transferring away from her life as a pop star… form of.

In an interview on the Las Culturistas podcast with Matt Rogers and her Depraved co-star Bowen Yang, Grande revealed the place she sees herself in her profession transferring ahead.

Although she nonetheless needs to make music, it will not be on the identical frequency as a result of she needs to proceed appearing.

“I am gonna say one thing so scary – it is gonna scare absolutely the s–t out of my followers and everybody, however I like them, and they will deal, and we’ll be right here endlessly,” she started.

“I’m all the time going to do ‘pop stuff,’ pinky promise, however I don’t suppose doing it on the charge I’ve been doing it for the previous 10 years is the place I see myself for the subsequent 10. I like appearing, I like musical theater,” she revealed.

“[Musical theater] is my coronary heart,” she added.

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Grande acquired her begin in present enterprise within the 2008 musical 13: The Musical earlier than starring on Nickelodeon’s Victorious.

“Reconnecting with this a part of myself who began in musical theater, and who loves comedy, and it heals me to do this — discovering roles to make use of these elements of myself and put them in little houses and characters and bits and voices and songs,” Grande went on.

“No matter is sensible, or no matter roles we see match, or the place I may actually do a great job or honor the fabric, I might actually like to. I feel it’s loads higher for me. I’m getting emotional,” she mentioned.

The star dropped her most up-to-date album, everlasting sunshine, in March 2024 to rave evaluations from followers and critics.

Earlier than that, she took a four-year break whereas getting ready for and filming Depraved, however she alluded to the truth that a less-than-enthusiastic response to her 2020 album Positions could have contributed to her step again from the music trade.

“I acquired just a little ‘this isn’t what we would like vibes’ […] I keep in mind that put me in a cage of judging each single piece, I scrapped so many issues that I used to be going to place out,” she shared.

“And now folks like it prefer it’s one of the best factor I’ll ever make! What’s that? How is that truthful? However I like them for it,” she added.