is working on a new studio album, sources claim - after she tantalized fans with photos of herself in a recording studio.
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Ariana Grande Shocks Fans with Tour Retirement News
Ariana Grande is working on a new studio album, sources claim - after she tantalized fans with photos of herself in a recording studio.The 32-year-old's last so...
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The 32-year-old's last solo studio album was the 2024 release Eternal Sunshine, which included her smash hit single Yes, And?.
Since then, her career has been dominated by the two-part Wicked movie adaptation, for which she and her co-star were showered with acclaim.
Last November, she
However she reignited her admirers' hopes for the next steps of her career by posting an Instagram carousel Wednesday filled with photos of her in the studio.
Now insiders have revealed that the mystery project she was recording is in fact her eighth and next complete studio album, according to TMZ.
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Ariana Grande is working on a new studio album, sources claim; she is pictured at the red carpet of the 2024 Oscars wearing custom Schiaparelli
The photos in her Instagram post showed her sitting at a soundboard and at a computer as well as crooning into a microphone.
One photo showed her perched in a chair with the soundboard behind her, beaming and throwing her hands up in the air in apparent celebration of a job well done.
Insiders made claims she is recording a full new album after she tantalized fans with photos of herself in a recording studio
After announcing her tour retirement, she reignited her admirers' hopes for the next steps of her career by posting an Instagram carousel Wednesday filled with photos of her in the studio
The photos in her Instagram post showed her sitting at a soundboard and at a computer as well as crooning into a microphone
One photo showed her perched in a chair with the soundboard behind her, beaming and throwing her hands up in the air in apparent celebration of a job well done
Fans flooded into the comments to share their enthusiasm, including no less than Grande's fellow pop act Lizzo, who exclaimed: 'Yes, please!'
Now insiders have revealed that the mystery project she was recording is in fact her next complete studio album, according to TMZ
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The 32-year-old's last solo studio album was the 2024 release Eternal Sunshine, which included her smash hit single Yes, And?
When she announced her tour retirement in November, she explained that her pop career had 'taken over' her life she was finally learning to prioritize other passions
The singer admitted in November her decision to step back from touring comes after finally recognizing how consumed she became by her pop career.
‘That's something that is learned over time,’ she explained. ‘For me, when I came into all of this, and my pop career sort of took over my life in a way, I didn't have that at all.’
She added: ‘I just am feeling a lot more connected to myself and my art since I started doing different things.
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‘I spent so much time only doing pop music, but I grew up as a girl who loved musical theatre and comedy, so I think the thing that will be best for my soul and for my art is chasing things that feel very right in the moment, even if it’s spontaneous and something different.’
Grande has increasingly
She is currently filming Fockers In-Law, the next instalment in the Meet the Parents franchise alongside Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro.
'It's a role that I read the script [for] and I love it and it's funny and I love the cast and I'm so excited,’ she said.
‘And then I'm going to do a small stint of shows next year because that is something that authentically sounded good to me.
Grande revealed on Amy Poehler's podcast in November that she will 'give it her all' during the tour as it is 'like one last hurrah' before she steps back from international touring
She added: ‘I spent so much time only doing pop music, but I grew up as a girl who loved musical theatre and comedy, so I think the thing that will be best for my soul and for my art is chasing things that feel very right in the moment'
'And then from there, there are other things that are different, and I think following those authentic impulses feels like a really good idea, like a good thing.'
The actress-singer first rose to fame as a teenager on Nickelodeon, playing Cat Valentine in Victorious from 2010 to 2013 before reprising the role in Sam & Cat.
She went on to become one of the world’s biggest pop stars, releasing seven studio albums, earning seven UK No.1 singles, breaking multiple streaming records and winning two Grammy Awards.
But Grande now says the next decade of her life will look very different from the whirlwind rise that defined her twenties.
‘I feel very privileged and grateful to have learned that there can be room for different creative endeavors,’ she reflected.
‘I think it will change a lot. I think the last 10 or 15 years will look very different to the ones that are coming up.’
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