Break ups can suck, but if you’re going to have the whole world watching as things collapse around you, you can at least turn everyone’s attention to a bittersweet goodbye.
Ariana Grande’s Mean Girls/Bring It On/Legally Blonde/13 Going On 30 inspired video for Thank U, Next dropped on Friday night (November 30) and aside the cultural references and cutting humour, she’s included an apology and made reference to her ex Pete Davidson’s goods.
Talk about putting it all out there. A Mean Girls inspired vid would be good enough on its own but our Ariana’s gone full on 00s nostalgia in the promo for her latest release, and everyone in the world has fallen in love with her just a little bit more.
Ariana and Pete called their engagement off in October after first getting together in May and since then through the media – social and traditional, including episodes of Saturday Night Live – things have been spilling out all over the place.
Now with the release of the video for Thank U, Next, which peaked at around 829,000 viewers watching simultaneously, with over 516,000 messages posted in the discussion sidebar, another all-time record for Premieres on YouTube, Ariana has extended a fig leaf to Pete.
that’s hard https://t.co/Cn8iS0mDyt
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) November 30, 2018
The first of these is at the 57 second mark – though why anyone would want to skip through this video is beyond comprehension – where Ariana has a restyled Burn Book. Except this time it’s a Thank U, Next book.
In it Ariana pastes a pic of the pair and writes ‘sry I dipped’, ‘Pete’ in a love heart, ‘I love you always’ and ‘HUUUUUUGE’.
People on Twitter have taken the ‘sry I dipped’ as an apology from Ariana for ending their engagement and the feels are flying:
what ariana wrote on each page in the thank, u next burnbook. we love a girl with class.
sean: so cute, so sweet (could still get it)ricky: great dancer, good times man, friends forever
pete: i love u always, sry i dipped, HUUUUGE#ThankUNextVideo pic.twitter.com/simEUfmQmn
— syd 보라해 // 196 (@bangtanftariana) November 30, 2018
I legit joined twitter just to say one thing to @ArianaGrande and that is GURLLL “sorry I dipped” bout to be my new quote for everything pic.twitter.com/2OEBjTS3r0
— sheesh (@sorryidippedYUH) November 30, 2018
my good sis ariana writing "sry i dipped" on the pete davidson's burn book page will carry me through 2019
— #BrittanySpanos (@ohheybrittany) November 30, 2018
It’s not just the Burn Book bit that’s got tongues wagging. Among the cast of celebrity cameos including Kris Jenner, Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls’ Aaron Samuels), Legally Blonde star Jennifer Coolidge plays a part in a cut scene which has big implications.
Ariana says:
I mean, he was really cute, you know. And he was, he was really big.
Jennifer says:
Well I’ve only gone out with one guy that had a big front tooth, and I liked it cos… he never got anything stuck in the front teeth.
Have you ever gone out with someone who didn’t have any teeth at all?
Ariana replies:
No.
It’s not just Ariana fans who have approved of her nostalgic video, Mark Ruffalo from 13 Going On 30 tweeted saying ‘Having some Razzles (it’s a candy AND a gum) in your honor, @ArianaGrande! #thankunext’
Having some Razzles (it’s a candy AND a gum) in your honor, @ArianaGrande! #thankunext https://t.co/5QA1pNtbiO
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) November 30, 2018
Meanwhile Kris Jenner has been tweeting about the video:
I'm not a regular mom, I'm a cool mom. https://t.co/GGpPNUC4N2 @ArianaGrande
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 30, 2018
thank u, next https://t.co/4wZh4p1ADV
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 30, 2018
thank u, next, bitch https://t.co/MHqbHrR7Hn
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 30, 2018
thank u, next, bitch https://t.co/PoKypSaonx
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 30, 2018
thank u, next https://t.co/4qZnbKTKPQ
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 30, 2018
thank u, next, bitch ;) https://t.co/sAvONID1hn
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 30, 2018
thank u, next ;) https://t.co/mGy4z4Utcq
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 30, 2018
thank u, next ;) https://t.co/x7igWqnasl
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 30, 2018
ha! thank u, next! https://t.co/orTgpWYCOc
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 30, 2018
#proudmama #thankunextvideo https://t.co/GGpPNUC4N2 pic.twitter.com/STvqG8H8qe
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 30, 2018
thank u, next! https://t.co/HbYgdebVHw
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 30, 2018
thank u, next! https://t.co/xJPaaoWqJM
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 30, 2018
thank u, next! https://t.co/i0J8gVHQip
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 30, 2018
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— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 30, 2018
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— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 30, 2018
thank u, next! https://t.co/wmM7O1kEUm
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 30, 2018
thank u, next https://t.co/eWM0zcWsFp
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 30, 2018
thank u, next! https://t.co/KqohdkmQyR
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 30, 2018
thank u, next! https://t.co/5lsW2pZsLt
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 30, 2018
thank u, next https://t.co/vTmyUMUw9b
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 30, 2018
You get the point.
Kinda wish I had a famous ex who could tell everyone how average I am down there. Keep doing you, Ariana.
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