Ariana Grande fans touched by 'hidden tribute' to Manchester on 'Sweetener'
Ariana Grande’s new album, Sweetener, is here, and while Pete Davidson gets a direct shout-out, even his own track, the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing get a more poignant nod.
“Get Well Soon,” the last song on her new album, which was released on Friday, is 5 minutes and 22 seconds long, a nod to the 2017 date of the show, May 22. The bombing left 23 dead and 139 injured. Further, the song includes a moment of silence, running the last 40 seconds to the end of the track.
sweetener out now https://t.co/kgaHLWjUeK i love you pic.twitter.com/FA95E5O92x
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) August 17, 2018
Needless to say, Grande’s stans are touched:
the manchester attacks happened on 5/22 and on the last track of ariana’s album, she added 40 seconds of silence to honor the victims of the attack and for the song to match the date, 5 minutes and 22 seconds… pic.twitter.com/KN9s0KZ62S
— ً (@kalenminaj) August 17, 2018
the fact that get well soon is 5:22 long for the May 22 Manchester arena attack, plus it has the 40 seconds of silence at the end, it gives me chills
— sheri (@lovinimIivin) August 17, 2018
GET WELL SOON HAS 22 SECONDS OF SILENCE AT THE END IN DEDICATION TO THE MANCHESTER VICTIMS. IM NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING LEAVE ME ALONE. 😭 pic.twitter.com/dEULN0GSEm
— 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔴𝔢𝔩𝔩 𝔰𝔬𝔬𝔫 (@totalartpop) August 17, 2018
I was confused at first, but I learned that the last 40 sec of silence on “Get Well Soon” are to honor the victims of the Manchester bombing… 😢
we’re not supposed to have any tears left to cry but… here I am#Sweetener pic.twitter.com/mowI7WZb7A— Kaleena🌻 (@KaleenaThanYou) August 17, 2018
The fact that she made GET WELL SOON 5min and 22sec, as the date of the Manchester attack and added 40sec of silence to honour the victims, just warms my heart I- pic.twitter.com/fopsKYJrwp
— ᴀʏʟᴀ ☁️ (@nameismoonlight) August 17, 2018
Just listened to @ArianaGrande ‘s new album #Sweetener and one, I’m quaking and two, at the end of get well soon, there’s a forty second pause for Manchester. WHAT A QUEEN pic.twitter.com/2Hp0yKUztK
— m c k e n n a (@mckennalooney1) August 17, 2018
While it’s been called a “hidden tribute,” this fan better summarized it.
“GET WELL SOON” IS VERY MUCH NOT A HIDDEN TRIBUTE TO MANCHESTER AT ALL ITS VERY MUCH OBVIOUSLY A TRIBUTE TO MANCHESTER COME ON NOW pic.twitter.com/yeyJdrxhcv
— ☀️🌻crouton🌻☀️ @ SWEETENER 🎉🎲🎉 (@jadespr1te) August 17, 2018
Ariana first shared a tease of the song on New Year’s Eve.
A post shared by Ariana Grande (@arianagrande) on Dec 31, 2017 at 8:00pm PST
In May, she was asked about it by a fan and said it was about the anxiety she suffered in 2017. (She dropped out of sight after the attack and didn’t release new music until her emotional “No Tears Left to Cry” nearly a year later.) “I felt like i was floating for like 3 months last year & not in a nice way,” she wrote on Twitter. “like i outside my body? was v scary and i couldn’t breathe well. so it’s ab that. & lots of voices in my head singin.”
She ended by saying, “i hope it comforts ppl who hear it pls.”
isss ab my anxiety. i felt like i was floating for like 3 months last year & not in a nice way. like i outside my body? was v scary and i couldn’t breathe well. so it’s ab that. & lots of voices in my head singin. i hope it comforts ppl who hear it pls ☁️
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) May 29, 2018
Grande’s album is already performing well.
that’s hot https://t.co/UY9wewWqOx
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) August 17, 2018
And the singer, who paid tribute to Aretha Franklin last night, is pretty happy about it.
i love you hello and happy sweetener day i am screaming
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) August 17, 2018
Her fans seem happy too.
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