Ariana Grande’s ‘Yes, And?’ Lyrics Prove She’s Unbothered By All The Tabloid Drama

• Ariana Grande recently released her first single in years, titled "Yes, And?."

• The lyrics allude to Ariana being very much over all the tabloid drama of last year.

• You can read the full lyrics to "Yes, And?" below.

The Ari drought is over. Ariana Grande recently returned with a new song titled “Yes, And?”—marking her first single in years and the first taste of her long-awaited seventh album.

Shining with dance and house music influences, the song is a clear, defiant response to the tabloid drama surrounding the singer. But it also carries a nonchalant, IDGAF energy that she’s taking straight to the club.

As the internet frenzied over details about her personal life in the past year, from her divorce from Dalton Gomez to her new relationship with Wicked co-star Ethan Slater, Ariana has remained relatively silent. But tonight, she has responded in the way she does best: with her music.

She opens the first verse with an eyeroll to the rumor mill: “In case you haven’t noticed
/ Well, everybody’s tired.” And she declares in the second verse that she won’t change who she is just to please other people: “Now I’m so done with caring / What you think, no I won’t hide / Underneath your own projections / Or change my most authentic life.”

Though she doesn’t mention specific names, she alludes to the fascination with her personal life in the bridge: “Don’t comment on my body, do not reply / Your business is yours and mine is mine / Why do you care so much whose! I ride.”

And she explains why she doesn’t waste her time addressing every rumor about her: “My tongue is sacred, I speak upon what I like / Protected, hot, discerning with my time.”

Ariana isn’t just speaking for herself. With the inspirational feel of her choruses, she seems to encourage her listeners to stay unbothered by their own critics, too. She tells us, “Yes, and? / Say that shit with your chest….. and / Be your own fuckin best….. friend / Say that shit with your chest….. / Keep moving like ‘what’s next?’”

This is far from Ariana’s first time addressing her personal life in song. Tracks like “7 Rings” and “Thank U, Next” addressed her former engagement and past breakups. In 2018, she even dropped a song named after Pete Davidson, her then-fiancé. And on a blunter note, she clapped back at public scrutiny with “Shut Up,” the opening track of her album Positions.

Ariana did briefly comment on the recent backlash against her while reflecting on her experiences in 2023. “I have never felt more pride or joy or love while simultaneously feeling so deeply misunderstood by people who don’t know me, who piece whispers together and make what they want out of me and their assumptions of my life,” she wrote in an Instagram Story in December.

If “Yes, And?” is just the first glimpse of Ariana’s next project, there might be even more truth-telling in store with the rest of the album. The pop star sneakily teased the single last week when she was photographed out wearing a sweatshirt with the song title. Days later, she made the official announcement.

Her next album, currently referred to as AG7, would follow 2021’s Positions, which had singles like “34+35” and “POV” and earned her two Grammy nominations.

Read the full lyrics to “Yes, And?” below.

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