Is ariana grande gay
Ariana Grande set the tape straight on Tuesday after fans speculated about whether she disclosed a detail in regard to her sexuality in new her single, "Monopoly."
Grande, 25, dropped "Monopoly" on Monday. She teamed up with shut pal Victoria Monét to make the track. One line, in particular, caught the attention of Arianators who suspected whether the Nickelodeon alum came out as bisexual.
"I like women and men," Grande sings. This line was also sung earlier in the track by Monét, who revealed she was bisexual person on Twitter back in November. At the second, she opened up to fans about how she just experienced a coarse breakup. "I want everyone to know that I'm single (since people wanna pretend I'm not) and make imaginary rules for me," the singer tweeted. "I secretly and respectfully went through a complicated break up this summer but enough is enough. I also like girls. Thank U, Next. Bye."
Taking Monét's earlier reveal into consideration, Arianators debated over whether the "I prefer women and men" line in "Monopoly" was correct for Grande as adequately. Amid the wave of speculation that surfaced via social media on Monday, one fan tweeted how Grande "ain't gotta label
'Is Ariana Grande bisexual?' Here's why that question is problematic
"Here we go again," I sighed, staring at yet another headline offering commentary on a star's supposed LGBTQ status. Key word: "Supposed."
Ariana Grande's latest available "Monopoly" prompted a flurry of renewed speculation about her sexual orientation, thanks to some cheeky lyrics and a gossip-hungry world: "I love women and men." The singer was quick to address the speculation via Twitter after a fan wrote, "ariana ain't gotta label herself, but she said what she said."
The pop star responded, "i haven't before and still don't feel the require to now which is okay."
Grande is (objectively!) correct: We don't need to place LGBTQ labels on celebrities — or any people, for that matter — who don't feel the deserve to label themselves. And even if Grande never addressed the lyric, it still isn't information we need to know to go about our lives. But why perform we try and construct it our business?
The fact is that it doesn't matter why. We shouldn't. It's damaging to the LGBTQ community at huge. It paints sexual orientation and gender identity as something that's
Ariana Grande didn’t possess to come out as queer, but I’m joyful she (kind of) did
Ariana Grande and her best friend Victoria Monét just released “Monopoly,” a fiery pop-rap anthem about success and strong friendships. It echoes the sentiments of “7 rings” — which was released earlier this year and is currently in its ninth week on the Billboard Hot 100 chart — but holds a key difference.
One simple line in the song’s post-chorus alludes to identifying as queer: “I like women and men (yeah).”
It seems silly when I type it out, but the lyric feels iconic for me as a longtime Ariana stan. It’s plain and light — much like I think the coming out process should be — and it doesn’t glue a label to the young, evolving artists who are still clearly coming into their own.
Ariana has never publicly called herself attracted to both genders — but in the hours after the song’s release, she tweeted and deleted that she doesn’t feel a need to “label herself.” Victoria, on the other hand, tweeted “i also like girls” in November 2018. In the music video for her single “break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored,” Ariana comes extremely close to kissing a woman in the very last second, whic
Ariana Grande Should Not Be Your White Queer Icon
A couple of months ago, I wrote an article for the Review about queer tropes in the music video for Ariana Grande’s song, “break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored” (“Ariana Grande’s Tune Video Perpetuates Queer Stereotypes, Tropes,” March 8, 2018). Writing under the assumption that Grande was unbent, I criticized the video for utilizing Grande’s peck with a girl as a “plot twist.” This portrayal, I argued, fed into a common trope that delegitimizes and fetishizes queer women. The article was written a month after the video was released, prior to any sign of Grande coming out. Then, at the beginning of April, Ariana released a song titled “Monopoly” with her comrade Victoria Monét, who is bisexual. In the lyric, they both sing, “I like women and men.”
This was a bombshell for the queer community. While fans declared her a “bisexual icon,” I remained skeptical. Time and again, I’ve been baited by entertainment that presents sexual attraction between women purely for the benefit of the male gaze. From videos like Rihanna and Shakira’s “Can’t Remember to Forget You” to shows like Riverdale, the fetishization of queer women is
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