Ariana Grande and Ricky Alvarez first sparked in April 2015, and their romance ran for just over a year before the pair called it quits in mid-2016. A decade later, it looks like the story might not be over because Ariana just dropped another hint that has fans convinced a reunion is brewing.
Performing Monday evening in Brooklyn as part of her Eternal Sunshine Tour stop at Barclays Center, Grande tweaked the lyrics to her 2018 smash Thank U, Next. Where the original verse has her singing, “Wrote some songs about Ricky, now I listen and laugh”; her live version swapped in, “Wrote some songs about Ricky, we always find our way back.” — a far warmer sentiment than the one fans have known for years.
It's not the first time she’s played with that line this tour. During her Eternal Sunshine stop in Austin back in June — including a show on her birthday, which Ricky attended in person — Ariana similarly reworked the lyric to hint that the dancer-turned-photographer still has her back, drawing loud reactions from the crowd both times.
Ariana and Ricky have been spotted together repeatedly over the past month, including a low-key outing in Austin and a grocery run in her hometown of Boca Raton, Florida, over the Fourth of July weekend. Adding fuel to the fire, Ariana recently went through Ricky’s Instagram and liked every single one of his posts.
News broke in early June that Ariana and her Wicked co-star Ethan Slater had ended their relationship after several almost three years together, and within weeks, Ricky Alvarez was suddenly back in the picture. Neither Ariana nor Ricky has directly addressed the reunion rumours.
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