On her new song “Hampstead,”, Ariana Grande gets the last word on the tumultuous year that inspired her album, which included a divorce and tabloid backlash.
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The singer gets the last word on this fiery yet heart-wrenching track.
Ariana Grande is a natural at finding the classiest way to call people out. In her new song “Hampstead,” from the deluxe version of her 2024 album eternal sunshine, Grande unpacks the tumultuous year that inspired her album, which included her divorce from ex-husband Dalton Gomez and backlash from her romance with Wicked co-star Ethan Slater.
Grande sets the scene over a simple piano with muffled voices around her, singing as if it’s last call at the cabaret bar. “I left my heart at a pub in Hampstead,” she sings. “And I misplaced my mind in a good way / Threw away my reputation, but saved us more heartache.
