Save your tears, Ariana Grande fans. The pop star is definitely back in the studio, as confirmed in photos she posted on Instagram Wednesday (April 8) amid speculation she’s gearing up to release her eighth album.
Some of the captionless snaps show Grande sitting behind the booth and recording her own vocals into a microphone, while others find the Wicked star producing and editing audio files on her computer. The only non-studio picture in the bunch is what appears to be a dark, greenish gray print of pressed flowers — possibly hinting at the aesthetic of whatever she’s been working on.
Naturally, the post got fans revved up in the comments. “Yes, please!” fellow hitmaker Lizzo wrote.
“ITS HAPPENING,” commented one Arianator, while another wrote, “AG8 IS COMING.”
Grande hasn’t released an album since 2024’s seventh studio effort, Eternal Sunshine, which spent three weeks atop the Billboard 200. Last year, she added several new tracks to the project for a deluxe version.
But while two years might seem like a long wait for some music fans, Grande’s listeners had thought that the star would be taking a long break from dropping albums to focus on acting projects. The Victorious alum herself had hinted as much in numerous interviews over the past year, but earlier in April, fans noticed that she’d changed her Brighter Days hotline’s outgoing message to include a possible hint about her coming out with another album after all.
“Our staff here at Brighter Days are so looking forward to continuing our mission of bringing happiness and healing to as many as we can this summer in person,” she says in the message, referring to her fast-approaching Eternal Sunshine tour kicking off in June. “We’re counting down the 8s — oops! I mean, the days.
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