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Ariana Grande<\/a><\/strong> and Ricky Alvarez<\/a><\/strong>are reportedly back together. The pair, who formerly dated from 2015 to 2016, are allegedly spending time together. In her Brooklyn stop, Grande also changed the lyrics of her song \u201cThank U, Next.\u201d It went from \u201cWrote some songs about Ricky \/ Now I listen and laugh\u201d to \u201cWrote some songs about Ricky\/ We always find our way back.\u201d As per a report, Grande and Alvarez are dating again.<\/p>\n According to TMZ<\/a>, Ariana Grande and Ricky Alvarez have rekindled their romance. Sources close to the situation told the outlet that the pair is dating but are taking things slow. On July 7, the \u201cBreak Free\u201d hitmaker\u2019s source told PEOPLE<\/a> that the two spent the Fourth of July weekend in Florida with her family. \u201cShe\u2019s having a great time on tour,\u201d the source said. They continued that Grande \u201cloves having close friends join her for parts of the tour.\u201d<\/p>\n The source further explained, \u201cRicky has always been a friend and confidant. She really trusts him.\u201d They added, \u201cHe has such great, positive energy, makes her laugh and she enjoys spending time with him.\u201d PEOPLE also reported yesterday that the pair aren\u2019t willing to rush things. A source told the publication that they are \u201ctaking things very slowly.\u201d They continued, \u201cAriana has always considered Ricky a friend. She\u2019s not held ill will against him [since their split].\u201d<\/p>\n Reportedly, Alvarez \u201cis dependable, trustworthy and very supportive,\u201d and Grande \u201cfeels she can be herself around\u201d him. Moreover, the \u201cWicked\u201d star loves how \u201cfunny\u201d the professional dancer is and that the two \u201chave a similar, smart, dry sense of humor.\u201d However, the two are reportedly enjoying the slow pace in their romance. \u201cThey\u2019re not jumping into anything serious right away, but Ari is happy to have him back in her life,\u201d the source stated.<\/p>\n Besides the Brooklyn show, Grande also changed \u201cThank U, Next\u201d lyrics at her June 24 and June 26 shows. On June 24, the 33-year-old sang, \u201cWrote some songs about Ricky \/ Now they kinda slap.\u201d Two days later, she changed it again to \u201cWrote some songs about Ricky\/ I know he still got my back.\u201d<\/p>\n Originally reported by Ritika Singh on <\/em>Reality Tea<\/a><\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Ariana Grande Rekindles Romance With Ricky Alvarez After a Decade \u2014 Report<\/a> appeared first on Mandatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ariana Grande and Ricky Alvarezare reportedly back together. The pair, who formerly dated from 2015 to 2016, are allegedly spending time together. In her Brooklyn stop, Grande also changed the lyrics of her song \u201cThank U, Next.\u201d It went from \u201cWrote some songs about Ricky \/ Now I listen and laugh\u201d to \u201cWrote some songs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2199148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2502682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Melissa-Gilbert-Celebrates-Dick-Van-Dykes-100th-Birthday-With-Throwback.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2502682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2502683,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502682\/revisions\/2502683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2199148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2502682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2502682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2502682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Ariana Grande reportedly gets back together with Ricky Alvarez after Ethan Slater split<\/h2>\n