8 things we learned about Ariana Grande after watching the Netflix documentary<

MusicAvailable since Monday, December 21 on Netflix, the docu-concert excuse me, i love you takes fans and curious people behind the scenes of Ariana Grande's tour.

By Floriane Reynaud

After Beyoncé, Blackpink and Taylor Swift, Netflix is ​​attacking another music star: Ariana Grande. In the form of a docu-concert, the singer invites her fans to take a look behind the scenes of her Sweetener World Tour 2019. The star's stage performances are interspersed with short passages backstage where we get to know Ariana's entourage Great, from her manager to her dancing troupe, including her mother. Zoom on eight information to remember about the popstar in excuse me, i love you.

She is very demanding on the scenography

As in her music videos, Ariana Grande attaches great importance to the image and the scenography. For her Sweetener World Tour, she chooses a deeply minimalist backdrop that begs to be accessorized. The strength of his show is above all the light that adapts to each painting. Sometimes Klein blue, sometimes candy pink, the light spots plunge the viewer into the tangy world of Ariana Grande. A rebellious Barbie car for her pop cover of My Favorite Things or a giant moon floating above her for Tattooed Heart, with each new performance a few elements come to decorate the scene. From very mini skirts to chockers, on the costume side, Ariana Grande borrows her aesthetic from two equally visual periods: the sixties and the nineties.

She is committed to the LGBTQ+ cause

The girly and very marked universe of Ariana Grande still leaves a lot of room for difference. In addition to her messages of tolerance and the diverse cast of her troupe, Ariana Grande walks the talk. In many choreographies of his show, women and men sometimes mix without distinction of gender. This is the case of Darrion Gallegos, back up dancer star of the Sweetener Tour who brings his masculine and feminine duality through his sensual movements and his extravagant wardrobe. Some duets are even performed by dancers of the same sex, in opposition to the traditional rules which systematically associated people of the opposite sex. Ariana Grande confirms her commitment to the fight against intolerance at the end of her concert where we see her, with her dancers, igniting her audience with rainbow flags, a symbol of the LGBTQ+ community.

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His team is very generous with the fans

Followed in the corridors of the O2 Arena in London, Ariana Grande's team distributes pit tickets to some less fortunate fans who had no choice but to buy misplaced tickets. As a surprise guest, Joan Grande, who is none other than Ariana's mother, gives VIP bracelets to a little girl terrified of being placed high up in the gigantic London theater.

His manager is Scooter Braun.

At the origin of the careers of many American stars such as Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato and Kanye West, Scooter Braun is also known for the scandal that bears his name: scootergate. In 2019, the businessman acquired Big Machine Label Group, the label with which Taylor Swift worked. When the announcement broke, the Grammy-winning singer publicly said she was "disgusted" that Scooter Braun was taking ownership of her work. Since the resale of the label, Taylor Swift would have no way of recovering the rights to her old albums and could therefore neither perform them in concert nor use them in promotional content. Ariana Grande has yet to comment on the issue.

She's a real pro

Filmed throughout the London concert, the diva does not falter once. Sometimes storming the huge stage of the O2 Arena alone, Ariana Grande is accompanied by a small orchestra. From God is a Woman to Side to side, she dances and sings, barely out of breath. Perched on her famous waders as high as stilts, the singer offers a performance almost as impeccable as on her album, despite the technical complexity of her titles.

She does her own makeup

XXL eyeliner, highlighter visible from several hundred meters away, extremely tanned complexion… Ariana Grande's beauty signature is one of the most recognizable. From the world of music. Accustomed to this look, the singer now realizes it alone before going on stage. For her legendary hairstyle, she still calls on Josh Liu. Her appointed hairdresser creates an XXL ponytail made up of several centimeters of hair extensions, tightened as much as possible at the top of the head.

She is a fan of Mariah Carey

The most epic collaborations are not necessarily made with the biggest financial means. As a good self-respecting diva, Ariana Grande has boundless admiration for the queen herself: Mariah Carey. Called a few minutes before going on stage by her manager Scooter Braun, Ariana Grande learns that she will participate in a kind of reboot of the cult Christmas clip All I want for Christmas is you. The singer seemed over the moon when it was announced that Mariah Carrey – her lifelong inspiration – would have chosen her personally to appear in the video. The Netflix documentary previews the mini filming of the Ariana Grande sequence… live from the showers at London's O2 Arena.

She has a pet pig

In addition to her nine dogs, Ariana Grande also has another pet: a little pig, which she adopted with her ex-boyfriend Pete Davidson. The adorable animal named Piggy Smallz makes a short appearance in the documentary. It is also possible to follow the adventures of Ariana Grande's pig on her Instagram account with almost 400K followers: @realpiggysmallz.

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