Could Ariana Grande be returning to the stage? A new teaser has fans going crazy.
On Wednesday, August 27, the “Yes, And?” singer took to Instagram to share a cryptic video clip. The clip mirrors the aesthetic of Grande’s Brighter Days Ahead short film, which she released earlier this year as part of a deluxe edition of her 2024 album Eternal Sunshine. The video shows a computer screen with various images — one of a destroyed plush toy from the Brighter Days Ahead short film, as well as one of the singer at a microphone.
Below the images is text reading “corrupt file found and corrected.” After the camera zooms out, text appears on the screen reading “see you next year,” possibly alluding to an accompanying tour for the album.
As Arianators know, Grande has recently been focused more on acting projects than she has been on music. She is currently filming the fourth movie in the Meet the Parents franchise, which is titled Focker In-Law. Grande will star in the movie alongside Superman actor Skyler Gisondo. Soon, Grande will be hard at work promoting Wicked: For Good — in which, she stars as Glinda alongside Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba in the second part of the Broadway musical’s film adaptation.
But by 2026, it seems she will be ready to stack her schedule with tour dates. Should this teaser actually be alluding to a tour, it would mark her first tour since the Sweetener World Tour back in 2019. This tour accompanied both her 2018 album Sweetener and her 2019 album Thank U, Next.
This teaser comes as a pleasant surprise to fans, because in a December 2024 interview with Variety, Grande hinted that she may not tour for several years.
“I feel so grateful to the acting, and I think my fans know that music and being on stage will always be a part of my life, but I don’t see it coming anytime soon,” she said at the time. “I think the next few years, hopefully we’ll be exploring different forms of art, and I think acting is feeling like home right now.”
Whatever the announcement could be, fans can’t wait to see what this new chapter of Grande’s artistry entails.