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Ariana Grande Reveals Whether ‘Yes, And?’ Is the Title of Her New Album, Clarifies Cover Art

The pop star recently announced that her new single will arrive Jan. 12.

Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande

Shannon Beveridge

Ariana Grande just dropped two major details about her fast-approaching new music.

Just a day after announcing that her new song will arrive Friday, Jan. 12, and be titled “Yes, And?,” the 30-year-old pop star confirmed that the lead single will not share a name with her upcoming seventh album, as some fans had previously speculated. She also clarified that the photo she paired with the song announcement – a blurry image of the left side of her face and red lips – will indeed serve as the album cover.


“p.s. i couldn’t wait any longer to tell you that although this is not the album title, it is indeed the album cover (well…….one of them!),” the vocalist wrote on her Instagram Story Monday (Jan. 8), resharing her post from the day prior announcing the single.

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“Yes, And?” follows weeks of Grande teasing her musical comeback on social media, where she’s been sharing photos and muted clips of her time in the studio putting the project together. Last week, she sported a custom “Yes, And?” sweatshirt in public, leading fans to wonder whether it was the title of a new song or album.

The star’s latest album rollout follows her years-long break from music, having spent the time since 2020’s Positions focusing on her R.E.M. Beauty business and her role in the upcoming live-action adaptations of the Broadway musical Wicked. In the past three years, her pop-star endeavors have only spanned guesting on other artists’ songs here and there (such as the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Die for You” with The Weeknd and “Met Him Last Night” with Demi Lovato) and releasing a 10th anniversary edition of her debut album, Yours Truly.

A couple days before the new year, she reflected on her time spent away from music in 2023. “I’ve never felt more at the mercy of and in acceptance of what life was screaming to teach me,” she wrote in a message on her Instagram Story. “I have never felt more pride or joy or love while simultaneously feeling so deeply misunderstood by people who don’t know me, who piece whispers together and make what they want out of me and their assumptions of my life.”

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This article was first published by BIllboard U.S.

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Ed Sheeran performs onstage at iHeartRadio Z100's Jingle Ball 2025 Presented by Capital One held at Madison Square Garden on December 12, 2025 in New York, New York.
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Ed Sheeran performs onstage at iHeartRadio Z100's Jingle Ball 2025 Presented by Capital One held at Madison Square Garden on December 12, 2025 in New York, New York.

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Ed Sheeran Addresses Controversy at First Show Since Openers, Backing Band Dropped Off Tour, Calls It ‘The Best Show of My Life’

Before his show in Philadelphia, Sheeran read a statement acknowledging the issue of Israel and Palestine, but still tried to keep things neutral.

Ed Sheeran needed to address the situation before he could start playing guitar. It wasn’t how he wanted to start his show, and he’s made it abundantly clear that the last thing he wants around him is controversy or, in his words, to be an “activist musician.”

But here he was, at the first show after his opener and friend Macklemore was kicked off the tour, following pressure by a group of venue owners led by Robert Kraft who took issue with Macklemore’s statement of support toward Palestine. That led to the rest of the tour’s openers and even Sheeran’s backing band for the tour dropping off the tour in solidarity with Macklemore — all of which became a huge news story and PR nightmare for the usually very un-controversial Sheeran. And though he had already made one highly scrutinized statement online while the news story was at its most potent, Sheeran felt the need to address the crowd at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday night (Sept. 19) in person, before the show really started.

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.

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