Ariana Grande has been switching positions for well over a decade, from making albums and going on tours to working on the Wicked films since 2021. Anyone would be ready for a break after that.
But is she? “I think that it would probably be healthy to [take a break],” the pop star told Vogue Japanin a cover story published Monday (Jan. 26).
“I’m not used to taking breaks,” she continued when asked directly whether she’s planning to step away anytime soon. “But yeah, these past few years have been pretty nonstop. And by few, I mean 15.”
Grande added, “Balance is the goal for the next 15 years … I don’t think they will look like the previous 15 years. I think there will be more balance.”
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The two-time Grammy winner has said in the past that she’s done churning out music at the same rate she used to, having released seven albums — six of which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 — between 2013 and 2024. She also isn’t sure how much she’ll perform live in the future after her upcoming Eternal Sunshine Tour closes this September.
“I do know that I’m very excited to do this small tour, but I think it might not happen again for a long, long, long, long time,” she said in November on Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast. “So I’m going to give it my all. I think that’s why I’m doing it, because I’m like, ‘One last hurrah. For now.’”
And in regards to new music, “You’ll have to clone me!” she told Vogue Japan.
One thing Grande isn’t showing signs of slowing down on in the near future is acting, having fallen back in love with the artform through her time on the Wicked set. In October, she wrapped filming on an upcoming Meet the Parents movie, and next year, the vocalist will share the stage with Wicked costar Jonathan Bailey for a West End revival of Saturday in the Park With George.
