"[It’s] my first tour in seven years," Grande told the crowd in a video posted to social media June 12, "and I couldn’t possibly dream of a better place to start. So thank you for having us. It has been really beautiful."

"She’s an unbelievable artist," the Broadway star told E! News at the 2026 Tony Awards June 7. "The fact that she gets to show all of that on stage, I’m so proud of her."

And this time on stage is especially poignant. Indeed, for Grande, the tour marks "one last hurrah—for now."

"I do know that I’m very excited to do this small tour," she admitted on Good Hang With Amy Poehler in November, "but I think it might not happen again for a long, long, long, long time."

"It’s basically about something that is full of life growing through the cracks of some things cold and hard and challenging," she explained in a May 7 Instagram video. "It’s kind of about breaking up with all different kinds of negative attachments, whether it’s my own monsters in my own head, external voices, things that no longer serve me.”

Still, the “7 Rings” artist hopes the lyrics ring true for listeners too.

"It was a writing experiment for me to use that as a template so that I could be talking about one thing, sharing something," she continued, "and people could use it however they want and apply it to their own lives."

As for what fans can expect from the music, Grande described it as "a little feral."

While Arianators won’t be able to break free from the anticipation until July 31, Grande has already released the full track list and the album’s first single "Hate That I Made You Love Me," calling it "one of my favorite songs I’ll ever write." And when her costar Justin Long heard about the music video, which dropped in May, he didn’t waver from side to side about whether he wanted to participate.

Noting it was "an unexpected gift to be a part of this project," the Going the Distance alum added on Instagram, "I look forward to one day hearing my grandchild say 'isn’t it crazy that Grandpa was in an Ariana Grande music video??'"

Switchin' positions to Grande’s acting career, she also has several projects on deck. Like her appearance in American Horror Story’s celeb-filled 13th season, which debuts this fall.

"I think I’ll have a very tiny thing to do in it," she teased to Variety in November, "but I’ll be grateful to be a part of it."

Grande is also thankful to be a part of Ben Stiller’s new movie Focker-in-Law as she's been a fan of his and Robert De Niro's Meet the Parents franchise for years.