Ariana Grande’s new album “Sweetener” dropped today and fans are having a hard time coping with the hidden tribute to the victims of the Manchester concert bombing in May 2017.
The final song on the new album, “Get Well Soon,” ends with a long moment of silence. The track runs 5:22, the date of the tragic bombing that left 22 dead and dozens injured.
Grande’s fans are reacting to the tribute and having a hard time holding it together.
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She really done added 40 seconds of silence to the end of Get Well Soon so the song is exactly 5:22 minutes bc Manchester happened on May 22nd peace I’m out #Sweetener pic.twitter.com/dARzubDsGd
— lily (@onthehighline_) August 17, 2018
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Grande stated in an interview with ELLE magazine that “Get Well Soon” is about her physical response to the tragedy. In the months after the Manchester bombing, Grande experienced a decline in health. “When I got home from tour, I had really wild dizzy spells, this feeling like I couldn’t breathe,” she told the magazine.
Grande also showed her emotion during an appearance Thursday night on “The Tonight Show”, breaking down during a tribute to Aretha Franklin.
Grande sang “Natural Woman” in honor of the legendary singer who died on Thursday at the age of 76.