Ariana Grande Changes Ricky Alvarez “Thank U, Next” Lyrics at Concert
Ariana Grande is giving a sweet shoutout to her ex-boyfriend Ricky Alvarez.
Indeed, one day after the “Sweetener” singer hung out with her ex, she changed the lyrics about Alvarez in her song “Thank U, Next” during her Eternal Sunshine Tour concert in Austin, Texas, on her birthday June 26.
As seen in fan footage from the concert, which Alvarez attended, Grande, 33, modified the lyrics to the track, sharing a hint about where she stands with the dancer, whom she dated from 2015 to 2016.
In the verse about her ex-boyfriends, Grande sang, “Wrote some songs about Ricky / I know he still got my back,” the second part of which is a change from “Now I listen and laugh.”
While the Arianators went wild over the lyric tweak, a concertgoer caught Alvarez’s live reaction to the change. In the social footage, the 33-year-old looked on and subtly smiled while a man—who fans believe is Grande’s dad Edward Butera—shook his hand. The singer’s mom Joan Grande also casually gestured to Alvarez during the shoutout.
