January is the place main movies go to flop. Pop stars are a special story: After years dominated by Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” (January 12), The Weeknd’s Daybreak FM (January 7), and Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” (January 8), it appears like something might occur this week. No one wants the narrative shift greater than Ariana Grande, whose on-set romance with Depraved costar Ethan Slater is the headline that simply retains headlining. However she theater-catchphrased herself out of a sticky tabloid scenario as soon as earlier than, so why not go for an encore? The chipper new single “sure, and?” cribs the golden rule of improv for a light-weight dance shuffle with a couple of barbed phrases for the critics, culminating within the line, “Why do you care a lot whose ! I journey?” The critics, depicted within the video as a bunch of frumpy whiners, are all predictably gained over by the tip. Shut your eyes, faucet your heels collectively 3 times, and repeat Madonna’s ad-lib from the highest of “Vogue”: What are you lookin’ at?
