Ariana Grande has a message for her critics on the remix of Charli XCX’s track “Sympathy Is a Knife.”

“Sympathy Is a Knife” first appeared on Charli XCX’s album Brat and unpacks the British pop star’s deepest insecurities; the brand new model of the track that includes Grande, 31, appeared on Charli’s remix album Brat and it’s utterly totally different but additionally nonetheless Brat, which was launched on Friday, October 11.

In her verse, Grande sings, “It’s a knife when you recognize they’re counting in your errors / It’s a knife if you’re so fairly, they suppose it have to be pretend / It’s a knife once they dissect your physique on the entrance web page / It’s a knife once they received’t consider you, why do you have to clarify?”

In the identical verse, she additionally sings, “It’s a knife when the imply followers hate the great followers / When any individual says, ‘Ari, I believe you’ve completely modified.’”

Grande has fielded loads of questions on her look, lately denying rumors that she has had cosmetic surgery whereas collaborating in Self-importance Truthful’s Lie Detector Take a look at sequence final month. Grande’s Depraved costar Cynthia Erivo requested whether or not or not the pop star has had a boob job or a nostril job, to which she replied “no” to each.

“I’ve had fillers in varied locations and Botox, however I ended, like, 4 years in the past. And that’s the extent,” Grande mentioned on the September 30 episode, although she famous that she totally helps anybody else who chooses to change their look. In September 2023, the “Everlasting Sunshine” singer additionally spoke candidly about “getting a ton of lip filler over time and Botox.”

She advised Vogue on the time, “I, over time, used make-up as a disguise or as one thing to cover behind. That may be so lovely at occasions, and I nonetheless do have love for it and appreciation for it.”

Cosmetic surgery speculations aren’t the one rumors Grande has needed to discipline previously 12 months, as her relationship with Ethan Slater acquired a big quantity of adverse consideration. Information of their relationship went public in July 2023, the identical month Us Weekly confirmed Grande had break up from Dalton Gomez after two years of marriage. Her divorce was finalized in October 2023. Not too lengthy after, Slater, 32, filed to divorce his ex-wife, Lilly Jay, which was finalized on September 12.

On the time, rumors started to flow into that Grande and Slater had ended their respective relationships as a result of their on-set romance whereas filming Depraved, in theaters on November 22. (A supply completely advised Us in August 2023 that there was no overlap between the relationships.)

“Probably the most disappointing half was to see so many individuals consider the worst of it,” Grande advised Self-importance Truthful on September 30. “That was undoubtedly a troublesome trip.”

Regardless of the criticism, Grande added that she wouldn’t let the rumors tarnish her happiness.

“Actually, it’s taken me loads of exhausting work to have the ability to final this lengthy and to heal sure components of my relationship to fame and to what I do due to these tabloids which have been attempting to destroy me since I used to be 19 years previous,” she mentioned. “However you recognize what? I’m 31 years previous and I’m not an ideal individual, however I’m undoubtedly deeply good, and I’m happy with who I’m changing into.”

Grande, for her half, launched her album Everlasting Sunshine in March. In a February interview on “The Zach Sang Present,” Grande shared that she was “nervous” to launch new music amidst her relationship drama. (The album options songs that seemingly reference her relationships to Slater and Gomez.)

“I’m so nervous, as a result of items of it contact on issues which might be actual after which items of it are additionally simply, like, a part of the idea,” she shared. “So, what’s that separation?”

In June, a supply completely shared with Us that Grande was her “genuine self with Ethan” and feels “lastly fulfilled in a relationship,” noting, “Her household trusts [Ethan] as a result of he’s caring and a gentleman.”