Overview
- On Monday, July 13, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn Grande sang a revised line — “Wrote some songs about Ricky / We always find our way back” — during “Thank U, Next,” a switch captured in viral concert footage.
- She has altered the Ricky verse several times on the Eternal Sunshine Tour, first changing it at her June 26 birthday show in Austin and again across later dates, which fans read as a personal signal.
- People and TMZ report that Grande and Ricky Alvarez are dating again but are “taking things very slowly,” a characterization drawn from unnamed insider sources.
- Photographs and fan videos show Alvarez spending time with Grande on tour and at family gatherings, including a July 4 weekend outing in Boca Raton, while neither he nor Grande has issued a public statement.
- The renewed attention follows Grande’s reported split from Ethan Slater and recalls her 2015–2016 relationship with Alvarez, and further developments to watch are any official comment from the pair or more onstage lyric changes.