Ariana Grande won’t label her orientation and doesn’t ‘feel the need to now’

Ariana Grande released a new song and video on Monday with Victoria Monét called Monopoly. While we’ve only seen Ari dating (and recycling) guys, the lyrics suggest she might be into women too. They include “I swerve both ways, dichotomy” and “I like women and men, Work so f’n much, need a twinny, twin, twin.” Victoria is a cowriter of the song and she’s openly bisexual, so this part might not even be written by Ariana, but it still got fans speculating about Ariana’s orientation.

In response questions about that, Ariana clarified that she’s not going to label her orientation.

i haven’t before and still don’t feel the need to now 🖤🧚🏼‍♂️ which is okay

— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) April 1, 2019

I think if Ariana fell in love with a woman she would be open about it. I mean she got engaged to Pete Davidson, she’s not hiding anything and that is a dude you hide. It’s everyone’s prerogative to come out, whatever their orientation. But I’m sure she’ll be accused of being vague or gay-baiting because she gets accused of all sorts of things. I’m not a huge Ari stan I’m just saying!

As for the video, it’s cute and grows on you. It has a very low-key feel and it’s not like Ariana is pandering at all. It’s the kind of video you want to watch a few times and that’s how the song is too. I like all the little emojis and words they throw out, especially the part at 1:40 where Ari is throwing the words “haters,” “negativity,” and “trump.” Here’s the video for Monopoly. It is NSFW due to the F word:

This is still the best Monopoly song of all time though. I’m not joking I love that song. Photos via Instagram and screenshots from YouTube