Get ready to dive into the fascinating world of Ariana Grande! We're uncovering the most surprising and little-known details about this incredible pop star, from her unique talents to her unexpected life experiences that will leave you amazed and entertained!
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00:00I watch a lot of horror.
00:01Welcome to Ms. Mojo.
00:03And today, we're counting down our picks for the little details about Ariana Grande's life
00:08that make us love her even more.
00:10My nonna always offers me meatballs.
00:12And I'm like, no, thank you.
00:14Like, I'm still plant-based and still...
00:18Sorry, I'm sorry, thank you.
00:21Number 10.
00:22She does incredible impressions.
00:25What do Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Celine Dion have in common?
00:29Ariana Grande does amazing impersonations of all of them.
00:33UFC fighting.
00:35Shall we go for it?
00:36With her spectacular vocal range,
00:39it's not too surprising that she can imitate lots of fellow singers.
00:50But what's really crazy is that she can do it with her speaking voice too.
00:54Her impression of Jennifer Coolidge is uncanny.
00:57God, you look like the 4th of July.
01:02And Jennifer Lawrence was super impressed by Grande's performance as her
01:06on Saturday Night Live.
01:08Imagine being at a star-studded Hollywood party
01:10and watching Grande bust out this talent in front of everyone.
01:14They told me not to do a game show,
01:15but I was like, screw it, I can have fun.
01:16I'm a regular person.
01:18Number 9.
01:19She never went to prom.
01:21In May 2020, Grande teamed up with Justin Bieber to release a new single,
01:27That became a tribute to high schoolers who couldn't attend prom because of COVID.
01:36They also put out a prom playlist.
01:39And in a subsequent interview,
01:41Grande revealed that she had never gone to prom herself
01:44because she was shooting Victorious at the time.
01:46Weird, I still don't see your date anywhere.
01:49Where is Tug?
01:51Well, he was standing next to a candle and his jacket caught on fire.
01:55The singer said that filming with her castmates
01:57and having tutoring sessions together between shoots
02:00sometimes made the set feel like a real high school.
02:03Yeah, that was my prom.
02:04That's the closest I ever got to a prom.
02:06All right.
02:06The show even did a prom episode in season two,
02:09but it's not quite the same when there's a director standing nearby yelling cut.
02:16Number 8.
02:17She's a huge Jim Carrey fan.
02:20It's fitting that Grande is so good at impressions
02:23since her childhood crush is the king of them.
02:31She's been smitten with Jim Carrey since she was a kid,
02:34and over the years, the two have formed an unlikely friendship.
02:37They worked together on Carrey's show Kidding,
02:40and each gushed about how great the experience was.
02:50Around the same time,
02:51Grande got a tattoo of Carrey's most famous line from his 1998 film The Truman Show.
02:56Oh, and in case I don't see you, good afternoon, good evening, and good night.
03:00The pair has stayed in touch,
03:02occasionally chatting over email or on social media.
03:05It's a surprisingly heartwarming story.
03:08He was so over the top nice and perfect and just how I'd hoped he'd be.
03:11And he was his like classic Jim Carrey.
03:13Nice to meet you.
03:14Be nice.
03:15Remember, be nice.
03:16I was like, oh my God, you're so cute.
03:17I love you.
03:19Number 7.
03:20She was hit by a hockey puck twice.
03:22When Grande was growing up in Boca Raton,
03:25she and her family were huge fans of the Florida Panthers NHL team.
03:29She even sang the national anthem at a game when she was just eight years old.
03:46But she caught the team's attention well before that,
03:49when she was just five, she was hit in the wrist by a flying puck during a game.
03:53Puck injuries can be deadly, but luckily Grande was just bruised.
03:58The crazy thing is that the accident happened while Grande's mom was talking to a reporter
04:03about the first time she was hit by a puck.
04:06Considering that she was showered with gifts from the players and got to ride the Zamboni,
04:10we're guessing she wasn't too traumatized by the incidents.
04:13The NHL also chimed in on the jokes, sharing Ari's post and tweeting,
04:17Yo Ariana Grande, come watch some hockey again. We personally invite you. Thank you, next.
04:22Number 6. She has a ton of tattoos and one is a mistranslation of Japanese.
04:29We wouldn't be laughing at this if Grande didn't have a sense of humor about it herself.
04:33Ari fans know that she has a bunch of tattoos.
04:36We have for good on our hands.
04:38And they, we got them on opposite so when we hold hands they tats.
04:42But one of her tats has a slightly embarrassing story.
04:45To celebrate the release of her single,
04:47Seven Rings, Grande got a tattoo of the song's title on her hand in Japanese kanji.
04:58Or at least, she thought she did. The tattoo actually said,
05:02Shichirin, which is a small grill.
05:05Grande got help from her Japanese tutor to fix it, but that didn't quite work out either.
05:10I gotta say, if I had a tattoo that said barbecue grills, I would not.
05:14I'd put up with the pain.
05:15I would put up with the pain. That's how much I love barbecue.
05:18When the old news story about the hockey pucks went viral,
05:21Grande jokingly posted that she still looks the same,
05:24except for a hand tattoo that says, quote, barbecue grill finger.
05:29Number 5. She wears a ponytail because of hair damage.
05:33If you pictured Ariana Grande in your mind right now,
05:36you'd probably envision her in her signature high ponytail.
05:39It turns out there's a reason she wore that look so often.
05:47In 2014, Grande responded to rude fans who complained that she always had the same hairstyle.
05:53In a Facebook post, she wrote that constantly bleaching and dying her hair to play Cat
05:58Valentine had seriously damaged it. She was self-conscious about how it looked,
06:03and felt that wigs looked terrible too.
06:06Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a blonde?
06:08No.
06:11I've wondered that.
06:12I've also wondered why lemonade is a drink and first date is for the injured.
06:17So she opted for extensions and disguised them in a ponytail.
06:21We hope whoever gave her a hard time about her hairstyle is ashamed of themselves.
06:26We think Grande looks fabulous even with no hair.
06:29I fell asleep during study hall. Jade found me.
06:35Number 4. She's Vegan
06:37Grande has a huge heart for animals. She went vegan all the way back in 2013,
06:42and she's stuck with it.
06:44My family always forgets. I don't think they forget. I think they don't want to remember.
06:51She's also a major advocate for adopting homeless animals.
06:54While on tour in 2015, she invited local shelters to bring adoptable dogs to the venues,
07:00and she paid the adoption fee for every one that found a home.
07:04Of course, she also has a house full of rescued dogs of her own.
07:07Is he a trained dog?
07:09No, he just gets it.
07:10He just gets it, yeah.
07:12She even encouraged her followers to avoid SeaWorld after learning about how
07:16captive orcas are abused from the documentary Blackfish.
07:19Now, that's a star who stands up for what she believes in.
07:22But here's a photo of Toulouse. He did an ad for Coach.
07:25Yeah, he did.
07:26Look at him here.
07:27Number 3. She had a Jaws-themed birthday party.
07:31Grande isn't shy about her love for horror movies.
07:34I can't watch horror for love or money. I cannot. I saw Long Legs recently.
07:39Brilliant.
07:40She's even used Halloween as an opportunity to dress up as some classic horror monsters.
07:45And she went all out with prosthetics and makeup.
07:48Apparently, her love for scary movies goes all the way back to the beginning.
07:52Her second birthday party had a Jaws theme. Needless to say,
07:56it didn't help her make friends with other toddlers.
07:59No kids came. They came and left.
08:01She was also known to run around the house in a Freddy Krueger mask wielding a hockey stick.
08:05All this makes us wonder, is there a horror movie role on the horizon?
08:09That's a great time.
08:11Number 2. She holds 20 Guinness World Records.
08:15When Grande's song Positions debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,
08:19it was her fifth single to do so.
08:27That incredible achievement was a world record, and it's far from her only one.
08:32She has 19 others.
08:41Her single Seven Rings was the most streamed track on Spotify in one week.
08:46And at one point, she had more subscribers than any other female musician on YouTube.
08:51She was also the first solo performer to have songs that
08:54spots 1, 2, and 3 on the U.S. singles chart at the same time.
09:03She's also the sixth most followed person on Instagram, with over 376 million followers.
09:10Yet somehow, it feels like she's just getting started.
09:15Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.
09:20She's a Slytherin.
09:21The Pottermore quiz doesn't lie.
09:28Her YouTube cover of Emotions set her on the path to stardom.
09:32Showing off those whistle notes proved how incredible her voice really is.
09:43She might have encountered a demon.
09:45She got a photo of the apparition at Stull Cemetery,
09:48but later deleted it out of fear.
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10:12Grande has had a strong connection to the Wizard of Oz long before she was cast as Glinda in Wicked.
10:18It's the wizard who should be afraid of me.
10:20Nelvie, listen to me. Listen to me, just say you're sorry.
10:26In a 2012 interview, she revealed that Over the Rainbow is the first song she ever remembers singing.
10:33At her benefit concert following the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017,
10:38she chose to close out the show with that song.
10:41She later explained that it was her grandfather's favorite song.
10:44At her benefit concert following the Manchester
10:55Arena bombing in 2017, she chose to close out the show with that song.
11:07She later explained that it was her grandfather's favorite song.
11:11She even played Dorothy on an April Fool's Day episode of Victorious.
11:15It seems that Ariana and Oz were always meant to be connected.
11:28Which fun facts surprised you the most?
11:31Let us know in the comments.
11:32My grandpa said,
11:34"'Grandy.'"
11:35So should we all be saying,
11:36"'Grandy'?"
11:37Well, my brother kind of changed it to
11:38"'Grande'," because, like,
11:39"'Grandy' was kind of like the, like, I guess, Americanized version of it, you know?"
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