Currently, Ariana Shine is embarking on her most ambitious romantic storyline yet: a fictional one. She has partnered with a streaming service to produce Starlight Junction , an interactive musical where the viewer decides who the protagonist ends up with. Interestingly, she has cast herself as the protagonist, but the love interests are played by actors who have been digitally de-aged and morphed to resemble her real-life exes.

Following her split with Miller, Grande entered a fast-paced engagement with SNL's Pete Davidson. They were engaged within weeks and even got matching tattoos, though they broke up a few months later. This era inspired much of the Sweetener and Thank U, Next albums.