Ariana Grande paused her concert Monday night to clarify her plans to temporarily retreat from public life following her “Eternal Sunshine” tour.

“Can we get a little real tonight?” the singer asked attendees at her Chicago show, per a video circulating on X.

The 33-year-old said in the four-minute speech, which she had written out on her phone, that “the announcement that was made yesterday was not a reactive or impulsive thing” and had been “blown out of proportion” online.

“It is something that I had decided to plan,” the actress added, claiming she made her “thoughtful” and “empowering” decision “quietly, a long time ago.”

She went on to…

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