{"id":264416,"date":"2018-12-31T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1000321"},"modified":"2018-12-31T08:35:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:35:00","slug":"ariana-grande-says-thank-u-next-to-the-best-worst-year-of-her-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/ariana-grande-says-thank-u-next-to-the-best-worst-year-of-her-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande Says &#8220;Thank U, Next&#8221; to the Best\/Worst Year of Her Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2018107\/rs_600x600-181107090644-600.breathin.11718.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"45.38433908046\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"33.441091954023\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/ariana_grande\">Ariana Grande<\/a><\/strong> is counting down the minutes until midnight.<\/p>\n<p>This morning, the 25-year-old reflected on her intense year and spread a message of hope with her 141 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BsDAts_gT2d\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> followers. &#8220;Farewell 2018, you f&#8211;k. I hope this new year brings you all much laughter, clarity and healing. Be gentle with yourselves and each other. If we made it thru this last year, we&#8217;ll for sure make it through this one,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Thank you for everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While accepting <em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s Woman of the Year Award in New York City a few weeks ago, the &#8220;thank u, next&#8221; singer called 2018 &#8220;one of the best years of my career and the worst of my life.&#8221; In 2019, the singer added, &#8220;I look forward to hopefully learning to give some of the love and forgiveness that I&#8217;ve given away so frivolously and easily to men in the past to myself this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Grande, who split with fianc\u00e9 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/pete_davidson\">Pete Davidson<\/a><\/strong> shortly after the death of ex-boyfriend <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/mac_miller\">Mac Miller<\/a><\/strong>, admitted she needs to work on her personal life, joking, &#8220;I really have no idea what the f&#8211;k I&#8217;m doing.&#8221; While she has &#8220;everything I&#8217;ve ever dreamt of having,&#8221; Grande <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/994172\/ariana-grande-just-made-us-cry-with-her-tearful-speech-at-billboard-woman-of-the-year-awards\" target=\"_blank\">fought back tears<\/a> thinking about her future. &#8220;I just want to say, if you&#8217;re someone out there who has no idea what this next chapter&#8217;s gonna bring, you&#8217;re not alone in that. Ew, I&#8217;m not gonna cry; that&#8217;s really stupid. I&#8217;m really looking forward to embracing whatever happens, whatever comes my way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57.402542372881\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"12.96186440678\">\n<p>Meanwhile, over the weekend, Grande <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/999911\/ariana-grande-cancels-new-year-s-eve-weekend-concert-amid-health-issues\" target=\"_blank\">canceled a show<\/a> at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Vegas, I&#8217;m currently working through some health issues and am beyond sorry I won&#8217;t be able to see u this weekend,&#8221; the singer told fans in an Instagram Story update late last week. &#8220;I love u and so look forward to seeing u and making it up to u next year.&#8221; Luckily, the &#8220;Breathin&#8221; singer will hit the road next year for her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/980492\/ariana-grande-announces-sweetener-world-tour-2019-dates\" target=\"_blank\">Sweetener World Tour<\/a>, kicking off March 18 in Albany, N.Y.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Don&#8217;t miss <em>E! 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