petal: The dark, disturbing beauty of Ariana Grande’s new album

In 2020, Ariana Grande showed off a new tattoo: a delicately sketched lotus flower climbing up her right arm. Known to bloom in the mud and symbolise beauty in adversity, the lotus flower was initially interpreted by some fans as a tribute to her late former partner, Mac Miller. But, as Grande’s own voice rises out of sludgy, dusk-coloured Ramp;B on her new album, petal, and soars in spite of decidedly dark lyrics likehellip;read more raquo;