UPDATE: JANUARY 31, 2019, AT 7:50 A.M. ET — Ariana Grande took to Instagram on Wednesday night and showed off her new and improved tattoo. “Slightly better," she wrote alongside a photo of the ink, which has a new symbol and heart shape. "Thanks to my tutor for helping me fix and to @kanenavasard for being a legend. And to my doctor for the lidocaine shots (no joke). RIP tiny charcoal grill. Miss you man. I actually really liked u."
ORIGINAL STORY:
Ariana Grande just wanted to get a tattoo that said "7 Rings" in Japanese kanji, but the world had other plans. And by the world, I mean the ink was just too painful for her to sit through fully. This, in a nutshell, is the saga of her latest tattoo, which I'm calling, "7 Rings—No Wait, Actually, 7 Tiny Grills."
It all started with the best intentions. Grande decided to commemorate her latest banger "7 Rings," which iconically references The Sound of Music, with a new tattoo. And the title of the song scripted in Japanese kanji seemed like an easy way to go. Cut to a few hours later: Grande posts a now deleted pic of the tattoo to Instagram, and Japanese fans notice something hilarious. The ink doesn't actually translate to "7 Rings" but "shichirin," which means "small Japanese barbecue grill."
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Her fans, naturally, are losing it over this.
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Grande owned up to the mistake in a series of since-deleted tweets. "Indeed, I left out 'つの指' which should have gone in between," Grande tweeted. "It hurt like fuck n still looks tight. I wouldn’t have lasted one more symbol lmao. But this spot also peels a ton and won’t last so if I miss it enough I’ll suffer thru the whole thing next time."
And just to clarify, she confirmed she's also a "huge fan of tiny BBQ grills."
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Ariana Grande released "7 Rings" and its accompanying music video on Friday, January 18. The song is currently number one on Billboard's Hot 100, continuing the streak she started with "Thank U, Next" in November 2018. Her fifth studio album, also titled Thank U, Next, drops Friday, February 8, and comes just months after her fourth record, Sweetener. She'll tour both albums starting this summer—right after she headlines Coachella, of course.
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