{"id":23738,"date":"2026-08-01T00:59:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=23738"},"modified":"2026-08-01T00:59:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:59:50","slug":"ariana-grandes-petal-music-video-gory-meaning-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=23738","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande&#8217;s &#8220;Petal&#8221; Music Video: Gory Meaning Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Heartbreak won\u2019t bite here in paradise\u2014but <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/ariana_grande\"><strong>Ariana Grande<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> might.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The 33-year-old <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=afSgBNwmZrQ&amp;list=RDafSgBNwmZrQ&amp;start_radio=1\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">dropped the music video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> for her song \u201cpetal,\u201d the latest single from her eighth studio album of the same name that was released on July 31.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">In the video, Grande plays a doe-eyed aspiring actress named Pepper who endures rejection after rejection while auditioning at Fame Inc, playfully alluding to the \u201cInto You\u201d singer\u2019s own journey in the entertainment industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">And in case you were expecting Glinda the Good Witch, she is nowhere to be found here.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\">As Grande sings in the song, \u201cAll of my favorite stories end in some kind of catastrophe,\u201d and the music video is no different.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Indeed, the \u201cpetal\u201d video ends in a blood-soaked chainsaw massacre, with Pepper slicing up the executives who constantly picked apart her appearance and talent. 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