{"id":42407,"date":"2026-08-13T04:57:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T23:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42407"},"modified":"2026-08-13T04:57:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T23:57:03","slug":"ariana-grande-ricky-alvarez-confirm-theyre-dating-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42407","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande, Ricky \u00c1lvarez Confirm They\u2019re Dating Again"},"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>Grande and\u00a0<strong>Ricky \u00c1lvarez<\/strong>\u2019s love story began in 2015 after he joined the popstar on her\u00a0<em>Honeymoon<\/em>\u00a0Tour as a background dancer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re happy,\u201d Grande told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/ariana-grande-billboard-cover-story-dangerous-woman-avoiding-drama-feminism-7377472\/\">Billboard<\/a>\u00a0of her romance with \u00c1lvarez in a May 2016 interview. \u201cI\u2019m a very happy girl. I have a healthy life right now, and I think that\u2019s all anyone cares to know. The end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their romance proved to be short and sweet, with the musician and the professional dancer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/782890\/ariana-grande-breaks-up-with-ricky-alvarez?query=ricky%20alvarez\">calling\u00a0it quits just months later<\/a> in July 2016.<\/p>\n<p>But there were brighter days ahead for the couple, who were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1433397\/ariana-grande-ex-ricky-alvarez-hang-out-after-ethan-slater-breakup?query=rocky%20alvarez\">seen together during a\u00a0June 2026\u00a0group lunch<\/a> at De Nada Cantina in Austin.<\/p>\n<p>One day later, Grande <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1433409\/ariana-grande-changes-ricky-alvarez-thank-u-next-lyrics-at-concert?query=ricky%20alvarez\">switched up the lyrics<\/a> to her 2018 hit \u201cthank u, next.\u201d Though she usually followed the lyric, \u201cWrote some song about Ricky,\u201d with, \u201cnow I listen and laugh,\u201d at her Austin show she said, \u201cThey still really slap.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Weeks later, she was back at it again, this time singing at her July 13 concert, \u201cWe always find our way back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soon after, he found his way onto her grid, with Grande appearing to soft launch their romance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbTHgARkccY\/?img_index=5\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0July 27 ahead of the release of her eighth album\u00a0<em>Petal<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As she captioned the post which included a clip of herself clinking olives with \u00c1lvarez, \u201cpetal season continued \u2026\u2026.. !\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grande and\u00a0Ricky \u00c1lvarez\u2019s love story began in 2015 after he joined the popstar on her\u00a0Honeymoon\u00a0Tour as a background dancer.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re happy,\u201d Grande told\u00a0Billboard\u00a0of her romance with \u00c1lvarez in a May 2016 interview. \u201cI\u2019m a very happy girl. I have a healthy life right now, and I think that\u2019s all anyone cares to know. 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