Ariana Grande Says 'Time and Therapy' Helped Her 'Re-Embrace' Her Old Music: 'I Used to, Maybe, Hear It and Cry'

The pop star grappled with how "hard" it used to be to "feel that same gratitude" toward her old hits during her 'Hot Ones' appearance on Thursday

• Ariana Grande discussed how hard it used to be to revisit her old hit songs during the latest episode of Hot Ones

• The pop star said it took "time and therapy" for her to "re-embrace" her early music

• She also shared her thoughts on "frustrating" music leaks

Ariana Grande didn't always hold the same reverence for her entire song catalog as some day-one fans still do.

The pop star, 31, discussed the conundrum of embracing her old hits during the latest episode of Hot Ones on Thursday, Aug. 8, after host Sean Evans asked if there are any tracks she wouldn't mind retiring if fans didn't yearn to hear them so much.

"Of course, that's like a natural thing that all artists can probably relate to," Grande starts to explain. "But seeing [fans'] reaction to it also kind of replaces that... There was a time when it was hard for me to feel that same gratitude that I do now for certain songs and for the music because I think some of it was a stressful time."

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The two-time Grammy winner continued by noting that becoming a pop star at age 19/20 was an "insane" experience and what she went through during that transition likely contributed to her once indifferent feelings about her early music.

"That experience was sort of married to some of the songs a little bit," she shared, "or some of the songs that are more emotional that the experience that inspired them can be married to the music, for me, for a second."

However, Grande revealed that "with time and therapy," she's been able to "re-embrace" the nostalgia of her discography. "I feel just really proud and grateful and happy when I hear them. I'm like, 'That's a good song,'" the "yes, and?" singer said, jokingly adding, "Whereas, I used to, maybe, hear it and cry, so that's a beautiful thing."

Grande addressed other facets of her music during her Hot Ones episode, too, like how she feels about "frustrating" music leaks as an artist.

"It's really hard for me because it's really disheartening and disappointing, and it sucks, and I am constantly trying to get to the bottom of how people get stuff," she shared. "Whether it's videos or pictures or audio, songs... so it's conflicting because that is very frustrating and feels very dehumanizing."

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"And then the other side [of me] is like, but I'm so grateful to be an artist that people care about," the performer continued. "And my fans want more of me, so they're going to these extremes to steal and break in."

"It's so lovely to be loved," she joked. "But yeah, I sit somewhere in between being grateful to be here at all and being like, 'But really? Come on.'"

Lately, Grande has been full-steam ahead with her Wicked press tour as she prepares for part one of the film adaptation — which stars Cynthia Erivo — to hit theaters on Nov. 22. The vocalist praised her leading costar's performance of "Defying Gravity" in the movie on Hot Ones, calling it "the most phenomenal thing I've ever seen in my life."

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Grande is also still in the thick of her Eternal Sunshine era after dropping the studio album on March 8. For months, fans have inquired about a potential new tour to promote the LP, which the thank u, next singer has slyly hinted at in recent interviews.

During the July 9 episode of the Shut Up Evan podcast, Grande said of hitting the road again, "I still want it, too. I think it would be a really lovely idea to be able to trickle in some shows in between the two Wicked films. I think there’s a version of that that exists.”

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