Grande says making music saved her life

Ariana Grande is opening up on the darkest time of her life, and how making music led her through it.

On The Hollywood Reporter’s “Awards Chatter” podcast, the Oscar-nominated “Wicked” star said releasing two albums in less than six months was instrumental in helping her deal with grief, depression, anxiety and PTSD. Grande’s album “Sweetener” was released in August 2018 and marked her first new music following the 2017 terrorist attack at her concert in Manchester, England. The suicide bombing left 22 people dead and wounded hundreds of others. In February 2019, she followed that up with her chart-topper “Thank U, Next,” mere months after the overdose death of her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller and the end of her engagement to Pete Davidson.

— New York Daily News