Ariana Grande’s tour shines with surprisingly emotional cracks in her popstar armour

Ariana Grande was cool, collected, and surprisingly vulnerable (Picture: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for MTV)

Ariana Grande has been seemingly unavoidable recently, with endless discourse surrounding her personal life rather than her music.

So when I arrived at the O2 for her Eternal Sunshine tour opening night, I was anticipating a more timid, reserved singer.

I couldn’t have been more wrong.

Far from those early show wobbles – caught in 4K by fans on her US leg of the tour – she was cool, collected, and surprisingly vulnerable.

Before Ariana, 33, was even revealed, fans were screaming as she posed behind a curtain with her dancers. Every time her ponytailed...