Even though she's scored one of 2014's biggest summer hits and starred on a Nickelodeon series, Ariana Grande believes the public is woefully misinformed on Ariana Grande. If you ask her, the person behind "Problem" is far more "sardonic" than sweet.
In her new Billboard cover story, the 21-year-old singer attempts to brush aside the idea that she's a pint-sized Mariah Carey or a wholesome girl-next-door type by telling us the truth about the people -- some living, some dead, some murderous -- who have inspired her since childhood.
Yassss! Ariana! OMG slay! She on her way 2 becumin such n ikon n legned!
She looks really ****ing silly... but I kinda love it.
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My mom thought I might grow up to be a serial killer.
Why is this a thing that felt necessary to share? And with Jennette's character assassination, you'd think she'd try to, I dunno, seem like a nice person?
"I always wanted to have face paint on or be wearing a Freddy Krueger mask, and I would carry a hockey stick around," she describes of life growing up in Boca Raton, Fla. Aside from aping Freddy and Jason, Ariana was obsessed with an aquatic serial killer, too: "For my fifth birthday party we had a Jaws theme and all my friends left crying."