Music superstar Ariana Grande takes the cover story of American Vogue Magazine‘s August 2019 edition lensed by fashion and celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz. In charge of styling was fashion editor Tonne Goodman, who for the session selected looks from top brands such as Dior, Chloe?, Khaite, and Eric Javits. In charge of beauty were hair stylists Josh Liu for Ariana, and Cedric Salon for Joan and Marjorie Grande, and makeup artists Hannah Murray for Ariana, and Edward Cruz for Joan and Marjorie.
“My friends know how much solace music brings me, so I think it was an all-around, let’s-get-her-there type situation. But if I’m completely honest, I don’t remember those months of my life because I was (a) so drunk and (b) so sad. I don’t really remember how it started or how it finished, or how all of a sudden there were 10 songs on the board. I think that this is the first album and also the first year of my life where I’m realizing that I can no longer put off spending time with myself, just as me. I’ve been boo’d up my entire adult life. I’ve always had someone to say goodnight to. So Thank U, Next was this moment of self-realization. It was this scary moment of ‘Wow, you have to face all this stuff now. No more distractions. You have to heal all this s**t.’” – Grande for Vogue US, on making Thank U, Next album.
Photography © Annie Leibovitz for Vogue Magazine August 2019 – www.vogue.com
