NEW YORK, Jan 31, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Too bad pop star Ariana Grande is vegan
— she just tattooed an accidental homage to a Japanese barbeque grill on her
palm.
The American singer’s attempt to ink an ode to her hit single “7 Rings”
backfired Wednesday, after social media quickly chimed in to tell her the
characters actually translated to “shichirin” — a small charcoal grill.
Grande, 25, had posted a now-deleted photo of the new body art on
Instagram before her fans pointed out the spelling error.
In widely shared screenshots of now-deleted tweets, Grande acknowledged
she had forgotten a symbol but noted that the design won’t last, as skin on
the palm regrows faster than that on the rest of the body and tattoos there
usually fade.
“If I miss it enough, I’ll suffer thru the whole thing next time,” she
said, later writing “Pls leave me and my tambourine grill alone. thank u.”
Her apparent nonchalance didn’t stop Twitter from skewering her with memes
and mockery.
Some were ironically sympathetic: “Met with all the Asians, and our
official ruling is that the Ariana Grande tattoo is good,” wrote Twitter user
Kevin Nguyen.
The sexy-but-saccharine video for the hit “7 Rings,” which lauds star
power and materialism, boasts more than 100 million views on YouTube and
debuted at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
That success follows Grande’s record-smashing break-up anthem “Thank U,
Next,” which also debuted at the chart’s pinnacle.
Her album, also titled “Thank U, Next” is set for release on February 8,
just in time for Valentine’s Day.