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If there's one thing Ariana Grande is ... it's honest! (And a million other things like beyond talented and funny and sweet and charming and cute, etc., etc.)

The singer spoke to Vogue magazine recently and, of course, was asked about her incredibly tough time as of late, making it through Mac Miller's death, a broken engagement with Pete Davidson, and of course all of that coming off the Manchester disaster the year before. She tells the mag, "I'm a person who's been through a lot and doesn't know what to say about any of it to myself, let alone the world. I see myself onstage as this perfectly polished, great-at-my-job entertainer, and then in situations like this I'm just this little basket-case puddle of figuring it out."

She said, of being on tour after all of this immense hardship, "... it's hard to sing songs that are about wounds that are so fresh. It's fun, it's pop music, and I'm not trying to make it sound like anything that it's not, but these songs to me really do represent some heavy sh*t."

And that's what caused her to break down during a recent performance of the single "R.E.M." in St. Louis -- watch ...



Before putting her head in her hands she has difficulty making her way through the lyrics, "Before you speak, don’t move / ’Cause I don’t wanna wake up.”

Fans were, of course, concerned, so Ariana released a statement on Twitter but for some reason, ended up deleting it. It read ...

    “I feel everything very intensely and have committed to doing this tour during a time in my life when I’m still processing a lot…so sometimes I cry a lot! I thank you for accepting my humanness. I’m not sure what I did to deserve to meet so many loving souls every night / to feel so much love, but I want you to know that it really does carry me through. I feel it and appreciate it. and all of you [so] much. I want you to know that if you are hurting, you can push through and are not alone. It is hard to balance taking care of the people around you, doing your job, and healing / taking care of yourself at the same time…but I want you to know, you aren’t alone and I think you’re doing great. love you.”

Stay strong, Ariana and if you can't ... Arianators are right there for you!