Ariana Grande Teases Music Video Ahead of ‘Petal’ Album Release

Ariana Grande shared a teaser for an upcoming music video from the album Petal, in which she appears as a character named Pepper.

In the short black-and-white clip released on Tuesday, July 28, Grande plays an aspiring entertainer arriving for an audition. The scene opens with her walking into a reception area, where she introduces herself to a receptionist who barely acknowledges her. “Hello, I’m Pepper, I’m here for the audition today,” she says, before being told to take a number and wait alongside others. The teaser stops short of revealing what the audition is for.

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The visual was shot using VistaVision, a widescreen film format commonly associated with 1950s Hollywood productions. Which contributes to the old-Hollywood atmosphere hinted at in the clip.

In a press release, Grande described Petal as “something that is full of life and growing through the cracks of something cold and hard and challenging.”

The upcoming album Petal is scheduled for release on July 31. The project follows her 2024 album Eternal Sunshine and will feature 12 tracks.

It also includes “Hate That I Made You Love Me,” which has already debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is part of her current tour setlist.

Grande first previewed the visual earlier this month during her New York City stop on the Eternal Sunshine tour, where she played a teaser during her performance at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.

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She later shared the clip on Instagram, tagging director Christian Breslauer, choreographer Will Loftis and longtime collaborator Ilya Salmanzadeh.

The singer is currently on her 41-date tour, which began on June 6 and is set to wrap on September 1, 2026.