Here's How Ariana Grande Fans Dealt With Her "Breathin" Video Troll

Ariana Grande's surprise video for "breathin," consisting of her baby pig walking around for three minutes and nineteen seconds, isn't the official visual for the fan-favorite track. Nevertheless in case you were living via drama immediately after Ariana dropped the video around 7:00pm ET yesterday, you probably thought this was the real deal.


Earlier in the day, Ariana gave fans some much-wanted updates about her Sweetener era assignments, including a say of a "breathin" music video. "Tryna shoot a breathin video bc I did not remember to (hope there's still time)" she wrote, because track goes into the best 20 of U.S. Pop radio.


That's what made the surprise release so jarring, with fans believing that a blurry however pretty Piggy Smallz moment probably isn't what Ariana meant by "tryna shoot a breathin video." Without extra data to go by, several fans thought this was just Ariana trolling.


Some fans were hopeful that the foolish visuals really were the one-and-only "breathin" music video, while others begged for something with a bigger budget.


Less than two hours immediately following the Piggy Smallz release, Ariana commented that this was, case in point, the official "breathin" music video on a post from Pop Crave, a major source of music news for stans.

Ariana Grande confirms this is indeed the official music video for “breathin.” pic.Twitter.Com/dM86gjCTDR




— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) October 11, 2018

Though this might have looked like confirmation, plenty of Ariana fans considered she was trolling them even further, pointing to the fact that Ariana admitted she was attempting to film the video just hours earlier.Still, those who considered Ariana noticed meaning in the video, noting that October 10 was World Mental Health Day. While in a interview on The Tonight Show, Ariana mentioned that "breathin" was written in the midst of an anxiety attack and addresses her plan of action of long breaths to calm her anxiety. Paired with the fact that Piggy Smallz is another way for Ariana to manage her anxiety, this all appeared to be purposeful to some.


As speculation continued, Ariana responded to a hateful comment under a now-deleted post around 11:00pm ET, confirming that this look is a hold-over when she works on the official music video: "thought this should make u laugh while u wait for the real one bc I took a break to take care of myself for a lil while."


That comment put to rest four hours of in-fighting and disagreement as Ariana fans couldn't figure out for sure if Piggy Smallz was really the star of "breathin." Right now that they know the truth, they're enjoying the cuteness of the visuals while looking forward to the bigger-budget official video that's still to come.