Ariana Grande releases first new music since Manchester Arena bombing

The video for "No Tears Left to Cry" includes a nod to Manchester.

Author: Victoria GloverPublished 20th Apr 2018

Ariana Grande has released her first new track since the terror attack at Manchester Arena which claimed the lives of 22 concert goers.

"No Tears Left To Cry" was teased by the 24-year-old through her social media channels this week and dropped at midnight on Friday in New York.

It comes just under 11 months after Grande's concert in Manchester was targeted by a suicide bomber who detonated a home-made device in the foyer of the arena.

At the end of the video, directed by Dave Meyers, a bee can be seen flying off screen - a nod to the worker bee symbol of Manchester.

Grande says she wants the track to embody the resilience and optimism of the One Love Manchester concert she put together at Old Trafford Cricket Ground in the days after the bombing.

Grande's half-brother Frankie James called the track a "brilliant masterpiece''.

The dancer and singer wrote on Twitter: "Ariana u make me so incredibly proud every single day & today is no exception. i'm so proud of the way u have brought people from all over the world together tonight w/ #notearslefttocry.

"Music was made to unite & with this brilliant masterpiece u have done just that. I love u."