My Everything, the second studio album from Ariana Grande, came out in 2014, but three years after its release, some mysteries have yet to be solved.
Take her album cover, for example. It features Ariana in her trademark ponytail, curled up on a stool, eyes shut, caressing her own cheek like she’s missing someone deeply…. hold up. Curled up on a stool?
Indeed. Yet as ~internet person~ Jesse McLaren (producer, Vine star, now BuzzFeed video person) discovered, there is almost no way it was humanely possible for Ariana to do that.
I’ve done the research and there’s no way her ass is sitting on that stool. pic.twitter.com/AIGNpcJn6G
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) October 15, 2017
Look at him, barely able to fit one leg on the stool, let alone two AND balanced his weight. People had a few suggestions as to where he went wrong…
Well you weren’t wearing the heels
— Ron DOV (@rez512) October 15, 2017
Well you weren’t wearing the heels
— Ron DOV (@rez512) October 15, 2017
I want a whole Grande scientific analysis, like the one done to test whether both Jack and Rose could fit on that raft.
— Michele (@michele866) October 16, 2017
…but nothing quite got this one across the line.
But maybe Jesse is just doesn’t posses the grace and poise of Ariana (because really, do any of us?). People began sending in their attempts to recreate the Ariana pose, and honestly, they weren’t half bad.
https://twitter.com/Slhut/status/919780368214978561
https://twitter.com/Lekmind/status/919857411992809472
No not photo shopped my mate didn’t photo shop pic.twitter.com/b9zKniDVMK
— 𝐊𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 (@sixthirtyforari) October 16, 2017
bu… but @jlcaballesteros managed to do it pic.twitter.com/axGDULcA9w
— Deangelo Africano (@_r1tan_) October 16, 2017
And if this random tweet from a stranger on the internet is anything to go by, it looks like Ariana *might* have actually pulled this one off. Here are some outtakes from the shoot.
LOL😂😂 believe it or not she actually did, here are the outtakes from the shoot pic.twitter.com/XWYJfMgyZP
— Jimmy Neutron (@Jimmyphotons) October 15, 2017
Honestly, if she managed it, she might cross some ethereal border between human and fairy. The pop star herself has thus far refused to comment, perhaps taking the secrets of her magic to her grave. TBC.
Ok, the plot thickens. https://t.co/HLbAvHI8jD
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) October 15, 2017
UPDATE: ARIANA GRANDE SEES YOUR CONFUSION AND RAISES YOU ONE MORE.
https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/920034943291592704
Go on Mythbusters, Ariana. The people need this.