It seems the boy is officially Ariana Grande’s.
After all, the Grammy winner turned heads during her Aug. 15 concert in London when she debuted a delicate tattoo on her collarbone with a not-so-subtle nod to her romance with Ricky Álvarez.
In a photo shared to her Instagram Stories Aug. 15, Grande’s new ink was on full display as she donned an off-the-shoulder ensemble. The tattoo, written in script, read, “I do love you.”
And if the body art seems familiar, that’s because Álvarez has the same words written on hiscollarbone in a different font, which he showed off in a July 2025 Instagram post.
And Arianators wasted no time in connecting the dots.
“Ariana grande and ricky álvarez have matching tattoos!” one fan wrote on X, while another added, “and matching or not it’s actually so adorbs of a tattoo.”
Meanwhile, another added of her new chapter with Álvarez, “She revels in every moment and what is life without reveling.”
Grande and Álvarez’s love story first began in 2015, when he joined “the boy is mine” singer on her Honeymoon Tour as a background dancer before their work relationship turned romantic.
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Though they called it quits a year later, the pair have since rekindled their flame, which Grande first teased by changing the lyrics to her 2018 hit “Thank U, Next” in his favor.
Though she usually follows the lyrics, “Wrote some songs about Ricky,” with, “now I listen and laugh,” she sang at her July 13 Eternal SunshineTour concert, “We always find our way back.”
Recently, the pair seemed to confirm exactly that after going Instagram official on Aug. 12.
Instagram/Ariana Grande, Instagram/Ricky Álvarez
In one snap shared to Grande’s social media, the duo donned matching white tops and black jeans as they posed for a mirror selfie where Álvarez draped an arm around the “7 Rings” singer’s shoulder.
In a second snap, Grande, 33, and Álvarez, 35, switched up their position for another mirror selfie, this time being a blurry pic of the pair upside down.
And while they have yet to speak publicly about their romance, it should come as no surprise that these two are committed to keeping their personal lives as private as possible, especially considering how protective they were about their connection during the first go-around.
“We’re happy,” Grande told Billboard of her romance with Álvarez in a May 2016 interview. “I’m a very happy girl. I have a healthy life right now, and I think that’s all anyone cares to know. The end.”
Keep reading for a closer look into Grande’s dating history…
