Ariana Grande used the closing night of her five-show run at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on 19 July, part of the Eternal Sunshine Tour, to make another tweak to the lyrics of "Thank U, Next", her 2018 chart-topping breakup anthem. The change softened a reference to former boyfriend Ricky Alvarez from dismissive to affectionate, reflecting reports that the pair have recently rekindled their relationship. The moment reinforced the tour's broader theme of embracing past relationships and personal growth rather than erasing them.

Grande altered the line "Wrote some songs about Ricky, now I listen and laugh" to "Wrote some songs about Ricky, we always find our way back", continuing a pattern of increasingly warm rewrites first noticed at a Texas show in June. She and Alvarez, who met while working together in 2014 and briefly dated in 2015, were reported by TMZ on 14 July to be back together. The show itself was staged in five acts alongside a short film co-directed by Grande, framing the lyric change as part of the tour's wider message about healing and reflecting on one's past rather than dismissing it.