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What does Ariana Grande look like as an old woman?

Ariana Grande wearing a beige cardigan with what seem to be prosthetic wrinkles, grey hair and wrinkled hands.Image source, Ariana Grande via YouTube

This isn't the Ariana Grande that any of us are used to seeing!

Normally she's dressed up for the big occasion at film or pop music award shows, wearing fancy gowns and dresses. So what happened?

Well, the pop star has in fact transformed into a much older version of herself for her short film.

Brighter Days was released on Friday alongside the deluxe version of her album Eternal Sunshine.

Ariana Grande at the OscarsImage source, Reuters
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The pop star as we're more used to seeing her

It's full title is Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead, and it contains some never-heard-before new songs, Twilight Zone, Past Life, Hampstead, Warm and Dandelion.

In the film Ariana convincingly becomes an elderly lady called Peaches with what seem to be prosthetic wrinkles, grey hair and wrinkled hands.

Ariana Grande as an old womanImage source, @arianagrande/Instagram

The 26-minute film shows a clinic where people can have their memories wiped as well as being able to watch memories back.

The elderly Peaches (Ariana Grande) is wheeled into a special room where she can watch the last four of her memories.

These include video clips from the pop stars actual childhood, showing her family, and performing Eternal Sunshine and Dandelion as a pop star.

The album Eternal Sunshine went straight in at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart when it was released March last year.

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Newsrounders speak to Ariana and Cynthia about Wicked

Since then she's been top of the movie charts with her film Wicked being one of the big stars at several of the movie awards shows.

Ariana stars as Glinda the Good Witch and Cynthia Erivo plays her frenemy Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West.

Part two of the film is due out in november 2025.