Ariana Grande flashes her 40 hand 'prison' tattoos which are nods to Wicked, Mac Miller and Pete Davidson
Ariana Grande flashed her hand 'prison' tattoos when she covered her face on Tuesday evening.
They are called 'prison' tattoos because they are numerous, small, uneven and appear homemade like what prisoners can create behind bars with limited tools.
The crooner was at the Golden Globes first-time nominee celebration held at the Maybourne Hotel in Beverly Hills when she flashed her impressive ink.
The 31-year-old star had several markings all over her fingers and the back of her hand that went down her wrists.
Some markings had to do with her recent film, the musical Wicked with costar Cynthia Erivo. One is a large illustration of Glinda from the original Wicked.
Other marks are for the men she has romanced: Mac Miller, Pete Davidson and Dalton Gomez.
Grande currently has over 70 tattoos all over her body. The silver screen dynamo got her first inking in 2012 when she was 18.
Ariana Grande flashed her hand tattoos when she covered her face on Tuesday evening. The crooner was at the Golden Globes first-time nominee celebration held at the Maybourne Hotel in Beverly Hills
The star had several markings all over her fingers and the back of her hand that went down her wrists
Some markings had to do with her recent film, the musical Wicked with costar Cynthia Erivo
Her hand tattoos are many and varied.
She got tattoos on her ring fingers in 2015 when on her The Honeymoon Tour.
There is also a small Hebrew phrase on the side of her right ring finger. It is the tenth name in the 72 names of God which is spelled with the Hebrew letters aleph, lamed, and daled. The name 'protects from the evil eye and bad dreams, and helps the rebirthing process.' This tattoo is a reference to Ariana's faith which is Kabbalah.
In 2015 she got a small outline of a heart on her right ring finger.
In 2016, Ariana got a tattoo on the inside of her finger which says 'babydoll' in capital letters. This is a nickname her Nonna uses for her.
That same year she revealed a small black outline of the female gender symbol on her left middle finger. She got this tattoo with her late boyfriend, Mac Miller.
Also in 2016, Ariana got a tattoo of the letter A. Ariana explained on her Instagram and Snapchat that it was in reference to the first initial of longtime best friend, Alexa Luria.
In 2018, she showed off her hand tattoo 'Lumos'. Lumos is a spell from Harry Potter and means 'light' in Latin. It might also have to do with The Light Is Coming from her fourth studio album Sweetener (album).
Ariana also has a cloud tattoo on her finger that she had done in May 2018. It matched that mark her fiance at the time Pete Davidson had.
On the right side of her hand she got 'H2GKMO', an abbreviation of 'honest to god knock me out' in 2018.
It matched the one Davidson had. There is a 'reborn' tattoo after she split from Davidson; it is located on the side of her left hand.
In the same photo, a tattoo that reads '561' can be seen on her left thumb. 561 is the area code for Boca Raton, Florida, the town in which Ariana was born and lived during her childhood.
One is a large illustration of Glinda from the original Wicked. Seen on December 10 in LA
Davidson has his own Staten Island area code '718' on the same spot.
In June 2018, Ariana got a tattoo on her ring finger, 'Pete' written in cursive for Pete Davidson.
But then she had it covered with a black heart after she left the SNL vet who went on to romance Kim Kardashian.
In 2018, Ariana shared a look at the olive branch on the side of her left hand. It covers her 'reborn' tattoo which she got with Davidson.
In November 2018, Ariana got a new tattoo on her right index finger, '9 3/4'. This is a reference to Harry Potter. Ariana has since had this tattoo covered.
Later in 2018, Ariana posted a photo on her Instagram story showing a tattoo of a crescent moon, stars, and a sun on the top of her left hand.
Other marks are for the men she has romanced: Mac Miller, Pete Davidson and Dalton Gomez
Grande currently has over 70 tattoos all over her body. The silver screen dynamo got her first inking in 2012 when she was 18
In 2019, Ariana flashed a tat on her left palm, '七輪', which is Japanese and translates to 'Shichirin', a small Japanese grill.
Ariana wanted the tattoo to say 'seven rings', in reference to her song '7 Rings' from Thank U, Next but it was too painful, so she left out three characters.
She had it fixed by changing it to '七輪指♡', which roughly translates to 'seven rings (that you wear on your fingers)'.
In June 2019, she had a new vine on her right index finger. It coves her '9 3/4' tattoo.
There are several tattoos for her ex-fiance Pete Davidson that she has covered; seen on December 16 in NYC
And Ariana got a new tattoo of a vine on her left pinky finger.
In June 2019, Ariana got a new tattoo of dots, with one on each of her fingers and an eye on her left index finger.
There is also a mark on her left ring finger, an outline of a rectangle surrounding her previous 'pete' tattoo and an abstract curved oval on top of the rectangle's outline. It covers her black heart tattoo.
In June 2019, Ariana got a new tattoo of two lines of dots in an arrow formation on her left index finger and a tattoo of two lines of dots in an arrow formation on her left wrist. Ariana has since had half of this tattoo covered.
There is also a line of dots in an arrow formation on her left little finger.
In November 2019, Ariana posted a photo on her Instagram story showing a new tattoo on her left hand, Toulouse, which is the name of one of her dogs.
There is a tattoo of the planet Saturn on her left hand.
Two branches of leaves can be seen on her left wrist. It covers half of her second arrow dots tattoo. Ariana's right index finger also has 'SWT', the initials of her Sweetener World Tour.
In April 2020, she showed the word 'Cinderelly' on the side of her left index finger, a tribute to Miller, who had made the song 'Cinderella' in honor of her.
In May 2023, there was a flower on her hand, a tribute to Wicked. Co-star Cynthia Erivo also has the same tattoo. They also have 'For Good', another tribute to Wicked. 'Husk', is another matching tattoo that Ariana and Cynthia have. And there is an acronym 'WGE' placed on their palms
There is flower on Ariana's left palm that was seen in 2020 and a heart tattoo. The tattoo reads 'GWS' which is an acronym for her song, Get Well Soon, from Sweetener.
A tattoo of an umbrella can be seen on her hand next to her sun, moon, and stars tattoo.
A faint tattoo appears on the side of her pinky which reads 'loml'. This tattoo is a matching tattoo alongside her ex-husband, Dalton Gomez.
Also on her right index finger says 'arau'.
In early 2023, she showed 'V.XV' on her pinky, a reference to her wedding date (May 15), and an 'm' word on the outer part of her ring finger.
In May 2023, there was a flower on her hand, a tribute to Wicked. Co-star Cynthia Erivo also has the same tattoo. They also have 'For Good', another tribute to Wicked.
'Husk', is another matching tattoo that Ariana and Cynthia have. And there is an acronym 'WGE' placed on their palms.
The woman on top of her hand is Glinda from the original L. Frank Baum book.
'I waited forever to fill up this hand. And I thought, I'm gonna wait for the right thing to come along, and yeah, that felt very right,' she told Allure. She also got lines of dots on her fingers.
In March 2024, Ariana showed a sun tattoo on their pinky fingers.
There is also a teddy bear tattoo on her wrist.
