Ariana Grande has suffered an unfortunate mishap, after getting a tattoo to commemorate the success of her latest single 7 Rings.
The track topped the charts in numerous countries when it was released earlier this month, and in a nod to the music videoโs aesthetics, she had the songโs title tattooed on her hand in Japanese.
Well, sort of.
Arianaโs tattoo artist, Kane Navasard shared a photograph of the design, which features Japanese two characters.
However, it didnโt take long for fans to point out that the message doesnโt actually translate to โseven ringsโ.
โAriana Grandeโs new tattoo โไธ่ผชโ means Japanese style bbq grill, not 7 rings. If you want to know about ไธ่ผช, just google โSHICHIRIN,โ one wrote, in a message that has now been retweeted over 5,000 times.
Another user went into this in a little more detail, explaining that Japanese and Chinese both use kanji characters. If you read Arianaโs tattoo in Chinese, it does mean โseven ringsโ... but in Japanese, you get shichirin instead.
The correct (longer) translation of 7 Rings is included in the videoโs title screen:
In a now-deleted tweet, Ariana responded to the mishap, explaining that if sheโd a couple more characters included, the translation would have been correct.
โIt hurt like fuck n still looks tight,โ the tweet read. โI wouldnโt have lasted one more symbol lmao. but this spot also peels a ton and wonโt last so if i miss it enough, iโll suffer thru the whole thing next time.โ
Upon its release 7 Rings broke the Spotify record for the most-streamed song in 24 hours, when it was played over 14 million times globally.
Itโll feature on her next album Thank U, Next, which is out in early February.