Ariana Grande has admitted that her current Sweetener tour is taking its toll on her health.
The 25-year-old star will play 76 shows on her current world tour, which will run until October this year.
But when a fan suggested that her music was her “therapy”, the singer responded in a since-deleted tweet that it was “hell”.
“Making it is healing. Performing it is like reliving it all over again and it is hell,” she tweeted.
Fans then rushed to social media to insist she didn’t need to continue with her worldwide Sweetener tour.
However, whilst Ariana admitted she was “confused and tired”, she insisted she “won’t do that.”
When asked by a fan if touring was good for her health, she replied: “I don’t think it is.”
And in an open message to her fans, she told them: “Honestly. it’s been v hard. I have [so much] on my mind and it’s so heavy ...
“But I’m trying hard. I just feel empty and i wanna have more to say, better energy to give to u and rn i don’t have anything. love u. (sic)”
Ariana recently spoke out about her mental health, saying the first few years of her career - which was kickstarted after she played Cat in the Nickelodeon series Victorious and its spin-off show Sam & Cat - were “really hard” on her.
She explained: “Just saying. Thanks for being supportive of my random, impulsive and excessive music releases. The first few years of this were really hard on my mental health and energy. I was so tired from promo trips and was always losing my voice and never knew what city I was in when I woke up.
“It was so much. It was worth it and i am grateful for everything I learned and accomplished when I did things that way, of course. But I just feel so much more connected now and yeah... If I feel like I’m able to make special things with my incredible friends quickly, why not share them right away?
“It’s a very dope feeling and has breathed so much air back into my lil lungs.”