ARIANA GRANDE SUPPORTS HER DECISION ON WALKING AWAY FROM THE GRAMMYS

Earlier this week, a report from Variety spilled the news that ARIANA GRANDE would be would be skipping out of the 2019 GRAMMYS — not just for a performance, but for attending the ceremony altogether — after a disagreement with producers. The report alleged that Grande and the show's staff agreed to a medley performance of her No. 1 hit "7 Rings" and another song, but that the singer pulled out when producers insisted they'd get to choose the second song.

These types of last-minute disputes often get chalked up to timing or resource constraints when insiders finally go on the record and discuss them. That's precisely what Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich did in an AP interview on Thursday (February 7), saying that Grande "felt it was too late for her to pull something together." Grande, however, had a much different perspective.

In a series of tweets, she defended her decision to walk away and called out Ehrlich for lying. "I can pull together a performance over night and you know that, Ken," she wrote. "It was when my creativity & self expression was stifled by you, that I decided not to attend."

Grande elaborated on what exactly happened, saying she offered three songs for the performance (that were presumably turned down by producers). "It’s about collaboration. It’s about feeling supported,"she wrote". "It’s about art and honesty. Not politics. Not doing favors or playing games. It’s just a game y’all.. and I’m sorry but that’s not what music is to me."

Perhaps most tellingly, Grande also tweeted that she "passed a Grammys bus with my face on it typing those," referring to how this year's ceremony had been hyped and advertized with her likeness.