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A Soft and Vulnerable Moment at Ariana Grande's Manchester Concert, Destroyed by Terror

by Amanda Petrusich

As we heard the news from Manchester, it was hard not to feel especially devastated by the age of Ariana Grande's fans: the youngest confirmed victim, Saffie Rose Roussos, was just eight years old, and at least twelve children under the age of sixteen are being treated in local hospitals. Though Grande, who is twenty-three, has deliberately moved toward more mature material in recent years, she emerged in the public …

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:25pm on May 23, 2017