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Ariana Grande finally kicked off her Sweetener World Tour last night (March 18) in Albany, New York. Before the show, it seems she decided to pay a subtle yet heartwarming tribute to rapper Mac Miller, who died last year.

As People reported, attendees of Ari’s opening concert noticed Mac’s music was playing at the venue, and they flooded social media with touching responses. “They’re playing mac while we wait for ariana,” a fan pointed out. “Aaaaand they’re playing Mac Miller at the Ariana Grande concert. Not emotional no no no not at all,” another added.

Ari’s alleged homage to Mac made fans emotional before the show had even started. “Ariana grande is playing Mac Miller right before her opening song for sweetener tour rn and my heart can’t handle it SO MANY TEARS,” one user tweeted. “So ariana is playing a mac miller song on the #SweetenerWorldTour and my heart is soft,” a fan admitted, and another added, “Ariana is playing fucking dang by Mac Miller. STOP MY HEART,” with crying emojis for emphasis.

Other concertgoers also identified Mac’s “Dang!,” from his 2016 album The Divine Feminine, as one of the tracks playing at the arena. “Dang! By @MacMiller is now playing now at @ArianaGrande’s #SweeetenerWorldTour,” a fan tweeted with a weeping GIF meme.

And some fans noticed that the first song on Ari’s setlist was “Raindrops (an Angel Cried),” and believe this wasn’t unintentional given that Mac’s music was playing right before. “ARIANA OPENED WITH RAINDROPS RIGHT AFTER MAC’S SONG CAN YOU HEAR ME CRYING #SweetenerWorldTour” one fan tweeted. Another wrote, “The way she transitioned from mac into raindrops im gonna CRY.”

Of course, “Raindrops” is also the opening track on Sweetener, so this could be a coincidence, but the lyrics “When raindrops fell down from the sky / The day you left me, an angel cried,” do carry a whole new meaning when applied to Mac’s story, and this isn’t the first time Ari has paid tribute to the late rapper. Plus, as one user pointed out, Mac’s track playing right before Ari took the stage was “Cinderella,” which was rumored to be about her.

But “Ghostin” and “Imagine”, which many fans believe is explicitly about Mac, were not included on the set list. In February, when asked if she’d be playing the former live, Ari admitted that she’d intentionally left out the song to “make it thru” the concert.

Even sans “Ghostin,” after the show was over, Ari revealed on Instagram that the experience of her first day on the joint tour for Sweetener and Thank U, Next had been “very emotional.” She wrote, “…Tonight was too much. thank you thank you thank you. i love you.”

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Ever since they reportedly left a Golden Globes party together back in January, rumors have been rampant that Kate Beckinsale and Pete Davidson are dating. While neither has spoken outright about whether or not they’re together, the pair was caught holding hands exiting a Los Angeles comedy club a few weeks back.
After spending a weekend out and about in New York City in early March, Beckinsale and Davidson have left no doubt: They have a lot of affection for each other, at the very least. Cameras captured them walking around, holding hands, and with their arms around each other.

Of course, that doesn’t necessarily prove anything, but they also showed off some serious PDA at a New York Rangers hockey game. Behold a public kiss:

They followed this up two weeks later with another public make-out sesh. On March 18, the maybe-couple attended the L.A. premiere of The Dirt, a Mötley Crüe biopic that features Davidson. Right after the movie they hopped into the back of a car and locked lips yet again. The Daily Mail reports that after the backseat car kissing, they were seen leaving a Mötley Crüe show at Whisky a Go Go hand-in-hand. So much PDA!

Davidson hasn’t confirmed his relationship with Beckinsale, but he did seem to suggest they’re a thing when he joked about their age difference on SNL recently. During “Weekend Update” segment on March 9, Davidson’s SNL costar Colin Jost cheekily asked if he had “a new girlfriend situation at all.” Without naming Beckinsale, Davidson responded, “Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Apparently, people have a crazy fascination with our age difference.” He then dived into a joke about other celebrity couples with major age differences. Given the way Davidson’s relationship with Ariana Grande played out, it’s not surprising Beckinsale is already making it into his comedy routines.

The couple does, however, have Grande’s approval—if they even care. When asked by a TMZ cameraman how she feels about Davidson and Beckinsale dating, Grande said, “So cute!”