Ariana Grande is facing a backlash over news that she’s teamed up with Starbucks to launch her own drink, the ‘Cloud Macchiato’.
The singer, with her name appropriately sounding like an exotic coffee, posted a series of coffee related emojis on Twitter and teased further news on March 5. Starbucks then responded by tweeting a near-identical response, which Grande proceeded to retweet.
While neither party refused to reveal more, it sparked a fair bit of speculation among her fans until the news was later confirmed.
“Are we getting an Ariana x Starbucks special drink?,” wrote one fan.
Another joked: “i’m confused what ariana and starbucks are doing together but i’ll still buy it.”
?☕️☁️?…. @starbucks 3/5
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) March 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/moonlightcherie/status/1102615948777926661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1102615948777926661&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fstarbucks-and-ariana-grande-tease-collaboration-2019-3
? @starbucks cloud #cloudmacchiato #starbucksambassador #trythesoyversion ? pic.twitter.com/y2LRAx33Sq
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) March 5, 2019
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? @Starbucks pic.twitter.com/msBHqmV9m4
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) March 5, 2019
Now, some fans have taken to Twitter to criticise Grande for promoting a non-Vegan drink after previously claiming to be vegetarian herself. You can see some of the reaction here:
@ArianaGrande is being criticized for promoting non-vegan Starbucks beverage. #vegan #notvegan #veganlife #veganism #VeganNewshttps://t.co/zmO6YvxU0C
— Vegan World News (@VeganNewsCo) March 6, 2019
why did ariana make a drink that cannot be made vegan when she is vegan herself wtf i wanted one pic.twitter.com/UZv7MfO8pE
— marcy (@j5stinbieber) March 6, 2019
The unexpected collaboration comes during several weeks of surprising headlines for Grande. Last week, it was reported that both her and Ed Sheeran’s music was banned in an Indonesian province after being deemed pornographic.
In a notice issued on Tuesday, the notoriously conservative province warned that the offending tracks should only be played or broadcast on air between the hours of 10pm and 3am.
As well as Sheeran’s ‘Shape of You’ and Grande’s ‘Love Me Harder’, Bruno Mars’ ‘That’s What I Like’ has also been called out for pornographic material.