Ariana Grande: Break Your Heart Right Back is a true story – my ex had a gay affair

Singer Ariana Grande is convinced an ex-boyfriend cheated on her with another guy – but says it would be much worse if he’d played away with a woman.

She told Guilty Pleasures her suspicions about her lover had inspired a track on her upcoming album. ‘There is a song called Break Your Heart Right Back which is about a boy that cheats on a girl with another boy,’ she said.

‘It’s one of my favourites on the album and it’s really funny because I believe it has happened to me. I’m not 100 per cent positive but I’m 99.9 per cent positive.’ The 21-year-old added: ‘I would rather he cheats on me with a guy than with a girl any day! If I found out my boyfriend was gay, I would be like “OK!” I’d be so relieved.’

With her album My Everything out on August 25, fans can look forward to more tales from Grande’s secret diary.

She is thrilled to be featuring on new single Bang Bang with Nicki Minaj and Jessie J after the girls reworked the song she originally wrote.

‘Monte Lipman [the music manager] sat me down in his office one day and played it for me with Jessie and Nicki on it. It was the best surprise ever,’ she added.

Performing with former lover Nathan Sykes of The Wanted (Picture: Uri Schanker/Getty Images)

And talking of exes, the singer won’t scrap her duet with former lover Nathan Sykes from future live set lists – and might even call up her ex to join her on stage.

 She recorded a track called Almost Is Never Enough with former Wanted star Sykes, 21, when they dated last year. But the memory of their four-month romance won’t stop her performing their track.

‘I don’t think it would be awkward to perform with Nathan. That would be professional,’ Grande said.

‘I wish him well. He’s a great person, it just wasn’t right’. Past romances influence her singing and she said: ‘It brings back the memories but it’s like a love-hate thing.’