The Way Ariana Grande ‘Fixed’ Her Japanese BBQ Tattoo Fail Is Making All Japanese People Cringe

There is nothing pop stars love more than dabbling in cultural appropriation, but this week Ariana Grande found out that if you’re going to appropriate you should at least do it correctly. The singer posted a photo of a brand new Japanese tattoo in Japanese, inspired by her new hit “7 Rings,” – the only problem was instead of using all the symbols in the video she did some editing that gave the tattoo an entirely new meaning.

Ariana’s recent tattoo translation mishap has been the subject of endless jokes as well as cultural criticism

Ariana Grande in a sparkly outfit under pink lighting, with pearl hair accessories.

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The artist intended for the design to read “7 Rings” using Japanese Kanji symbols, which appear in the song’s music video

Hand with Japanese BBQ tattoo attempt, covered in a cozy green sleeve.

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In the music video’s title card, you see the symbols — “七つの指輪” – which translates to “7 Rings.” However, Grande cut out three of the characters, causing the phrase to change completely. The use of “seven” (七) and “ring” (輪) depicted together on her hand, instead translates to”shichirin” — a small charcoal grill or BBQ.

Although the mistranslation was bizarrely funny, many people voiced their frustrations with people getting tattoos in a language they don’t understand just to be ‘trendy’

Tweet about Ariana Grande's Japanese BBQ tattoo misinterpretation, critiquing cultural insensitivity.

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Tweet criticizing Ariana Grande's Japanese BBQ tattoo typo and its cultural appropriation impact.

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Tweet discussing Ariana Grande's Japanese culture use and its impact on public perception.

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In an attempt to fix her mistake and Grande posted this conversation with her Japanese tutor

Japanese BBQ tattoo misunderstanding in text conversation with translation suggestions and emojis.

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But still failed…

Hand with Japanese BBQ tattoo covered in plastic wrap.

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Instead of adding the  (指)  symbol (or finger) above the tattoo, as her tutor had suggested, she added it directly under the (七) character. Well following the rules of reading Japanese, her “BBQ Grill” correction turned into (七輪指♡) – “Japanese BBQ finger.” 

As you can imagine people in the comments showed no mercy over her “correction”

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Tweet joking about meat on the grill, related to Ariana Grande's Japanese BBQ tattoo incident.

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Ariana Grande's incorrect Japanese BBQ tattoo on her palm, shown in a social media post.

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Tweet expressing frustration over Ariana Grande's Japanese BBQ tattoo mistake.

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Tweet questioning Ariana Grande's Japanese BBQ tattoo fix, highlighting cultural misunderstanding.

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Tweet discussing Ariana Grande's Japanese BBQ tattoo and cultural fascination.

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Tweet humorously commenting on Ariana Grande's Japanese BBQ tattoo incident.

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Person showing tattoo on forearm related to Japanese BBQ, with text "It's Chinese for Japan" overlaid.

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Tweet explaining Japanese BBQ tattoo mistake with kanji and "7 rings" meaning.

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Tweet humorously suggesting "Japanese BBQ Finger Heart" tattoo.

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