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Way back on August 25, 2014, Ariana Grande released an album entitled My Everything.
It came and went, had sold 692,000 copies in the United States as of March 2016, and has been pretty much forgotten by all but her most diehard fans.
That is, until someone named Jesse McLaren took a hard look at cover of the album and came to a conclusion that has now baffled and entertained Twitter to the tune of more than 1,300 comments, over 123,000 re-tweets and an amazing 370,000-plus likes.
“I’ve done the research and there’s no way her ass is sitting on that stool,” McLaren wrote in a tweet that showed both the album cover as well as himself trying to replicate it.
https://twitter.com/McJesse/status/919615711026302976
This being the internet, naturally, other folks decided to try the same pose to see if it was actually possible…
https://twitter.com/Slhut/status/919995380938391552
hard to control for variables like stool size but i think it’s real pic.twitter.com/gWMKgC5gvW
— schmoyoho, accent on the yo (@schmoyoho) October 17, 2017
Others still didn’t believe it was possible…
I want a whole Grande scientific analysis, like the one done to test whether both Jack and Rose could fit on that raft.
— Michele (@michele866) October 16, 2017
Me trying to figure out how @ArianaGrande did that pic.twitter.com/LC8nJ9Gb6D
— Ethan Alexander (@EthanAlexIndie) October 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/AardvarkRatnikk/status/919761720226320384
Ariana Grande sitting on the stool for the “My Everything” cover is the modern day equivalent of Jesus walking on water
— jon (@prasejeebus) October 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/SuuperBlah/status/920108016577466368
The balance is contained in: front leg (strength) & aided by shoulder & ponytail. The magical properties of high heels: you need a sensei 4.
— Jacquie MacIntyre (@JacksDisarm) October 17, 2017
While others just marveled at how incredible the internet is…
News: Millions without power in Puerto Rico.
Twitter: How is Ariana Grande balancing herself on a stool on the My Everything cover?
— Inside The Studio (@insidethestudio) October 16, 2017
The stuff that becomes Moments these days….smh
— T (@Mr_tberg) October 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/ForTheLove0fKay/status/920323247157207040
Because this was generating so much interest, McLaren decided to hell with it and went directly to the source.
We're on Twitter so I'm gonna give this a shot. @ArianaGrande did you actually balance on a stool like this or is it Photoshop? https://t.co/BSHCvaeRs3
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) October 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/920034943291592704
Dammit, Ariana…
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