Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ariana Grande recently released her comeback single No Tears Left To Cry
Ariana Grande has said she wants to "bring light" to our lives with her new album in her first interview since last year's Manchester attack.
She didn't address the bombing directly but became emotional when US TV host Jimmy Fallon discussed it.
The pop star did announce her new album Sweetener, which is due this summer.
She said it is "about bringing light to a situation, or to someone's life, or somebody else who brings light to your life, or sweetening the situation".
Speaking on Fallon's NBC talk show, the 24-year-old singer did not say any more about the inspirations behind it.
It was the host who addressed the events of last May, when 22 people died in a bombing after her concert at Manchester Arena.
She returned to the city to stage the One Love concert less than two weeks later.
Explaining that he hadn't seen the singer since that time, Fallon said: "I know it's tough for everybody, tough for fans and tough for you, and I know you haven't done any interviews, and I understand that.
"I just wanted to say thank you so much for coming on the show and for being strong and for entertaining and for showing up and going back to Manchester and doing a benefit. I thought that was awesome of you. I just think you're so strong and so cool."
Ariana started welling up and just replied: "Thanks. Thank you."
Fallon then quoted part of a message the singer wrote in the days after the attack: "We won't let hate win. Our response to this violence must be to come closer together, to help each other, to love more, to sing louder, and to live more kindly and generously than we did before."
Fallon added: "Thank you, pal."
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The star staged the One Love concert less than two weeks after the attack
Ariana and Manchester
Ian Youngs, arts & entertainment reporter
Ariana Grande wants to carry on being a "normal" pop star - on Fallon's show, she performed her new single, she took part in zany sketches, she talked about her new album to cheers from the excitable crowd.
And she is a brilliant pop star. But she will always be inextricably linked with the events of 22 May 2017. She is also only human.
I don't think the reason she didn't talk directly about Manchester is because she wants to distance herself from it - if that was the case, she would have asked Fallon not to mention it either. His comments would have been planned in advance.
Perhaps having him talk about it was a way of addressing the subject without having to discuss it herself. From the look on her face when he made his comments, perhaps it is just still too painful.
Six other things we learned from Ariana Grande's interview
This is a new chapter
Ariana said she didn't enjoy the process of making the face masks that are seen in the video for No Tears Left To Cry, the first single from the new album.
"They wrap you up and they bandage you for like 30 or 40 minutes and you can't see. All of your senses are completely cut off," she said.
But she did add the meaning was "very deep - taking off one chapter and putting on another".
The album's coming in July or August
She said she's going to do "something special" on the 20th of every month until the album comes out. The first "something" is performing at the Billboard Music Awards on 20 May.
She then said there are only three 20ths until the release - putting the big day perhaps at 20 July, and certainly before 19 August.
We know who she's worked with
Namely Pharrell and Nas, and songwriters and producers Ilya and Savan Kotecha.
God is a woman
That, at least, is the title of one of her songs.
And Ariana's grandmother prefers it to No Tears Left To Cry.
"She loves God Is A Woman," Ariana said. "I'll ask her, 'Hey Nonna, what do you think of my single? Do you like No Tears Left To Cry?' She was like, 'I love it... but you know Ariana, can we listen to God Is A Woman again?'"
She also revealed other song titles including The Light Is Coming (a religious theme, perhaps?), REM and Raindrops.
A family link with the past
Raindrops is "kind of like an intro" to the album, which is "a cover of a small part of a song from the '50s". That song is An Angel Cried by The Four Seasons.
"We were really close to finishing the album and I woke up and I had it in my head," she said.
She went to check who wrote it. "This is so crazy, y'all are going to think I'm lying - but my grandfather's best friend, who I grew up hanging out with, Charlie Calello, wrote it with Bob Gaudio from the Four Seasons, and that gave me goosebumps."
There are hidden messages in the video
She suggested there are clues to the album's other song titles in the No Tears Left To Cry video.
"We hid a tracklist in the video but it's not in order," she revealed.
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Ariana Grande took over The Tonight Show on Tuesday and revealed the name of her upcoming album.
The 24-year-old singer shared that her fourth studio album will be titled Sweetener.
The pop princess said the album will come out on July 20 and she'll be celebrating on the 20th of each month until it comes out.
Show takeover: Ariana Grande took over The Tonight Show on Tuesday and revealed the name of her upcoming fourth studio album
'It's kind of about bringing light to a situation or to someone's life, or about somebody that brings light to your life, or sweetening the situation,' she said of the album's title.
Ariana also revealed that she will perform at the Billboard Music Awards on May 20.
The singer in a pre-recorded segment surprised fans after rehearsal who recorded covers of her hit song One Last Time for a tribute video.
She wore a distressed baby blue sweatshirt and had her hair in a high ponytail as she shocked her super fans.
Coming soon: The 24-year-old singer said her new album will be titled Sweetener
Pop princess: Ariana stepped out in a short pink dress and thigh-high tan boots
Super fans: Jimmy Fallon and Ariana surprised her super fans who were recording covers of One Last Time in tribute
She playfully jumped out and shouted, 'You sound great' to her unsuspecting fans.
'I love you so much,' cried a little girl who hugged Ariana.
Ariana also performed her lead single from her upcoming album No Tears Left To Cry.
Big hug: A little girl told Ariana that she loved her and hugged her
Musical genres: Ariana also played a game of Musical Genre in which she mixed styles
No Tears Left To Cry was released on April 20 and debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 100.
The single was was her ninth song to reach the top 10.
Ariana also participated in a sketch with Jimmy called NBD in which they casually tried to up each other, but always reminding that it's No Big Deal.
She's funny: The singer also played Cassandra in a sketch with Jimmy
Hit song: Ariana performed her new single No Tears Left To Cry
She played bespectacled Cassandra who dropped that she just saw Timothy Chalamet, pet sits for Katy Perry in Paris and is going to the royal wedding, but it was no big deal.
Ariana performed No Tears Left To Cry last month at the Coachella Music Festival.
Her appearance on The Tonight Show marked her first live television performance of the song.
Ariana is the first artist to have lead singles from their first four albums debut in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
