I don't know about you, but before Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson's relationship drama, I hadn't been listening to much Ariana Grande. In 2014 I did. This was when she was really big, but most, like me, stopped listening altogether by 2015. That was until a couple weeks ago when Grande's music became a regular on my Spotify. Notably, it was after the breakup and Grande's subsequent single, "Thank You, Next," that got my attention.

"But they were goals af!!" I whined to myself while clicking through news videos detailing what both had stated about the breakup and why it happened. What they said was predictable and didn't matter— what does is that she is being played EVERYWHERE. Not only am I listening to her music again, but other people, too. In fact, as I was drafting this article a girl in an office behind me was blaring it; even when I moved to the food court of my school's student union, lo' and behold, it was being played over the loudspeaker! Also of note, Grande's new single has even placed her at No.1 on Hot 100 for the first time.

It's not just her new single either— even songs from 2014 like "One More Problem," are being played.

Now, this article's title features the word "conspiracy" for a reason— many facts point to theirs being a real relationship. For instance, at the end of Davidson's skit that poked fun at the appearance of candidates for the midterm elections (which was distasteful, to say the least), he acknowledged that his audience wanted him to speak on his break-up with Grande. Although he cracked the joke, "since I moved back in with my mom," at the skit's start, he touched briefly at the end that the break-up was no one's business. Additionally, in his interview with Howard Stern, Davidson appeared genuine when discussing his engagement with Grande. Actually, the lack of negative public drama in general between them evidences the realness of the relationship— most normal people their age wouldn't want the details of a failed engagement to be fussed over and would rather leave the drama behind them. (Not to mention Pete's Tattoos of Ariana, but you probably already knew about those)

That isn't to say that my conspiracy doesn't come from a sensible place.

Although Saturday Night Live's skit creatively named "Weekend Update" has been around since 1975, it's induction of Davidson into its habitual roster of characters first took place on Jan. 17, 2017. Ever since, a casual SNL viewer could easily mistake Davidson as being the true "anchor" of the show the way his time slot centers around him and leaves out the anchor. The viewership of this skit, in particular, has sensibly risen and fallen in relation to current events, such as in the skit which first featured Davidson on Trump's pick of candidates for his cabinet and grossed over 1 million views on Youtube. A skit published on Youtube frankly titled "Weekend Update: Pete Davidson on His Engagement to Ariana Grande," though, easily grossed over 3 times as much.

Regardless of what truly happened between the two, it is impossible to escape the fact that their relationship has gleaned both celebrities a larger viewership for their creative work.