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Fans call out Ariana Grande for misspelled Japanese tattoo

  (Agence France-Presse)
New York, United States
Thu, January 31, 2019

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Fans call out Ariana Grande for misspelled Japanese tattoo Ariana Grande at the 2016 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 20, 2016. (REUTERS/File Photo/Mario Anzuoni)

Too bad pop star Ariana Grande is vegan -- she just tattooed an accidental homage to a Japanese barbeque grill on her palm.

The American singer's attempt to ink an ode to her hit single "7 Rings" backfired Wednesday, after social media quickly chimed in to tell her the characters actually translated to "shichirin" -- a small charcoal grill.

Grande, 25, had posted a now-deleted photo of the new body art on Instagram before her fans pointed out the spelling error.

In widely shared screenshots of now-deleted tweets, Grande acknowledged she had forgotten a symbol but noted that the design won't last, as skin on the palm regrows faster than that on the rest of the body and tattoos there usually fade.

"If I miss it enough, I'll suffer thru the whole thing next time," she said, later writing "Pls leave me and my tambourine grill alone. thank u."

Read also: Ariana Grande named Billboard's Woman of the Year

Her apparent nonchalance didn't stop Twitter from skewering her with memes and mockery.

Some were ironically sympathetic: "Met with all the Asians, and our official ruling is that the Ariana Grande tattoo is good," wrote Twitter user Kevin Nguyen.

The sexy-but-saccharine video for the hit "7 Rings," which lauds star power and materialism, boasts more than 100 million views on YouTube and debuted at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

That success follows Grande's record-smashing break-up anthem "Thank U, Next," which also debuted at the chart's pinnacle.

Her album, also titled "Thank U, Next" is set for release on February 8, just in time for Valentine's Day.

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