Ariana Grande setlist changes at The O2 in London turned into the main story of her Eternal Sunshine tour stop, with Bad Thing making its live debut. The 33-year-old used the eight-minute countdown to build toward a show that blended older material with newer songs from Petal.
The O2 run in London
The London stop was framed as a 10-night residency, and that scale shaped the set’s pacing. Positions arrived two songs into the show, while Break Free and One Last Time kept the older catalogue in the mix without displacing the newer material that closed the night.
Dangerous Woman landed with drums that sounded like firecrackers, which gave the middle of the set a sharper edge. Petal had been released weeks ago, so its songs were still fresh enough to carry the final stretch without feeling like a victory lap.
Bad Thing in London
Bad Thing debuted live later in the show, and that was the point where the night stopped feeling like a routine tour stop. A first performance inside a residency usually tells you where the artist wants the current cycle to settle: not on the biggest radio single, but on the material she is still testing in front of a large room.
Safety Net came near the climax, with Grande singing from the edge of the stage and speaking to the crowd in quick, compressed phrases. She said, "I'msohappyfortheconnectionwe’veshared," and "You’resuchabeautifulpresenceinmylife."
Petal at the close
Grande also sang, "It’s such a fucked situation." That line, placed inside the performance rather than outside it, matched a show that was grand and slick but hard to watch without some concern for her wellbeing, especially with the public scrutiny around her body hanging over the night.
The practical read for anyone tracking Ariana Grande setlist shifts is simple: London is where the current tour content is being tightened, with Petal concentrated late, older hits used as pressure valves, and Bad Thing introduced as a live marker of where the show is headed. Grande has said she will take a step back from visibility when the tour ends, so these London dates carry more weight than a standard arena run.
