Ariana Grande appears to have confirmed she's back together with her former backup dancer and ex-boyfriend Ricky Alvarez, sharing an intimate video this week that shows the two of them kissing, according to TMZ and corroborated by E! News.

The clip, posted to Grande's social media, was framed as a playful "what's on my lips" beauty-product video, but fans quickly zeroed in on the moment Grande and Alvarez are shown kissing on camera — a far more direct confirmation than the hints she'd been dropping for weeks.

Months of breadcrumbs

Speculation about a reunion had been building since Grande began changing the lyrics of her song "thank u, next" during stops on her Eternal Sunshine tour, swapping in new lines about Alvarez that fans read as a direct nod to rekindling their relationship, according to The Express Tribune. The two were first linked romantically in 2015, when Alvarez worked as a dancer on Grande's Honeymoon Tour; they dated for roughly a year before splitting in mid-2016. "thank u, next," Grande's 2019 hit about her exes, originally referenced Alvarez among the relationships she'd grown from.

FANS SPOTTED THE KISS IN A BLACK-AND-WHITE TOUR MONTAGE WEEKS BEFORE THE NEW VIDEO

Neither Grande nor Alvarez has issued a formal statement confirming a relationship. But the new video is being treated across entertainment outlets as the clearest sign yet that the pair, now both in their early-to-mid thirties, have reconciled nearly a decade after their initial split.

Grande's personal life has drawn intense tabloid scrutiny in recent years, including her brief marriage to real estate agent Dalton Gomez and her widely covered relationship with "Wicked" co-star Ethan Slater, which began amid both of their divorces and drew significant public criticism at the time. A reunion with Alvarez — a relationship from well before her biggest pop stardom and before either of those higher-profile romances — is being cast by fans as something of a return to her roots.

Alvarez, for his part, has largely stayed out of the spotlight since his dancing days with Grande, though the two were previously seen together in New York City in 2018 and have maintained at least a public friendship in the years since, appearing together at industry events on occasion.