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Another wrote, “Ariana really had a Mac Miller playlist for the music before the show and she had an empty seat reserved for him. she’s so strong.”

Ariana really had a Mac Miller playlist for the music before the show and she has an empty seat reserved for him 😩😭 she’s so strong 🥺

— Juan (@FJuanmanuel) June 13, 2019

It was an emotional show for Grande. During her opening performance of “Raindrops (An Angel Cried),” which is said to be about the end of her relationship with Mac, birth name Malcolm McCormick, she broke down and was unable to finish the song.

if @arianagrande crying during & not being able to finish raindrops at her #SWTPittsburgh show doesn’t break your heart i don’t know what will. we all miss you @macmiller 🥺💔💙 pic.twitter.com/fVr8piNsxI

— ♔Alexa Rae (@lexadee22) June 13, 2019

She choked up again when she tried to sing the line \"Wish I could say thank you to Malcolm/'cause he was an angel\" in “thank u, next.” With the help of the crowd, she made it through the song.

Mac died last September at age 26 of an accidental overdose. The two had dated from 2016 to the spring of 2018.

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