Grande explained that she is reluctant to discuss her memories of the attack itself, because she doesn’t want people to focus on the actions of the terrorist. In part, this was what drove her to organise the One Love Manchester concert in aid of the victims and their families.

“I don’t want to give [the attack] that much power,” she says. “Something so negative. It’s the absolute worst of humanity.

“That’s why I did my best to react the way I did. The last thing I would ever want is for my fans to see something like that happen and think it won.”

She added that she doesn’t want her suffering to be perceived as more significant than that of people who were injured or lost loved ones in the bombing: “There are so many people who have suffered such loss and pain.”

Ariana Grande speaks out about the Manchester bombing for the first time