--- title: The Internet Thinks Marie Kondo, Ariana Grande Are Similar description: The Internet is confident that tidying maven Marie Kondo and pop princess Ariana Grande share similar philosophies of life. canonical: https://time.com/5493284/marie-kondo-ariana-grande/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-03T18:56:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:41.376Z og:title: People Think There's a Marie Kondo and Ariana Grande Connection og:description: The life-changing magic of thank u, next! og:url: https://time.com/5493284/marie-kondo-ariana-grande/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29d18ccc7a85a7b2/6989429db21a9c7ed24ffd29/marie-kondo-thank-u-next.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2016 Time 100 Gala og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Think There's a Marie Kondo and Ariana Grande Connection twitter:description: The life-changing magic of thank u, next! twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29d18ccc7a85a7b2/6989429db21a9c7ed24ffd29/marie-kondo-thank-u-next.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Some People Believe There Are Philosophical Similarities Between Marie Kondo and Ariana Grande  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 3, 2019 6:56 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: Author Marie Kondo attends the 2016 Time 100 Gala at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 26, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: Author Marie Kondo attends the 2016 Time 100 Gala at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 26, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images)Mark Sagliocco—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 3, 2019 6:56 PM UTC [Marie Kondo](http://time.com/collection/guide-to-happiness/4178119/marie-kondo-journaling/), grand doyenne of tidying up, debuted her Netflix show, “Tidying Up With Marie Kondo” on New Year’s Day, a fitting time for many to reflect on what they wanted to organize and keep or discard in their lives on the start of another rotation around the sun. [KonMari](http://time.com/5027301/marie-kondo-tidying-video/), or her method of organizing, has resonated with millions of people, with many of them adopting the mantra she debuted in her book, _The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing,_ that you should only keep the things that “spark joy.” Since the show has been available, however, viewers have found parallels between Kondo’s philosophy for letting go and that of pop princess Ariana Grande, who debuted a song, [“thank u, next,”](http://time.com/5465122/thank-u-next-video-references/) this year that waxes eloquently on the very subject. As might be expected, viewers took to social media to share their revelation, in what can only be possibly termed as the life-changing magic of thank u, next. > [](https://twitter.com/waouwwaouw/status/1080659644429844480) > [](https://twitter.com/e%5Falexjung/status/1080479512138313733) > [](https://twitter.com/youcancalljenny/status/1080272488553078784) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5493284/marie-kondo-ariana-grande/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5493284/marie-kondo-ariana-grande/"},"headline":"Some People Believe There Are Philosophical Similarities Between Marie Kondo and Ariana Grande","datePublished":"2019-01-03T18:56:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:41.376Z","description":"The life-changing magic of thank u, next!","url":"https://time.com/5493284/marie-kondo-ariana-grande/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29d18ccc7a85a7b2/6989429db21a9c7ed24ffd29/marie-kondo-thank-u-next.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29d18ccc7a85a7b2/6989429db21a9c7ed24ffd29/marie-kondo-thank-u-next.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 Time 100 Gala","caption":"2016 Time 100 Gala","creditText":"Mark Sagliocco—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5493284/marie-kondo-ariana-grande/","name":"Some People Believe There Are Philosophical Similarities Between Marie Kondo and Ariana Grande"}}]}] ```