Ariana Grande has spoken for the first time since her publicist announced over the weekend that the singer would be "taking a step back from visibility" once her current tour ends next month. Grande returned to the stage on Monday evening in Chicago for another stop on her Eternal Sunshine Tour, telling fans, external: "The announcement that was made yesterday was not a reactive or impulsive thing. It is something that I had decided to plan... quietly, a long time ago." Speaking at the first of a three-night run at the city's United Center, Grande said: "I heard my fans were worried negativity was ruining things for me but... that could not be more than the opposite. "Boundaries need to be set, human beings do need a break sometimes."