Pop stars, especially women, get compared to each other all the time, but Ariana Grande probably didn’t expect so many parallels to Karen Carpenter. Grande and Carpenter are increasingly being talked about in the same breath not because of their art but because of the discourse around their art. On TikTok or Reddit, wherever fans and detractors gather, there’s plenty of talk about whether Grande is in personal peril. AdvertisementWhen Grande released Petal—her eighth full-length record—she also released a music video for the title song. We don’t know if Grande has an eating disorder or is displaying anorexia the way Carpenter was.