Ariana Grande's speech at Manchester

Ariana Grande's speech during the One Love Manchester concert was a plea for love and unity.

Transcript

00:00Before we go any further, I want to thank y'all from the bottom of my heart for being here today. I love you so so much

00:10I want to thank you so much for coming together

00:13And being so loving and strong

00:16And unified

00:17I think that

00:19The kind of love and unity that you're displaying is the medicine that the world we need really needs right now

00:30And I want to also say I had the pleasure of meeting

00:33Olivia's mommy a few days ago

00:36As soon as I met her I started crying and I gave her a big hug

00:39and she said that

00:41I should stop crying because olivia wouldn't have wanted me to cry

00:45and then

00:46She told me that olivia would have wanted to hear the hits

00:56So that being said

00:59We had a totally different show planned and we had a rehearsal yesterday we changed everything

01:04And this evening has been so light and so filled with fun and love and bright energy and I want to thank you for that