I wholeheartedly believe that the Dangerous Woman launch solidifies something I've thought for a long time which is that: Ariana is stuck as Galinda (internally). She likely feels a lot of guilt due to the situation that happened during that time period and all that happened then and used unhealthy coping mechanisms when she was in that headspace (possibly restriction, extreme control, massive changes of appearance, mannerisms etc) that she had to use as she felt their was no other way. Overtime she's likely internalised that as her only form of feeling "safe" (as it would have felt protective then) and not known how else to manage with that guilt or evolve at all leading her to stay stuck. Also the character of Galinda for her, ironically or not, clearly resonated with her significantly and that's why she became so intertwined with galinda on and off screen. I do believe she needs to put in some real work to escape her caricature of Galinda as that is not her true self in every sense of the meaning and should just take some time away. On how this links to the rem launch: she is galinda masquerading as dangerous woman, not ariana referencing dangerous woman for a simple anniversary, this is evident in the fact that even though she is marketing a product to be sold as a different era, she's not even bothered to even slightly alter her makeup from her safe glinda look which is quite literally a different race than her 2016 self. This is at best lazy and at worst, clear stagnation of her as an artist. With respect, I've loved her past eras sm, understand she's faced some terrible things (as everyone does to a degree) and have even enjoyed some moments from the most recent era, but I do think she needs to be more transparent with her fans and not always just do things cause they want it and maybe just step back and go on a break and actually heal.