"We won't let hate win."
Ariana Grande has released a heartfelt, hopeful statement following the bombing at her Manchester show, which killed 22 people and injured 66 on Monday night.
In an apology to the victims and their families and friends, Grande promises to return to Manchester for a benefit show, vowing, "We won't let hate win."
She applauds her fans for showing strength and offering their support for the victims, writing, "Our response to this violence must be to come closer together, to help each other, to love more, to sing louder and live more kindly and generously than we did before."
Music is meant to heal us, to bring us together, to make us happy.
They will be on my mind and in my heart every day and I will think of them with everything I do for the rest of my life.
Read the full statement from her Instagram below.