Ariana Grande fan conducts amazing investigation to work out how she sat on stool for album cover

How did Ariana Grande manage to stay balanced on that stool and still look hot? Did she really ever sit on that stool? 

An Ariana Grande fan has conducted a brilliantly bonkers experiment to work out how exactly how she managed to pose on a stool using just her legs for the cover of 2014 album ‘My Everything’.

On the cover, the singer is seen looking ruefully at the ground as she perches on the stool while wearing a pair of white stilettos.

BuzzFeed producer Jesse McLaren put the iconic My Everything pose to the test on Sunday (Oct. 15) and the internet can't get enough. 

But as Buzzfeed writer Jesse McLaren rightly points out, it’s a pretty uncomfortable pose – and one that he struggled to recreate.

I've done the research and there's no way her ass is sitting on that stool. pic.twitter.com/AIGNpcJn6G

— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) October 15, 2017

As one user pointed out, Grande *did* have a ‘balance-perfecting’ ponytail to help her with the pose. As it turns out, so did Jesse.

Others tried, and were definitely more successful.

No not photo shopped my mate didn't photo shop pic.twitter.com/b9zKniDVMK

— Spooky Kimiana 🌹🌙 (@agbxdangerous) October 16, 2017

pretty hurts. I remade it because I strive for perfectionist pic.twitter.com/msiz4AIVPD

— kenny🕸 (@Slhut) October 16, 2017

hard to control for variables like stool size but i think it’s real pic.twitter.com/gWMKgC5gvW

— Michael Greg🎃ry (@schmoyoho) October 17, 2017

And after the confusion deepened, Jesse posted the question directly to Ariana, and received a magnificent response. “Next week on Mythbusters”, she defiantly wrote.

We're on Twitter so I'm gonna give this a shot. @ArianaGrande did you actually balance on a stool like this or is it Photoshop? https://t.co/BSHCvaeRs3

— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) October 15, 2017

next week on mythbusters https://t.co/1tgyXtfyC6

— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) October 16, 2017