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Olivia O’Brien tattooed the word “EVENTUALLY” on the back of her wrist in April 2018 as a reminder that everything gets better with time. “This tattoo means so much to me, even tho I decided what I was gonna get literally 10 mins before I got it,” she wrote. “I just immediately knew it was perfect. Now every time I look at it I’m reminded that no matter what, I will be happy eventually.”
Ariana Grande got a “lumos” tattoo on the side of her hand in May 2018. In the Harry Potter universe “lumos” is the charm for creating light in the dark.
This tattoo has many personal meanings for Ariana relating to her music, her life, and her relationship — all of which are deeply entwined. Her new album Sweetener has lots of references to brighter times ahead including the song “the light is coming.” Her tattoo also relates to a huge Dumbledore quote that Pete has on his forearm saying “Happiness can be found / Even in the darkest of times / If one only remembers to / Turn on the light.” So the lumos spell, turning on the light, is the key to inviting happiness into her life.
Noah Cyrus got this tiny smiley face with x’s for eyes tattooed on the back of the wrist from artist Jon Boy in June 2018. She took the gun herself and tattooed the same design on the artist.
Sahlt has the line “I choose happiness” inked on the left side of her chest.
This zig-zag line on Hayley Williams’ left wrist resembles two teeth with a gap in the middle. She got the tattoo in May 2017 to celebrate the release of Paramore’s album After Laughter.
Hayley’s gap-toothed smile became a symbol of the band during the After Laughter album cycle because their single “Fake Happy” features the lines “If I smile with my teeth / Bet you believe me /If I smile with my teeth / I think I believe me.” The song is about Hayley trying to appear happy despite her inner turmoil.
She took a particular liking to one fan’s cartoon-style drawing of the band where she appears to be faking a smile. She started spamming her instagram profile in March 2017 with various croppings of the drawing showing just her face and just her teeth. It was her way of teasing about the song, which hadn’t been released yet. Fans went went wild with the “Awkward Hayley” drawing, turning it into a meme. The band even put the two-toothed smile on their stage trunk during Tour One.
Jessica Shears has a cursive tattoo on hr left wrist reading “happiness”.
Dagi Bee has a tattoo of monkey face emoji on the outside of her right ankle. She likes that it makes her smile and whenever she looks at and that it brings laughter to whoever sees it.
Kesha got this tattoo of a smiley face on her right middle finger from artist Derrick Snodgrass on November 1, 2016 during the same session as her narwhal tattoo. She explained on her instagram that the tattoo represents her personal happiness:
MOTHERFUCKERS CANT TOUCH MY HAPPINESSSSSS. BOOM. @oblivioussurroundings thanks buddy for the happy little finger tattoo! and the happy day! ur the best.
One of Ruby Rose’s most discreet tattoos is the word “Smile” on the left side of her ribcage, which is hardly ever shown off.
India Westbrooks got this tattoo on the side of her chest in January 2017. It has six vertical lines of numbers which are cryptograms representing letters in the alphabet. The numbers 25, 15, 21; 3, 1, 14, 20; 2, 18, 5, 1, 11; 13, 5; 2, 5; 8, 1, 16, 16, 25 translate to “You Can’t Break Me. Be Happy.”
