Ariana Grande posted a video of her side-eyeing as a baby, and it's our new forever mood

Baby Ariana Grande did not come to play.
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MJ Franklin
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Apparently Ariana Grande has been serving lewks since the moment she was born.

On Monday, Grande — House Slytherin, carrier of the light and Dangerous Woman, first of her name, long may she reign — took a break from posting upside down tweets to celebrate her birthday with a nostalgic gift for her fans: a home video from 1996 of baby Ariana Grande celebrating her bday.

In the video, someone behind the camera coaches Grande to close her eyes as she waits for a surprise from her brother Frankie. Like most children excited for a gift on her birthday, Grande has trouble staying patient, stealing peeks while she waits.

And that's when she drops it: a soul-piercing side eye to end all side eyes.

Y'ALL! Side-Eying Chloe is SHOOK!

Grande's side eye truly applies to everything.

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"Hey, u up?"

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In all fairness, the side eye comes as Grande is looking for the camera after closing her eyes. An instant later she smiles, so it appears that Grande isn't actually visually roasting someone.

But still, the people have spoken and...

Grande's side eye is officially...

A MOOD™

Listen. It's her birthday, maybe she won't cry if she wants to (after all, she has no more tears left) but if she wants to side eye us to hell and back, so be it.

Happy Birthday, Ariana.

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MJ Franklin was an Assistant Editor at Mashable and a host of the MashReads Podcast.

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