“U R What You Eat” (Salad Bar, Matisyahu, Travis Barker, Ariana Grande & The Veggies, Songs for a Healthier America, 2013) Her next move is uncertain - truly, anything is possible.ġ50. Ultimately, Positions reset our expectations of what an Ariana Grande album should be - definitively closing the chapter on the turbulent second act of her career. With no obvious celebrity narrative, Positions was simply an excellent pure R&B album, with Ariana singing gentle intricate ballads in her most comfortable environment. Her sixth album, 2020’s Positions, was less dramatic than the previous two. To the surprise of many, Ariana had improbably become the most buzzed-about pop musician and celebrity of the late 2010s.
Less than six months later, in early 2019, she followed it up with Thank U, Next - a darker, more conflicted sequel that reflected on her whirlwind personal life, including the untimely death of her ex, rapper Mac Miller.
On Sweetener, she came full circle with a more mature, yet still unshakably optimistic take on her debut’s youthful R&B. With the song, she channeled and reinvented the buoyant spirit of classic disco, looking to the past for a collective healing in the present. “No Tears Left to Cry”, the first single from Grande’s fourth album Sweetener, came as her first release after her 2017 concert at Manchester Arena tragically ended in a bombing attack that killed 23 and left hundreds more injured.
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