It’s the last piece of the extended positions puzzle, but may also be the start of an exciting new chapter.
“You got me trippin’/I adore you,” she sings on “main thing,” a head-over-heels ode to a special someone. In December, she announced her engagement to Dalton Gomez. While there’s still talk of troublemaking and bad behavior, Ari may actually have settled down. Released four months later, the deluxe version includes four bonus tracks and a remix of “34+35” featuring Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion. Billboard Cover: Ariana Grande on Defending Female Pop Stars and Staying Away From Drama. Importantly, it never feels like she’s trying sounds on for size she is the rare singer with a voice so powerful and an aesthetic so self-assured that subgenres, collaborators, rules, and trends all bend to her. And the staggering “my hair,” easily an album highlight, feels like a late-’90s girl-group power ballad on which Grande effortlessly carries each part. “motive,” a duet with Doja Cat, tastefully shuffles between lurching trap and four-on-the-floor club beats. On August 1, 2013, Grande revealed the official artwork for Yours Truly, which features her kneeling on a bed of roses in front of a pink background. Accompanied by longtime collaborators like singer-songwriters Tayla Parx and Victoria Monét and producer Tommy Brown, she deftly explores new rhythms and moods-breathy retro-funk (“love language”), low-slung R&B (“west side”)-without drifting too far from soaring pop. She seems acutely aware that we have little control over any of it.Īll of it feels more potent in this updated version mixed in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, with Grande’s high-arching soprano given added dimension. The implication is less about casual detachment and more about living in the moment: Pain and loss are a part of life, but so are pleasure and love. She’s meditating and minding her karma (“just like magic”), blissing out on healthy habits and sexual vim (“nasty,” “34+35”), and diving into new romances without worrying too much about getting hurt (“safety net” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, “off the table” featuring The Weeknd). Strength and self-assuredness are themes throughout the album, and she gracefully takes credit for positive changes. “All them demons helped me see shit differently/So don’t be sad for me,” she coos on “shut up,” the album’s sweeping, orchestral opener that puts trolls on mute. Grande doesn’t waste a single second changing the tone. That she might finally be experiencing some release, which is what these songs sound like, is a reminder to all of us that time and reflection can heal. During a grueling stretch that would have broken most musicians (a deadly terrorist attack at her own concert, Miller’s overdose, and her public breakup with then-fiancé Pete Davidson), Grande delivered two of the best albums-and one of the highest-grossing tours-of 20.
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Unlike Ariana Grande’s last album, the contemplative and mournful thank u, next, which was released shortly after, and partly in response to, the tragic death of her ex Mac Miller, Positions is lighthearted and playful-a flirty wave from the other side.
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