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New Ariana Grande Album

It was only 6 months ago that American singer Ariana Grande released her last album Sweetener, but now she's back with a new one! thank u, next (written in lower case), her 5th studio album, came out on 8th February.

Ariana released Sweetener last August  and started working on thank u, next in October. At the time she'd been undergoing some difficulties in her personal life, such as the death of her ex-boyfriend rapper Mac Miller in September and her break-up with fiance comedian and actor Pete Davidson in October. (Her previous album was recorded after the terrorist attacks at her Manchester Arena concert in May 2017).

The album, which broke UK chart records when it debuted at No.1 on the UK official albums chart, consists of 12 tracks, including singles thank u, next, 7 rings, break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored, promotional single imagine, needy and NASA. The first single from thank u, next was the title track which was released in November and reached No. 1 in several countries, including the US, the UK, Ireland, Canada and Greece. Second single 7 rings came out last month and break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored was released on the same day as the album.

I think thank u, next is a good album. While I like some of the songs on Sweetener, I don't like all of them that much My favourite is God is a woman and I also like better off (I've bought those two), breathin' and some others. But I prefer thank u next on the whole. My fave songs so far are the title track, needy, NASA and in my head. There are others I like as well. My birthday is coming up so I'm hoping to have thank u, next as a present!

Here are some of my favourite songs from the album. Please note that some of the songs are explicit. :)

Note:  As with Sweetener, most of the song titles are  lower case).

thank u, next

This was the first single from the album, released on 3rd November. I featured it as a Weekly Music Video. Watch it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/11/weekly-music-video_21.html


Ariana also recorded an alternative version of the song in case she married Pete Davidson, her fiance at the time. Read more about it here: https://www.nme.com/news/music/ariana-grande-recorded-alternative-thank-u-next-case-married-pete-davidson-2447873

imagine

imagine was a promotional single released on 14th December. This is a lyric video.



7 rings

The 2nd single, released on 18th January. There's also a remix featuring rapper 2Chainz. Visit this post to watch/listen to both videos: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/02/new-music-for-2019-western.html


break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored

break up with your girlfriend is Ariana's latest single and it came out on 8th February. The video shows Ariana hanging around with the couple who she wants to break-up, but becoming more interested in the girl (who looks similar to her!) over the boy.

Please note that this is the explicit version. :)



needy

I would say this is my favourite song. I like the music and chilled out vibe. :)




NASA

This is NASA. My fave part of this is the chorus.




in my head

Another good one. I like the deeper bass beat.




Hope you like the post! Most of these songs are audios but I will update as and when there are music videos. :)

What do you think of thank, u next? Any fave song/s?


For more Ariana check out this post about Sweetener: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/08/new-ariana-grande-album.html

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