![]() The rapid beat that starts right at the beginning of the song announces Ariana’s fast singing during the pre-chorus. “the light is coming” is a message of hope: things will get better and might be about her previous boyfriend, Mac Miller. Ariana explained, in a tweet, why a voice repeated “You wouldn’t let anybody speak and instead”:īc it’s about people & their loud ass opinions making them deaf to others & the light Throughout the song, the beat is prominent and barely any instruments are used, but the change of Ariana’s voice pitch catches our attention and makes the song pleasing. Grande’s singing is also different than it used to be: pretty fast and sometimes close to talking. Unlike the other songs Ariana and the rapper shared, Nicki’s solo opens the song, an interesting choice that sets the tone of the track. The second featuring on the album, with Nicki Minaj, is Sweetener’s second single, released on June 21st along with its music video. Although the lyrics are quite repetitive, the song remains sophisticated thanks to the harmonies and back vocals and Pharrell’s deep voice makes it even more interesting, especially in the bridge, where their voices alternate. “Blazed”, which features Pharrell Williams, has a catchy R&B vibe and a love connection message that is likely to be directed to Ariana’s fiancé, Pete Davidson. The first actual song of Sweetener shows greatly the album vibe and genre. Ariana starts her album by showing off the amazing vocals she surely has, but also paying tribute to those affected by the attack in Manchester, at the end of her show. This first track, which only lasts 38 seconds, is an acapella cover to The Four Season’s “An Angel Cried”, more specifically, its last verse. And what I’ve been craving to do”.“bringing light to a situation or to someone’s life, somebody else who brings life into your life, or sweetening the situation.” She said the album is “more like me as a person. “I wanted to give people a hug, musically.” Sonically, Sweetener brings some surprises-sparse rhythms and what she calls “dreamier” harmonies replace many of the huge beats and choruses she’s famous for. “It’s about being there for each other and helping each other through scary times and anxiety”, she told Darden. The album closer “get well soon” is a self-care message she wrote immediately following a panic attack. She exits a toxic relationship in “better off” “God is a woman” is a feminine, sex-positive anthem that she told Darden is her “favourite thing I’ll probably ever do”. ![]() ![]() ![]() She’s deeply in love, evidenced on the tropical “blazed”, and “R.E.M”, with harmonies described as “rainbow clouds” by Pharrell, who produced over half the album. She responded with Sweetener, a gorgeous, pastel album about love, happiness, strength and womanhood. Her new outlook comes just over a year since the devastating attack at her 2017 Manchester concert that killed 22 people and injured hundreds, leaving Grande “permanently affected”. She told Beats 1 host Ebro Darden that Sweetener is different because, “It’s the first time I feel more present than ever, and I see colours more”. It’s no coincidence that the cover photo for Ariana Grande’s fourth album is her first not in black and white.
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