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2024 studio album by Ariana Grande

Eternal Sunshine is the upcoming seventh studio album by American singer Ariana Grande. Her first body of work since her sixth studio album Positions (2020), it is scheduled to be released on March 8, 2024, through Republic Records. “Yes, And?” was released as the album’s lead single on January 12, 2024, which debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 and marked Grande’s eighth number-one single in the United States.

Background[edit]

Max Martin is a confirmed producer on *Eternal Sunshine*, alongside Grande and Ilya Salmanzadeh.

On May 12, 2022, 19 months after the release of her sixth studio album, Positions (2020), Ariana Grande clarified that she would not be recording another album until she is done filming Wicked (2024), the film adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name, in which she portrays the character Glinda.^[3] In October 2023, she first jokingly hinted at a forthcoming album by posting “ag7: goat mother” as an Instagram caption.^[4] A set of pictures included a photo of her with Swedish producer and long-time collaborator Max Martin at Jungle City Studios in New York City.^[5]

On December 7 and December 17, Grande shared a series of pictures and video clips working in recording studios and her editing audio files.^[6] As opposed to previous eras, she specifically stated that there would be no song snippets for the upcoming record.^[7] On December 27, the singer confirmed a 2024 album release via her social media.^[8] She posted a carousel of videos on her Instagram that show her crying in a recording studio and her mother Joan dancing to a new song of hers, amongst others.^[9] She captioned the post “See you next year.” and tagged several accounts, including Swedish musician Ilya Salmanzadeh, music video director Christian Breslauer, and Republic Records.^[10]^[11] She referred to the picture of her crying and another one which depicts her dancing as the “two moods of the album”.^[11] Packages with R.E.M. Beauty’s On Your Collar lipstick in the shade “Attention” including a blurred close-up shot of Grande’s red lips and the caption of an Instagram post she would make a few days after delivery, were sent to fans.^[12]^[10]

Conception[edit]

Grande described Eternal Sunshine as “kind of a concept album” comprising “different heightened pieces of the same story, of the same experience”.^[13] She explained that the record spans from “really vulnerable” songs to playful tracks which see her emulating “what people kind of expect me to be sometimes and having fun with it.”^[13]

Wendy Goldstein, co-president of Republic Records, described the record as an “elevated version” of Grande’s previous albums, calling it an embodiment of “Sweetener meets […] Thank U, Next“.^[14]^[15]

Recording and production[edit]

In a video shared to her social media of her previewing some songs of the album to Republic Records personnel, Grande revealed that she “came [to the studio]” and begun work on the record in September 2023—after the SAG-AFTRA strike forced the filming of Wicked to be paused temporarily.^[1] She further revealed that she worked with Max Martin for a few weeks, and handled production on her own as well.^[1] “Proper” vocal recordings and orchestrations were arranged in November.^[2] Work on the album concluded in late December 2023.^[8]

Referring to the period of making Eternal Sunshine, Grande stated that “things [were] kind of just pouring out and happening very quickly”.^[13]

Composition[edit]

Music and lyrics[edit]

According to Republic Records executives, Eternal Sunshine incorporates house and R&B.^[14]

Release and promotion[edit]

Republic Records will release Eternal Sunshine on March 8, 2024.^[16] It will be issued for streaming, download, four CD variants, and five vinyl LP variants.^[17] Pre-orders began on January 17, the day the album was announced.^[18]

Marketing[edit]

The tracklist of the album was not unveiled entirely at once. Grande revealed song titles and their track order on separate days, starting on January 27, 2024, with tracks 1, 5, and “Yes, And?” as track 9.^[19] Tracks 2, 6, and 10 were revealed on February 7,^[20] followed by tracks 3, 7, and 11 on February 17,^[21] and tracks 4, 8, 12, and 13 on February 27.^[22] Additionally, Grande revealed some lyrics from the album via her social media on February 27.^[23]

Grande appeared on the Zach Sang Show for a double-episode interview to discuss the album. The first episode was released on February 27, 2024, and was centered around the creative process.^[24] The second episode will be released on March 8, wherein Grande details each song.^[25]

Title and artwork[edit]

The title of the album was teased via two Easter eggs. The first was in the opening scene of the music video of the lead single, “Yes, And?”. In it, a red card has the acronym “AG7” on the frontside, with the geographical coordinates 41.0359° N, 71.9545° W mentioned below it—which locate Montauk, New York, a key filming location of the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004). It stars Jim Carrey, who Grande has expressed she’s a fan of.^[26]^[27] The second was when Grande shared a few lines of Alexander Pope’s poem “Eloisa to Abelard” on her Instagram, including: “Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!”.^[28]

Seven cover variants of Eternal Sunshine were issued: a standard cover, three DTC variations via Grande’s website, the Yes, And? cover, and a Target-exclusive in the United States.^[17] Three covers were unveiled with the album’s announcement.^[29] Days after, it was confirmed that the “Yes, And?” cover artwork was “one of the” album’s cover variants.^[30] Photographed by Katia Temkin,^[31] it depicts a blurry close-up shot of the left side of Grande’s face; she wears her brand R.E.M. Beauty’s “On Your Collar” lipstick in the red shade “Attention”.^[32] The remaining three alternate covers were revealed throughout January and February.^[33]^[34]^[21] Grande stated that the different artworks “capture the emotional ups and downs of the album”.^[34]

Singles[edit]

“Yes, And?”, the lead single of Eternal Sunshine, was released on January 12, 2024, via streaming services.^[35] It was also issued in 7-inch, CD single and cassette formats.^[36] The song’s accompanying music video, directed by Christian Breslauer, was released on the same day via Grande’s Vevo channel on YouTube.^[37] The title of the song was teased by Grande days before release when she was photographed wearing a sweatshirt with the title printed on the front.^[38] “Yes, And?” debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, marking Grande’s eighth number-one single in the US.^[39] It also topped the Global 200, Global Excl. US,^[40] and Canadian Hot 100;^[41] and reached the top five in Australia,^[42] Ireland,^[43] New Zealand,^[44] and the United Kingdom.^[45] Multiple versions and mixes of the song were released,^[46]^[47] including a remix featuring Mariah Carey in February.^[48]

On February 5, Grande announced via her social media that no more pre-release singles would follow “Yes, And?”. Before releasing the next singles, she reasoned, she wanted fans to “experience [Eternal Sunshine] in full this time”.^[49]

Performances[edit]

Grande will appear as the musical guest on the March 9, 2024 episode of Saturday Night Live. It will mark her third appearance on the show and her first since 2016.^[50]

Track listing[edit]

*Eternal Sunshine* track listing
Title	Lyrics	Music	Producer(s)
1.	“Intro (End of the World)”	Ariana Grande	Grande Shintaro Yasuda Nick Lee	1:32
2.	“Bye”	Grande		2:44
3.	“Don’t Wanna Break Up Again”	Grande		2:54
4.	“Saturn Returns Interlude”		Grande Martin Salmanzadeh Garland	0:42
5.	“Eternal Sunshine”	Grande		3:30
6.	“Supernatural”	Grande		2:43
7.	“True Story”	Grande		2:43
8.	“The Boy Is Mine”			2:53
9.	“Yes, And?”	Grande		3:34
10.	“We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)”	Grande		3:48
11.	“I Wish I Hated You”	Grande		2:33
12.	“Imperfect for You”	Grande	Grande Martin Salmanzadeh Peter Kahm	3:02
13.	“Ordinary Things” (featuring Nonna)			2:48
Total length:				35:26

Notes

All tracks excluding “Saturn Returns Interlude”, are stylized in all lowercase.

Release history[edit]

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