![]() ![]() The R&Bass sound of “Too Close” has nothing on the two songs it quotes - Mariah Carey’s “I’ve Been Thinking About You,“ and curiously, Fatman Scoop’s “Be Faithful.”ġ45. One of several bonus tracks on My Everything that feels like a Yours Truly leftover. ![]() “Too Close” ( My Everything Target exclusive bonus track, 2014) “Brand New You” is charming, sure, but it’s hard to imagine it appealing to anyone over the age of 13.ġ46. “ Brand New You” (Brynn Williams, Ariana Grande & Caitlin Gann, 13: Original Broadway Cast Recording, 2008)Īriana takes two solos on “Brand New You”, her biggest feature on 13, which ends the musical with a gospel-style climax. ![]() Ariana only appears on the single remix, but even her voice can’t salvage it.ġ47. boy band The Wanted, deliver a wet blanket of a piano duet where every line is a different cliché. On their second musical collaboration, Ariana and her ex-boyfriend, Nathan Sykes of U.K. Ariana Grande, Unfinished Business deluxe edition bonus track, 2016) “ Over and Over Again” (Nathan Sykes feat. A barely recognizable Ariana shows up for a much-needed bridge.ġ48. ![]() “A Little More Homework” is about, of course, growing up, but it keeps coming back to its cliched homework metaphor. It was billed as the first Broadway musical with a cast entirely made up of teenagers - and while it may have worked on the stage, it doesn’t quite translate on record. The 15-year-old Ariana Grande made her professional debut in 13, written by Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown. “ A Little More Homework” (Graham Phillips & Ariana Grande, 13: Original Broadway Cast Recording, 2008) And no, we don’t know who “Salad Bar” and “The Veggies” are either.ġ49. Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! children’s health initiative did not, unfortunately, produce listenable music. “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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