Eternal Sunshine (album)
Eternal Sunshine is the seventh studio album by American singer Ariana Grande. It was released on March 8, 2024, by Republic Records. Written and produced by Grande, Max Martin, Ilya Salmanzadeh, and Oscar Görres amongst others, Eternal Sunshine is a pop and R&B album with dance music influences, particularly synth-pop and house, characterized by mid-tempo synthesizers, subtle guitar and string elements.
Eternal Sunshine
March 8, 2024
- Jungle City (New York City)
- MXM (Stockholm)
- Studio 112 (Jonstorp)
- Decoy (Suffolk)
- House Mouse (Stockholm)
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- Ariana Grande
- Max Martin
- Ilya
- Davidior
- Aaron Paris
- Shintaro Yasuda
- Nick Lee
- Will Loftis
- Luka Kloser
- Oscar Görres
Grande derived the album's title from the 2004 American film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. She conceived the album as a record of both vulnerability and entertainment, inspired by her personal life experiences. Upon release, Eternal Sunshine received acclaim from critics for its restrained vocals and music, and the emotional vulnerability of the subject matter.
In the United States, the album opened at number one on the Billboard 200, marking her sixth number-one on the chart. Its singles "Yes, And?" and "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, making Grande the woman with the most Hot 100 number-one debuts. Eternal Sunshine topped the record charts in eleven other countries. Grande promoted and discussed the album on programs hosted by radio personalities Zach Sang and Zane Lowe and was the musical guest of Saturday Night Live on March 9, 2024.
The standard edition of Eternal Sunshine does not contain guest musical acts, but features spoken words from Grande's maternal grandmother Marjorie Grande on "Ordinary Things" and astrologer Diana Garland on "Saturn Returns Interlude". An extended edition of the album, including versions of four tracks from the standard album, was released on March 10, 2024. The additional tracks feature Australian singer Troye Sivan and American singer Mariah Carey.
Conception[edit]
Grande described Eternal Sunshine as "kind of a concept album" comprising "different heightened pieces of the same story, of the same experience".[14] 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".[14] 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".[15][16]
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 after the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike forced the filming of Wicked to be paused temporarily, she "came [to the studio]" and begun work on the record that September.[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".[14]
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