Right now, Ariana Grande unveiled Everlasting Sunshine, her extremely anticipated seventh studio album, and, as regular, the pop singer delivered. Impressively concise (it flies by in about 32 minutes), the album is crammed with introspective lyrics and chill-pop beats excellent for sad-dancing, whether or not on the membership or in your room. “It’s extremely human,” Grande not too long ago stated of the album on the Zach Sang Present. “It was positively essentially the most emotional writing course of. However there are additionally bops which are extra enjoyable.”

After all, it wouldn’t be an Ari album if the tracks didn’t give attention to love, loss, and transferring on. With enter from heavyweight producers like Max Martin (although Grande additionally did plenty of the manufacturing herself), the singer playfully bounces by way of break-ups and failed romances whereas riffing on home music, R&B, and even jazz. Her relatability and candor—whether or not on the subject of struggling to remain pals together with her exes, or wishing that she hated them when she doesn’t—is what makes listening to Grande’s music typically really feel like catching up with an previous pal, or like a type of remedy. Fortunately, none of that has modified. 

With out additional ado, here’s a track-by-track breakdown of Everlasting Sunshine.

1. Okay, we’re beginning on a chill be aware. The intro observe—“intro (finish of the world)”—is giving mellow. There are guitar riffs, some strings, and exquisite harmonies. It form of sounds the way in which a heat hug on a chilly winter’s day feels. Grande sings, “If all of it ended tomorrow, would I be the one in your thoughts? Would you be the one on mine?” 

2. It’s clearly a music about questioning if the opposite particular person cares about you as a lot as you take care of them. Life’s large thriller, huh? However one that is for sure: The vocals are vocal-ing. Love.

3. Subsequent up is “bye.” There’s a little bit of ’70s disco aptitude to this one, however with some punchy synths. There’s a bounciness to Ariana’s tracks that I can’t fairly examine to anybody else’s; they make you need to skip by way of an open grassy discipline with a lover, or throw it again by way of sobs on the dance flooring. There’s no in between!

4. She’s singing a few boy she simply broke up with within the driveway. “Bye, bye, I’m taking what’s mine,” she sings. “Bye, bye, it’s over once more.” We’ve all had that one fling that we will’t give up—even when we all know that they’re not good for us—however that is an anthem for the duds we lastly let go. Generally, as she sings, you simply need to say boy, bye.