ariana grande - my everything

Ryan "Ryghteous" Tedder

oh boy, Childish Gambino on a Biggie beat. i'm guessing "Mo Money Mo Problems"?

guetta :(

Idk it's very 1st verse Big Sean 2nd verse Chance

― The Reverend, Tuesday, July 1, 2014 6:01 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he's totally derivative dont get me wrong.

The intro will probably be the best track.

The Cashmere Cat credit was not expected.

What a random writing credit from Harry Styles.

What worries me about this album is that Yours Truly was great but it wasn't because of Grande herself, rather the personality that was built around Grande from the throwback vibe and 90s Mariahisms. Her Disney background worked for her because the songs were sweet and retro and cute but she doesn't seem a strong or versatile enough performer to sell something like Problem and you only have to look at her in the video to see how awkward she is with it, and the idea of her doing EDM bangers or whatever doesn't inspire me with great hope for this.

I mean, Problem is a great single but when you've sang on Right There, Baby I, Piano, You'll Never Know and The Way, your world-conquering breakthrough should really be better than a tween-friendly take on The Whisper Song.

I'm just sad Babyface won't be on this at all.

our world-conquering breakthrough should really be better than a tween-friendly take on The Whisper Song.

― boxedjoy, Tuesday, July 1, 2014 4:32 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is the most bizarre reading of this single

she sang good on Yours Truly

her whisperiah impression is pretty nasally

What worries me about this album is that Yours Truly was great but it wasn't because of Grande herself, rather the personality that was built around Grande

― boxedjoy, Tuesday, July 1, 2014 4:32 PM (Yesterday)

foh

lol otm

Her next single: http://www.kiisfm.com/articles/featured-472399/premiere-ariana-grande-break-free-12527297/?=38383

Meh.

i like this... it's kinda EDM gone 80s?

:(

the chorus sounds like a prechorus bridge and the production is pretty lifeless... i thought i was fine with her remaining firmly at the center of rhythmic crossover but this is not what i had in mind :/

sounds like rihanna passed on it

:|

dope track

katy b does this better

zedd has still basically written one song

? was thinking how much this doesn't sound like "clarity" and "stay the night"

It wouldn't sound completely out of place next to the stuff he did on Artpop.

actually pity anyone who doesn't fuck with this

this sounds to me like carly rae jepsen's going for broke comeback single

idk man this is pretty lifeless

for the record i pity me too

j0rdan's really pushing the "ariana's time to take over" narrative huh

this isn't even as good as "problem" on one listen

j0rdan's really pushing the "ariana's time to take over" narrative huh

she's put out two obvious pop smashes i'm not pushing anything

yeah this is a dud

chorus is like a dvd commentary set to music

lol sam & cat season 2 special features disc

"I only wanna die alive, never by the hands of a broken heart/ don't wanna hear you lie tonight, now that I've become who I really are" WHAT

The Carly Rae comparison is interesting because this song is trying really hard to perform cathartic release whereas something like Tonight I'm Getting Over You managed to pull it off seemingly effortlessly.

"Tonight I'm Getting Over You" to me is more like nu-Ariana in the sense of 'someone fairly unknown came out of nowhere with something great and refreshing, quick, the industry needs to assimilate them with big thudding Max Martin stuff'

yeah this is w/e

zedd has still basically written one song

― katherine, Wednesday, July 2, 2014 9:45 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the problem w/ this song isn't zedds, it's that this sounds like a less distinct version of 100 pop singles around it

the topline melody, i mean

Extended mix: https://soundcloud.com/josepvinaixa/ariana-grande-break-free

lol @ pitchfork liking this

Wonder how low my expectations for this album will be by the time it's released.

"Tonight I'm Getting Over You" to me is more like nu-Ariana in the sense of 'someone fairly unknown came out of nowhere with something great and refreshing, quick, the industry needs to assimilate them with big thudding Max Martin stuff'

― some dude, Thursday, July 3, 2014 3:15 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

except "tonight" was still a great song that featured the actual existence of carly rae

not to sound hyperbolic but the thing about an album like yours truly is that ariana was pretty much always the best thing about each song, great production and all. it was built around her. in these two songs she's totally buried. there's a difference between becoming a pop star and becoming any pop star.

would either of these songs be any worse if rita ora were performing them?

"Problem" is still very much Ariana's song.

yeah ariana is totally the star on "problem," i don't get that view at all

i like "i will never let you down" more than both of these singles

same

i wouldn't go that far but so far, cher lloyd in 2014 > ariana grande in 2014

i've never been one for rita ora in the past - so flavourless , but somehow she manages to convey an exuberance on that single that is missing from "break free" and most of "problem" (except for the "head in the clouds..." bridge, i guess, which is easily my favourite part of that song). and while we're arbitrarily comparing women in pop then yes, i am of course team cher - imagine if ariana had come back with a single like "i wish"!

Please tell me Cashmere Cat is animated.

I like "Problem" just fine, kind of like a not as good "Crazy In Love." Do think the singer sounds like a guest on her own song, though.