Ariana Grande - AG4 (2018 album)

Four iconic albums. 4-0.

an (ex)acquaintance of mine said her voice wasn't great and i just had to walk away in shame

yeah, one of my favourite albums atm.
it sounds more low key and personal than her previous stuff to me.

i saw some tv award show performance of "no tears left to cry" where she was introduced as the voice of her generation and one of the greatest vocalists ever and honestly my thought (esp after listening to her good-not-great vocal during the performance) is that her vocal ability is way overhyped. i mean we live in an age where adele is assumed to be an excellent singer based mostly on her aesthetic so yeah i guess there should be no surprises.

i start the album at ‘rem’ and play it through from there, so good

She does a nice job here

http://www.thefader.com/2018/09/05/ariana-grande-thundercat-them-changes?utm_source=tftw

Love this

Light is coming has that plunderphonics vibe with the burbling whistle synth fx

Title track kills my vibe tho

Looks like the new tour won’t be happening in the near term:

According to her team, @ArianaGrande will be taking some time off given recent events: “She will be staying close to home and using this period to spend time with her loved ones and work on new music without deadline. She thanks her fans for their understanding.” 🖤 pic.twitter.com/TK8wkDHJRy

— Ariana Grande Today (@ArianaToday) September 18, 2018

I love the second half of this album.

Yep.

Bought this on iTunes and it cut no tears from the album and put it as a separate single. Have to playlist it but album is growing on me

Light is coming reminds me of light works by dilla a lot

so much of this album reminds me of timberlake circa sexy back, but like diluted

dunno, it is pretty good but yeah i guess there is nothing new under the sun

It's like you're trying not to glow at all, Ross

lol, honestly that is my favourite on the record

it has an interesting structure and many components that stick in my head vs. the usual verse chorus structure

also the beat rules.

Yeah I actually love it now

New video just dropped -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTPW_cIYp9o

It’s literally just her pig walking around on her bed

Video of the fucking year

haha that's great (and so are the comments below)

Ahah is this real !!??

Reminds me of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ossii9Ipiv4

Goodnight N Go is amazing

Yeh best one on here

Word from Ari and her peeps is that she’s recording new stuff, and there may even be another album before end of year.

https://news.avclub.com/and-they-said-it-wouldnt-last-pete-davidson-and-ariana-1829752437

hmm, at this rate it won't be long before she won't be able to perform any of her Sweetener material due to painful associations

("Raindrops" should probably be cancelled next on the grounds that Frankie Valli is an asshole)

more like "sucksessful"

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Monday, August 20, 2018 4:38 PM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, successful is the worst track on this album

only thing close is that sheesh backing vocal on sweetener, which is like aural brain rot

i tolerated it for 5-10 listens but now it's got to go

the town hall one, on the other hand, i've grown to like

feel the same

I think the title track is strengthened by the bizarre ad-libs. They’re like an artistic “distancing technique” that subliminally focuses yr attention on the rest of the track, or some shit...

(Also, “Successful” is excellent y’all!)

I know Pharrell mostly sounds like Pharrell; but those tracks also do something for me aesthetically that’s similar to Bitter Tea-era Fiery Furnaces (if that makes sense).

blazed reminds me of rock your boddy (which neptunes produced in tandem with timbaland) - though not as good obvs

Rock Your Body was just The Neptunes

AH Shit i meant timberlake not land

Blazed is soooooo much better than Rock Your Body

insane

he’s a stan he has no perspective

LOL -- fp'd Brad for anti-stannism!

Even putting the performers aside(...) -- "RYB" is a loping, lite disco-funk groove; "Blazed" is a hard, tight beat with acoustic bass stabs. Whatever floats yr boat...

when i’m a stan for anyone i have no perspective either

It's weird, I've honestly never been like this with an artist before.

he’s a stan he has no perspective

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, October 16, 2018 2:05 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yep!

la grande illusion

Lol - je ne regrette rien.

i mean were all stans for some artist even when knowing that some material is shit (see tori amos for me) but like that missy elliott cameo on borderline is so pointless, what a non-starter

My (predictable) response: I love that rap, I think it’s great! :D

Goodnight N Go is amazing

― alpine static, Sunday, October 14, 2018 6:27 PM (one week ago)

Update: I did not realize this is a cover until 2 minutes ago.

Tour dates announced!

Ariana grande on BBC1 tonight at 8

Where do you see that? The BBC site has an Ariana interview + performance for next Thursday.