...now also Lollapalooza (rumored).
new single, “7 Rings,” out Friday:
indeeeed. but i guess thank u, next is more vulnerable and gentle lol. seven rings is jus like ..... a flex. friendship anthem. how the homies WANT u to feel. what the ‘thank u next’ energy evolves into while embracing a new chapter (even tho both moods /energies are v present).— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) January 13, 2019
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 04:36 (five years ago) link
meanwhile, check out my sweet ebay score that arrived today (direct from overseez):https://i.imgur.com/XL5iFUy.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/2bb0Z7D.jpg
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 05:26 (five years ago) link
POPS BEST 1000, y’all #reeemixxxx
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 05:27 (five years ago) link
New song is “My Favorite Things” with some squeaky rapping 😂
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Friday, 18 January 2019 05:43 (five years ago) link
yeah, it seems bad after a pair of listens.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 18 January 2019 15:34 (five years ago) link
It’s def. a cute “flex,” don’t really know what more to say about it...
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Friday, 18 January 2019 16:55 (five years ago) link
this song sucks ass
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 January 2019 16:59 (five years ago) link
It’s catchy, but I really thought that the awful Carters album from last year signalled a bit of an end in relevance for songs about tasteless, excessive and wasteful consumption / flexing.
Like, compared to how much I enjoyed the overall message of thank u, next and No Tears Left to Cry, I find the “message” here totally odious in 2019.
Destroy capitalism etc.
― triggercut, Friday, 18 January 2019 22:56 (five years ago) link
http://www.katyjon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Rik-Mayall-Rick-in-The-Young-Ones-428x372.png
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Saturday, 19 January 2019 00:11 (five years ago) link
well she's certainly doing what she's supposed to be doing
― dyl, Saturday, 19 January 2019 02:34 (five years ago) link
such a nothing-y track, its weird how all over the place her quality has been with these albums
― ufo, Saturday, 19 January 2019 02:35 (five years ago) link
it's going to be a huge hit
i will say one thing i appreciate about her right now is the pace of her releases. like if you're in a position to be releasing hit after hit after hit, as she obviously is, you might as well encourage radio to stop being so fucking slow
― dyl, Saturday, 19 January 2019 02:38 (five years ago) link
I think if she had released it soon after recording it (and the now-famous Tiffany visit), it would have had a fun, throwaway immediacy; a document of a moment in time. But to give it the long build-up treatment... idk, I laughed as soon as I heard her singing the melody. It sort of felt like being punked, or on the receiving end of a good-natured grift.
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Saturday, 19 January 2019 02:59 (five years ago) link
Ugh “7 rings” is such an annoying single.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 19 January 2019 09:00 (five years ago) link
And no this is not going to be a huge hit.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 19 January 2019 09:02 (five years ago) link
Or at least I hope it wont.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 19 January 2019 09:14 (five years ago) link
Time for new thread? AG5 tweets aplenty.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 19:56 (five years ago) link
The first three songs have already been discussed here, and it's all sort of the same "era" (as they say) as Sweetener... but I'm cool w/a new thread if someone wants to start one!
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
just don't call the thread ag5
lemme stay .... in my bag ... cause i like .... when u mad .... issa mood .... issa vibe .... issa look .... issa match pic.twitter.com/5CVYoEDkcX— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) January 24, 2019
it sure will be interesting to watch all of her critical goodwill evaporate in no time flat now that it's increasingly evident that she's fated to be the industry's female post malone!
― dyl, Friday, 25 January 2019 03:51 (five years ago) link
My daughter watches reruns of her old TV show Sam and Cat and she is an awful, awful actress.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 25 January 2019 03:59 (five years ago) link
Really? My kids watch that (and Victorious) and I think she's great as Cat
― groovypanda, Friday, 25 January 2019 19:29 (five years ago) link
What’s wrong with 7 rings? Not an anthem maybe, but kind of fun.
― rb (soda), Friday, 25 January 2019 20:16 (five years ago) link
AG4 won a Grammy!
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Monday, 11 February 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
finally, ariana grande has been recognized by the recording industry.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 11 February 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link
It’s her first Grammy.
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Monday, 11 February 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link
which is surprising! I guess the only people who i'm happy to see a grammy are people who it might help book tours/sell merch and Ariana needs a grammy like she needs a new boyfriend.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 11 February 2019 17:47 (five years ago) link
Which plucky upstart in the Best Pop Vocal Album category were you rooting for?
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Monday, 11 February 2019 18:15 (five years ago) link
Weaves
naw, i meant in the other, untelevised categories. this is cecile mclorin salvant's second grammy!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 11 February 2019 18:18 (five years ago) link
Just realised that part of why I love Ghostin' so much is because some of the vocal melody reminds me a bit of Open Your Eyes by School Of Seven Bells.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 04:09 (five years ago) link
listening to this for the first time, pretty good so far but the chorus of "Bloodline" is an instant yikes
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 05:02 (five years ago) link
Wrong thread, fam: Ariana Grande - "Thank U, Next" (the album)
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 05:33 (five years ago) link
This 1-hr. BBC concert/interview from 2018 was recently posted in its entirety* for the first time (at least here in U.S.); the performances are excellent:
*apparently, they held back "Better Off" at her request (you can find that separately)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDLRYnw_FWw
― i woke up alarmed (morrisp), Sunday, 9 January 2022 17:30 (two years ago) link