THANK U, NEXT | ARIANA GRANDE
'Thank U, Next' inspire and embraces personal growth that anybody can relate to as a cherished token to keep the lessons learned on reach.
It took Ariana a musical journey to discover that speaking your mind from a place of honesty, brings natural catharsis to traumatic experiences. On Sweetener, she displayed her most inner-revolutionary thoughts acknowledging her strengths, opening up about new states of mind and mantras about her life that colored the blank spaces on her mind.
Thank u, Next, released just six months later, expose Ariana's raw grief but find resolution and closure in thankfulness.
Every track thrives inwards like growing roots, whether in it's production as in the nature of it's the creation.
When the 26-year-old singer found herself involved in a heartbreaking loss to an ex-boyfriend while being on a new relationship, her pain and shame only needed voice and acceptance. On 'Ghostin', Ariana recognizes the heavy baggage that she's been carrying around. Her promise is down to earth, she asks for forgiveness and promises for a better tomorrow. When she admits this transitioning state as something natural, she finds relief and answers her own prayers.
'Needy' and 'Imagine' share with 'Ghostin' not only its slow-tempo composition but the introspective tasks that she needs to complete to start healing. On 'Needy', she addresses the difficulties her personality might create, but instead of sharing them with a sense of regret, she embraces her own way of being and seeks for understanding.
Thank U, Next, wouldn't serve as a reflective relief of concerns without her opening and transparency on her self-awareness.
When she overthinks, she lets us know her train of thought through the therapeutic 'In My Head'. The lesson on the track is a grown-up scenario where, instead of regret, she takes responsibility for the outcomes for these emotional attachments.
On the composition, Thank U, Next seems engineered by a similar catalog of synths that sound cohesive with one another. The chosen melodies and the supporting beats get familiar like they did between 'Needy' and 'Makeup', but they never fall in a repetitive or plain sound scenario.
Another stage that had its own glimpse on 'Sweetener' with the empowering 'successful', is Ariana's state of power-acknowledgment. On â7 ringsâ Ariana sounds comfortable sampling âThe Sound of Musicâ for its verses but puts her money where her mouth is with opulence and feminism. The beats share hip-hop infused rhythms and her vocals sparkle up on new dimensions when she merges with the fast tempos needed.
â7 ringsâ talks about drinks and diamonds but reflects an honest stage that exposes confidence and joy. The track, inspired and curated after a shopping spree afternoon in jewelry with friends and champagne, share that Ariana is not alone through this phase and hangs with people that remind her and inspire to move on.
â7 ringsâ debuted at #1 on the Hot 100 during the week ending February 2, 2019. Grande became the fifth artist in the chartâs history to have multiple number one debuts. The song spent five consecutive weeks at the chartâs summit.
Ariana talked to fans about its meaning and place in Thank U, Next and shared on Twitter:
â@arianagrande: 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 âthank u nextâ energy evolves into while embracing a new chapter (even tho both moods /energies are v present).â
This same encouraging freedom and free-spoken success channels other sides of confidence on other tracks like the closing âBreak Up With Your Girlfriend, Iâm Boredâ. Shocking since its title, Ariana samples NâSync and haves fun. Thereâs no further meaning to it than allowing yourself to play along with the moment and feel free and confident.
At this time Ariana shows there are no more tears left to cry for her, not by saying it, but by showing it.
As everyoneâs break-up and healing process, Ariana seamed to finally learn something really important to move on with these lessons. On the Max Martin engineered âBloodlineâ Ariana already learned what she wants and what she doesnât. She talks about a âfriends with benefitsâ relationship but knows that this type of relationship without commitment is not only what she wants but what she needs.
Arianaâs state of mind since âSweetenerâ has changed, but a more artistic take like âGod is a womanâ and âthe light is cominâ stays lyrically on the hallucinating âNASAâ. Arianaâs need for space and time literally, to understand her own emotions, translates in an outer-space adventure that levitates within milky-way metaphors that work in the pledge for clarity.
The production on the instrumentals is led by a joyful song-title spelling that leads to a bubbly and catchy hook that addresses space as a timeout for her emotions and a galactic metaphor that transports your attention to the gravitating bass that flows constantly around her soft vocalizations.
This tale on the need for time to work on herself is explained and discussed wider on songs like âFake Smileâ and âBad Ideaâ. On these tracks, Ariana clears her emotions, she works on finding and acting how she needs and puts away the expectations over her actions. 'Fake Smile' glows as more vulnerable and down to earth than âBad Ideaâ since itâs way to happiness is found by a pure thought of losing fear to show and being clear with her emotions. 'Bad Idea' resolves these issues by using someone else, something way more immature than the other ones.
Ariana not only went through a break-up and finding inner strength by herself, but she also found confidence in her commercial success and she embraced the artist she is and the power it gives her. She now learned that the person next to her doesnât define her anymore, but her legacy does. Sheâs learning to have fun, she learned that honesty and talking about your thoughts gives you clarity, and, as the title track cleverly pinpoints, the most powerful action to heal relies on thankfulness.
'Thank U, Next' wasn't a big worldwide only by its fresh production arrangements and friendly beats, but the honesty on the lyrics that go along cohesive with the instrumentals made the tracks easy to relate and worked as a token to remember hard phases that love always bring out and the sincere performance by Ariana made it enjoyable and cherish-material.
When you learn and embrace your power, you grow and 'Thank U, Next is powerful because of its self-awareness, not only for Ariana Grande, but for a generation that is growing with her.
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