[56] Billboard magazine noted it's "the most hip-hop-leaning song Grande has released in the post-Sweetener era yet, with Grande almost rapping the song's verses". The song is written in the key of B♭ minor in common time with a tempo of 108 beats per minute. Brown: It's different than all her other albums because fans can now listen to her story. It’s something that her peers haven’t reconciled: creating in the public eye, and creating as freely and honestly as you can, without abandoning the fundamentals of the pop hallmarks that define the artist you’ve become. It was a very important time for her. On the 12-track project, Grande wades through a mixed bag of emotions and braces herself for hard-learned truths. Thank U, Next (stylized in all lowercase) is the fifth studio album by American singer Ariana Grande, released on February 8, 2019, by Republic Records.
Thank U, Next placed on Billboard's decade end album's list "The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s", at number 8. This was also the second consecutive year that Billboard ranked Grande's album as the best of year after naming the artist's previous album, Sweetener, as their number one best album of 2018. Musically, Thank U, Next is primarily a pop and R&B album with trap elements.

Literally, it was such an out of the ordinary kind of record for her. [26] The Guardian wrote that the song "posits the idea that maybe it’s best to just see how things go relationship-wise and getting engaged after a few months isn’t essential", believing that this song is about Pete Davidson. [160], Thank U, Next has sold more than 1 million pure copies worldwide. It was kind of this super challenging chapter that sucked, and then my friends made it amazing and special. Njomza: One morning, [Ariana] was like, "Do you want to go to Tiffany's? [26], The ninth track "In My Head" begins with an excerpt of a voicemail from by Grande's close friend Doug Middlebrook. & on the way back to the stu njomza was like ‘bitch, this gotta be a song lol’. [51] It is a trap-pop hybrid with many R&B influences. https://people.com/music/ariana-grande-wrote-thank-u-next-after-rough-day It was released six months after her fourth studio album Sweetener (2018), created in the midst of Grande's personal struggles, including the death of ex-boyfriend Mac Miller and her separation from then-fiancé Pete Davidson. The lead singer/lyricist of The Beach Boys talks about coming up with the words for "Good Vibrations," "Fun, Fun, Fun," "Kokomo" and other classic songs. “My friends took me to tiffany’s. Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next" finds an artist enduring hardship in the public eye, and making one of the best pop albums of the year. The song also became Grande's first number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100. She’s as vocally demure as she was on “Sweetener,” to great effect: her voice sounds vibrant and prominent, without the flash, nothing to prove but with all the flair. A monthly update on our latest interviews, stories and added songs.
Kevin Winter/Getty Images Njomza performs onstage during "Mac Miller: A Celebration Of Life" Concert at The Greek Theatre on Oct. 2018 in Los Angeles. the kindest, sweetest soul with demons he never deserved. ... Ideas were just getting shouted out and people were just like adding on with other stuff. i really can’t wrap my head around it. The digital edition cover features a pink border, whilst the physical edition features a black border. Although everybody knows that “Thank U, Next” was written following Ariana Grande‘s split from former fiancé Pete Davidson, the pop star is finally opening up about where the idea to pen the self-love anthem came from. Unlike her previous albums, most recording sessions were finished after just two weeks. The track racked up 14.9 million streams that week, 7.9 million of which were from its newly released music video. Why exactly does she have to prove anything? Grande told a fan that "Thank U, Next" is a phrase that she and her friend and frequent co-writer Victoria Monét often say. The song is based around a chord progression of G♭maj7–F7/A–B♭m7–D♭7/C♭. And I think it's just her being completely transparent and honest. ", "Grammy Awards Nominations: The Complete List", "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored", "Ariana Grande scores a record-breaking week with Thank U, Next on the Official Chart", "Ariana Grande claims the Official Irish Chart Double as Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored and Thank U, Next debut at Number 1", "Ariana Grande Claims Nos. rest. [1][2], On October 25, 2018, Grande officially announced the Sweetener World Tour, in promotion of both Thank U, Next and Sweetener. [43] Chloe Crookshanks from Medium stated that the song is "Weaved in with some funky muted bass, she states candidly her understandable disdain for putting on a show ('fuck a fake smile')". The song was premiered on Saturday November 3rd, 2018. [8][9] Later in October 2018, Grande broke off her engagement with comedian Pete Davidson. [33] "NASA," named after the U.S. space agency of the same name,[35] is a "bouncy-R&B tune. Today, that mentality is still a bedrock of hip-hop, where artists often brag about creating massive hits in the runoff of a 20-minute session. Director Mark Pellington on Pearl Jam's "Jeremy," and music videos he made for U2, Jon Bon Jovi and Imagine Dragons. Mixtapes afforded a freedom to create at will, without confines, and namely outside of label purview. [85][86][87] "7 Rings" was also nominated for Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. As some fans noticed, when Grande sang her verse about Miller ("Wish I could say thank you to Malcolm/'Cause he was an angel"), Grande looked up to the sky. [153] In its second week, the album remained atop the chart, earning an additional 151,000 units, becoming Grande's first album to spend two weeks at number one. “p.s.