After the single “Yes and? » ? Ariana Grande marks her comeback with the release of “Eternal Sunshine”, her seventh album which draws inspiration from the pop of the 90s/2000s and the stars who played her.
Highly anticipated, Ariana Grande’s new album is now available. The American star had not returned to the forefront of the musical scene for three years. Busy in particular with her cinematographic commitments, the interpreter of “Dangerous Woman” took the time to refine “Eternal Sunshine”, her seventh album.
Like the first single “Yes, and? », this new opus addresses the themes of rupture and reconstruction, as well as the necessary self-esteem. Ariana Grande thus borrows the title of her album, “Eternal Sunshine”, from the sensitive film by Michel Gondry released in 2004: the story of a couple who erase all traces of their relationship from their respective minds. There are numerous references to the work of the French director who brings together Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey. They were already in the music video for “Yes and? “.
A pop influence, multiple references
Guest of the Zach Sang Show, the singer recently estimated that her album was a “kind of concept album” exploring “different and intensified pieces of the same story”. It is therefore necessarily a question of love in “Eternal Sunshine”, but also of pain like “We can’t be friends”, the second single from this new opus. “ I don’t want to fuel this monstrous fire / I just want to let this story die “, sings Ariana Grande. The singer continues in the title track “Eternal Sunshine”: “ We both know I couldn’t change you / I guess you could say the same “.
Melancholic and rhythmic, “Eternal Sunshine” draws on the sensitive pop to which the singer of “Thank U, Next” has accustomed us. Alongside the famous producer Max Martin, producing global hits like “Baby One More Time”, “I Kissed a Girl” and “Shake It Off”, Ariana Grande draws her inspiration from the pop sounds of the 1990s to 2000s. While “Yes and I” already clearly evoked Madonna’s hit “Vogue”, some may find in the title “True story” a proximity to Destiny’s Child’s “Say My Name” or an influence reminiscent of Janet Jackson. This is particularly the case in titles like “Bye” or “Don’t Wanna Break Up Again”. But the ultimate figure is undoubtedly Mariah Carey, described by Ariana Grande as the “inspiration of a lifetime”. A connection that we find in particular in the excellent “The boy is mine”.
Abundant and marked by a certain maturity, multiplying references and musical winks, the very good “Eternal Sunshine” should quickly make its way into the charts.
