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eternal sunshine (slightly deluxe and also live) Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2024 Ariana Grande Ariana Grande is used to being in the spotlight, but over time, she’s gotten savvy at playing it. The pop star’s seventh studio album   eternal sunshine —a lightly conceptual riff on the head-spinning 2004 film starring Jim Carrey, of whom Grande has said she’s a lifelong fan—feels like a mind game itself, blurring the lines between real-life references and theatrical bits. It arrives in the middle of a whirlwind tabloid-packed stretch—Grande married, divorced, and scored a starring role in Hollywood’s big-screen adaptation of   Wicked —and she knows fans have questions. What’s true? What’s real? Ari gives a lot of things on this album, but answers aren’t one of them, a cunning reminder of how little transparency celebrities actually owe us. In an interview with Zane Lowe, Grande leans into the project’s thematic murkiness. “true story,” she says, is “an untrue story based on all untrue events,” ...

Wicked: The Soundtrack Album ∙ Soundtrack ∙ 2024 Wicked Movie Cast ,   Cynthia Erivo   &   Ariana Grande Asked by Apple Music to name their favorite song from their film adaptation of   Wicked , co-stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo either cannot or will not decide. Eventually Erivo caves and offers “I’m Not That Girl” as a representation of her character, Elphaba, while Grande counters with a pick for her character, Glinda: “No One Mourns the Wicked.” Then they agree on a joint pick: “Dancing Through Life.” Of course, they shouldn’t have to choose, and anyone who loves the musical—whether old fan or new convert—shouldn’t either. The good news for fans of   Wicked   is that the movie soundtrack doesn’t mess much with its source material. And if the performances feel especially dynamic for such a blockbuster production, it’s because they were mostly taken from the on-set recordings themselves—something Grande says she and Erivo were adamant about. “It...

eternal sunshine (slightly deluxe) ALBUM ∙ POP ∙ 2024 Ariana Grande A conceptual hat tip to the 2004 film about consuming, complicated love.

eternal sunshine ALBUM ∙ POP ∙ 2024 Ariana Grande A conceptual hat tip to the 2004 film about consuming, complicated love.