Sweetener is the fourth studio album by American singer Ariana Grande. It was released on August 17, 2018 via Republic Records. It is her first official studio project in over two years, since the...

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In her newest album, "Sweetener," Grande delivers a newer and more intimate sound that signals a positive stylistic transition into a new, more colorful era. Grande addresses topics such as anxiety, her love life, and (more subtly) her struggles after the attack in Manchester.

Her new outlook comes just over a year since the devastating attack at her 2017 Manchester concert that killed 22 people and injured hundreds, leaving Grande “permanently affected”. She responded with Sweetener, a gorgeous, pastel album about love, happiness, strength and womanhood. She’s deeply in love, evidenced on the tropical “blazed”, and “R.E.M”, with harmonies described as “rainbow clouds” by Pharrell, who produced over half the album.

Verified Purchase In her newest album, "Sweetener," Grande delivers a newer and more intimate sound that signals a positive stylistic transition into a new, more colorful era. Grande addresses topics such as anxiety, her love life, and (more subtly) her struggles after the attack in Manchester.