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Eternal Sunshine (2024)

Where the lyrics of Eternal Sunshine take you, and where it was really made.

The album takes its title from a 2004 film, and Grande had earlier said she would not record another album until she finished filming Wicked.

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Eternal Sunshine: the seventh studio album by American singer and songwriter Ariana Grande
Released 8 March 2024 via Republic Records
Pop and R&B album with dance elements, especially synth-pop and house music
Critic Helen Brown described it as a "slow-fizz pop" album of mid-tempo synths, strings and muted guitar
Title alludes to the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Album, title and release date announced on Grande's social media on 17 January 2024

In May 2022 Grande said she would not record another album until she finished filming Wicked (2024), in which she plays Glinda
Previous album: Positions (2020), her sixth studio album
In October 2023 she first hinted at a new album by posting "ag7: goat mother" on Instagram
Her October 2023 photo set included a picture with Swedish producer and longtime collaborator Max Martin at Jungle City Studios in New York City
Grande said the album would have no song snippets, unlike earlier album eras

On 7 and 17 December 2023 she shared images and videos of herself working in recording studios and editing audio files
In December 2023 she also posted a clip of herself crying in a recording studio, which she later called one of the album's two moods
Swedish collaborators Max Martin and Ilya Salmanzadeh were involved in the album's sound

1	intro (end of the world)	1:32
2	bye	2:45
3	don’t wanna break up again	2:54
4	Saturn Returns Interlude	0:42
5	eternal sunshine	3:30
6	supernatural	2:43
7	true story	2:43
8	the boy is mine	2:54
9	yes, and?	3:35
10	we can’t be friends (wait for your love)	3:49
11	i wish i hated you	2:34
12	imperfect for you	3:03
13	ordinary things	2:49

Born June 26, 1993, in Boca Raton, Florida.
Performed as a child with the Fort Lauderdale Children's Theater, playing Annie.
Sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a Florida Panthers home game at age eight.

Began in the Broadway musical 13 (2008).
Gained fame as Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon series Victorious (2010–2013) and its spin-off Sam & Cat (2013–2014).
Signed with Republic Records; debut album Yours Truly (2013) debuted atop the Billboard 200.
Albums My Everything (2014) and Dangerous Woman (2016) brought international success.
Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019) mark her trap-influenced period; Positions followed in 2020.
Eternal Sunshine (2024) marked her move into dance and house music; Petal (2026) followed as her eighth studio album.
Acting work includes Don't Look Up (2021) and Glinda in Wicked (2024) and Wicked: For Good (2025).

Three Grammy Awards, one Brit Award, and fifteen MTV Video Music Awards.
Ten Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles; the first solo artist to hold the top three Hot 100 spots at once (2019).

Metacritic: weighted average score of 84 from 19 reviews, indicating general acclaim
Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos called it one of the most honest and inventive records of Grande's career and an instant classic
Variety's Steven Horowitz praised the songwriting and said Grande is one of pop's most under-appreciated songwriters
Attitude's Gary Grimes called it a fitting place to pause a remarkable run by one of pop's most accomplished stars
Pitchfork's Harry Tafoya, Beats Per Minute, Variety and Consequence praised Grande's raw, subtle, restrained singing that focuses on texture rather than vocal range
Melodic Magazine and Washington Square News praised the synth-pop style and its haunting, ethereal atmosphere
The Independent's Helen Brown found the tone conversational and lacking strong melodic traits
Daily Telegraph and The Line of Best Fit found it smoothly produced but with some unconvincing tracks and simple lyrics

Reached number one in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United States and the United Kingdom
UK number one was Grande's fifth, and US number one her sixth
Peaked at number three in Germany, matching her best German position from Sweetener and Thank U, Next

The title alludes to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), and Grande says she greatly admires its star Jim Carrey.
Grande made a guest appearance in Carrey's series Kidding.
She posted a photo with Max Martin at Jungle City Studios in New York City in October 2023.
Unlike earlier album eras, she said there would be no song snippets for this album before release.
She described her crying photo and her dancing photo as the album's two moods.
Lipstick packages in the shade "Attention" from R.E.M. Beauty were sent to fans ahead of the announcement.