Ariana Grande Sweetener

Ariana Grande season is basically here. Grande has recorded a new album with Max Martin and Pharrell, and while she hasn’t yet announced anything as concrete as a release date, the charm offensive has already begun. Grande has released the very good first single “No Tears Left To Cry,” and she’s dropped by Coachella for a surprise appearance. And last night, Jimmy Fallon devoted an entire episode of The Tonight Show to Grande.

Grande gave Fallon her first real interview since the horrific bombing attack on her Manchester show last year. The interview wasn’t about Manchester, though Fallon did enthuse about how “strong” Grande is for keeping her career going after the bombing. Mostly, they talked about the new album, which is called Sweetener and which will be out this summer.

Grande says that she gave the album its title as a sort of vague nod to anyone or anything that makes a bad situation better. She also reeled off some song titles: “R.E.M.,” “The Light Is Coming,” “God Is A Woman,” “Raindrops.” The album opens with a song that samples the Four Seasons’ “An Angel Cried,” a 1964 song that, it turned out, was co-written by Grande’s grandfather’s best friend.

1. Raindrops (Intro)
2. God Is a Woman
3. The Light is Coming (ft. Nicki Minaj)
4. R.E.M.
5. Borderline (ft. Missy Elliott)
6. Breathing
7. Successful
8. Everytime
9. Sweetener
10. No Tears Left to Cry
11. Better Off
12. Pete (Interlude)
13. Goodnight and Go
14. Blazed (ft. Pharrell)
15. Get Well Soon

1. "Raindrops (An Angel Cried)"
2. "Blazed" (featuring Pharrell Williams)
3. "The Light Is Coming" (featuring Nicki Minaj)
4. "R.E.M"
5. "God Is a Woman"
6. "Sweetener"
7. "Successful"
8. "Everytime"
9. "Breathin"
10. "No Tears Left to Cry"
11. "Borderline" (featuring Missy Elliott)
12. "Better Off"
13. "Goodnight n Go"
14. "Pete Davidson"
15. "Get Well Soon"