ARIANA GRANDE: PART 2 (with Pitchfork's Anna Gaca)
Pop Pantheon
DJ Louie XIV
4.7 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2024
⏱️ 115 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
For part two of our Ariana Grande series, Pitchfork senior editor Anna Gaca is here to discuss the aesthetic pivot of 2018’s Sweetener, the superstar's first album following the horrific bombing of her Manchester concert and which found her reaching for light amidst unthinkable darkness. From there, Louie and Anna tackle the tabloid frenzy of Ari's relationship with comedian Pete Davidson and how their break-up, along with the death of her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller, turned 2019’s thank u, next into a once-in-a-career deluge of public fixation and artistic revelation. Finally, they consider 2020’s ode to stay-a-home pandemic sex, Positions, discuss their hopes for her imminent seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine, due tonight, and re-address Ariana Grande's ranking in the official Pop Pantheon.
Join us on Pop Pantheon: All Access next week for our review of Ariana’s seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine.
Listen to Pop Pantheon's Ariana Grande Essentials Playlist
Join Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and More
Shop Merch in Pop Pantheon's Store
Come to Pop Pantheon Live: Tortured Poets & The State of Taylor Mania on 4/22 at the Bellhouse in Brooklyn
Come to Gorgeous Gorgeous NYC on 3/8 at Sultan Room
Come to Gorgeous Gorgeous LA on 3/23 at Los Globos
Follow DJ Louie XIV on Instagram
Follow DJ Louie XIV on Twitter
Follow Pop Pantheon on Instagram
Follow Pop Pantheon on Twitter
Join Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and More
Shop Merch in Pop Pantheon's Store
Follow Pop Pantheon on Instagram
Follow DJ Louie XIV on Instagram
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Pop Pantheon, the podcast where we completely overanalyze all of your favorite pop stars and then rank them in the official Pop Pantheon. |
| 0:17.6 | This is your host, DJ Louis X. |
| 0:19.9 | Please don't forget to rate review and subscribe to this podcast wherever you're listening to it. Follow us on social at Pop Pantheon. This is your host, DJ Louis the 14th. Please don't forget to rate review and subscribe |
| 0:21.5 | to this podcast wherever you're listening to it. Follow us on social at Pop Pantheon Pod. I'm at |
| 0:25.8 | DJ, L-O-U-I-E-X-I-V. Get our merch at Pop Pantheonpod.com and subscribe to our Patreon |
| 0:31.9 | channel. Pop Pantheon, All Access, where we provide weekly bonus episodes and so much more. |
| 0:38.8 | This coming week, we will be talking about Ariana Grande's new album, Eternal Sunshine, |
| 0:46.1 | so you won't want to miss that as the addendum to this current series. |
| 0:50.0 | Pop Pantheon, all access is available at patreon.com slash pop pantheon, |
| 0:53.5 | or by clicking the link in the show notes of this episode. |
| 0:56.7 | Also, gorgeous, gorgeous is happening in New York on March 9th. |
| 1:01.2 | That is this Saturday at the Sultan Rubin Bushwick. |
| 1:03.8 | And on March 23rd, at Los Globos and Silver Lake in Los Angeles, tickets for both of those parties are available in the show notes of this episode. And of course, our live show, Pop Pantheon Live, Tortured Poets and the State of Taylor Mania with myself, Nora Prince Yachti, Brittany Spanos, and Hunter Harris will be happening at the Bell House in Brooklyn on April 22nd. And tickets for that are also available in the show notes of this episode. I cannot believe |
| 1:27.9 | how many people put tickets to that. That was incredible. There's really not that many left. |
| 1:31.4 | So if you want them, grab them. And also stay tuned for some more announcements around that |
| 1:35.5 | weekend that are forthcoming. Okay, this is the sequel to last week's first Ariana Grande redo episode. |
| 1:43.2 | This week we are tackling the second half of |
| 1:45.9 | Ariana's career in discography following the bombing of her concert in Manchester on her |
| 1:50.3 | Dangerous Woman tour in 2017 and encompassing 2018 sweetener 2019's. Thank you next 2020's |
| 1:56.2 | positions and what we're all expecting from tonight's new record Eternal Sunshine. |
| 2:03.2 | So without further ado, here is Ariana Grande, part two. |
| 2:16.3 | Tragedy and the way we respond to it is a fundamental part of life for every person on the planet. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from DJ Louie XIV, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of DJ Louie XIV and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.