Eternal Sunshine of Ariana Grande's Mind

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Sidestep the gossip and focus on the music in Ariana Grande’s latest album Eternal Sunshine. The music is an exercise in nostalgia: 70s Disco, 90s R&B, and 00s pop and dance music. As she moves through the musical past, her lyrics tear through past relationship. But its the way her lyrics interweave with the deft melodies and harmonies that reveal the meaning of the record. Sign up for the Switched On Pop Newsletter Songs Discussed Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine, Bye, Don’t Wanna Break Up Again, True Story, The Boy Is Mine, We Can’t Be Friends, Imperfect For You Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft Barry White - Can’t Get Enough of Your Love Babe Britney Spears - Oops I Did It Again, Gimme More Brandy, Monica - The Boy Is Mine Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody Ginuwine - Pony Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend, Show Me Love Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.4	Terms apply. Bye. Welcome to Switchdon Pop. I'm songwriter Charlie Harding and I'm musicologist Nate
0:46.3	Sloane. Ariana Grande is currently the sixth most streamed artist in the world
0:51.6	and she has a new album out that I think is worth a close listen.
0:55.2	Yes. It's called Eternal Sunshine.
0:57.7	That's an impressive stat Charlie and with so many people listening to this album, I feel like there's all these theories
1:06.9	flying around about how each song might intersect with Ariana's personal life who is represented by this
1:16.3	lyric is this about her ex-husband is this about her current fling
1:19.6	sponge pop square pants and Charlie I don't know about you, but I could not give less of a shit about that.
1:27.0	I really don't care.
1:28.0	I want to know what is going on musically on this album.
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