Are you sick of hearing her name? Well, let’s get this over with one last time. 

Ariana Grande has been teasing her thank u, next album for what seems like months—and the world finally has it. All 41 minutes of un-capitalized titles and low-key jabs at exes, the fourth album was born into the world.

All three of her billboard chart singles are featured on the LP (thank u, next, 7 Rings and imagine), along with some new bangers to listen to while doing whatever you damn well please.

Grande, on the cusp of her upcoming Sweetener World Tour, really has been taking the world by storm. With the drop of her album, thank u, next, her social media following and with her being the center of pop culture news daily—she’s on the top of her game. It seemed like if you were not following Ariana Grande closely, you could have missed this album drop, but you didn't--we know you didn't.

She has everything from pop classics to slow R & B jams, there really is something for everyone here. Hear me out—listen to the album from front to back, then come back and really complain about hearing her everywhere. 

She’s popular for a reason. She just won a Grammy for a reason.

Personally, I like how she has come out of her super bubble gum pop roots and has made a name for herself in the broader music world. Don’t sit there and tell me imagine isn’t smooth as hell while making bank on the radio--Grande's smart af.

thank u, next gets the ball rolling for new music in 2019. Really, you have to think--nobody has dropped an album who is on Grande's level yet. On that note, I feel like if I rate thank u, next it's going to be biased--so you know I'm still going to rate it.

I give Ariana Grande's fourth album a solid 4/5 stars. Taking into consideration how the Top 40 charts are going to eat this entire LP up and how much twitter stans are already gassing the album, I think this is a solid score.

In other Ariana Grande News:

Grande's aforementioned world tour dates were cut significantly to make room from her performances at Coachella (RIP to the Raleigh, NC, date you will be missed). You can see the full lineup of dates for the tour here:

The Sweetener World Tour Dates:

03/18 – Albany, NY @ Times Union Center
03/20 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
03/22 – Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center
03/25 – Washington, DC @ Capitol One Arena
03/26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
03/28 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
03/30 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
04/01 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
04/03 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
04/05 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
04/14 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/21 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/25 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
04/27 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
05/30 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
05/02 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center
05/03 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
05/06 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
05/07 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
05/10 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
05/11 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
05/14 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Arena
05/17 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
05/19 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
05/21 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
05/23 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Chesapeake Energy Arena
05/25 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center
05/28 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
05/29 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
05/31 – Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena
06/01 – Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena
06/04 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
06/05 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
06/07 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
06/08 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
06/10 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
06/12 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
06/14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
06/15 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
06/18 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
06/19 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
06/21 – Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
06/22 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
06/24 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
06/26 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
06/29 – Indianapolis, IN @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse
07/01 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
07/05 – Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum
07/06 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center
07/08 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
07/11 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
07/13 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart House Arena
8/17 - London @ The O2 Arena
8/23 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome
8/27 – Paris, France @ AccorHotels Arena
8/30 – Antwerp, Belgium@ Sportpaleis Antwerpen
9/1 – Köln, Germany @ Lanxess Arena
9/3 – Vienna, Austria @ Stadthalle
9/5 – Hamburg, Germany @ Barclaycard Arena
9/8 – Czech Republic @ O2 arena
9/9 – Kraków, Poland @ Tauron Arena
9/14 – Birmingham, United Kingdom @ Arena Birmingham
9/17 – Glasgow, United Kingdom @ The SSE Hydro
9/19 – Sheffield, United Kingdom @ FlyDSA Arena
9/22 – Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena
10/1 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Royal Arena
10/3 – Oslo, Norway @ Telenor Arena
10/5 – HKI, Finland @ Hartwall Arena
10/7 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Ericsson Globe
10/10 – Berlin, Germany @ Mercedes-Benz-Arena
10/13 – Zürich, Switzerland @ Hallenstadion
 

You can keep up with Ariana Grande on her website, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook

Blog Post by: Laura Hoffman

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