{"id":385,"date":"2018-08-14T16:51:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T16:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ebow.ie\/extras\/umusic\/backend\/?post_type=artists&p=385"},"modified":"2021-03-08T14:12:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T14:12:23","slug":"ariana-grande-sweetener","status":"publish","type":"artist-news","link":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/artist-news\/ariana-grande-sweetener\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande: Sweetener"},"author":2,"template":"","tags":[35,25,36,37,38],"category_post":[12],"acf":{"intro_copy":"With over 100 million streams on Spotify in less than a month, Ariana Grande\u2019s hit \u201cGod Is a Woman\u201d has generated even more intense anticipation for her new album, Sweetener.","smudge":false,"section_news":[{"acf_fc_layout":"copy_image","image":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ariana_1000x1000-1.jpg","image_orientation":"portrait","copy":"

This is only the 19th song in the history of the platform to ever hit such a mark (Ed Sheeran\u2019s \u201cShape of You\u201d takes the top spot and shows no signs of being passed up soon).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"copy_image_right","copy":"

Grande\u2019s first studio album since the 2017 Manchester tragedy has been eagerly awaited by fans and comes with an Ariana that feels more confident. The music video, which has over 80 million views, is a bricolage of visual motifs ranging from Renaissance art to screaming gophers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yep, that\u2019s right. Screaming gophers. <\/span><\/p>\n

If that hasn\u2019t piqued your interest yet, Grande\u2019s impressive range carries the three-minute, seventeen-second song throughout and takes influence from several genres and musical icons who came before her, paying tribute while proudly embodying her own unique style.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AG_Sweetener_album-cover_4000x4000-1-1-e1534258057170.jpg","image_orientation":"portrait"},{"acf_fc_layout":"cta","copy":"Buy Now","link":"https:\/\/umi.lnk.to\/Sweetener","cta_copy_color":"#ffffff","alignment":"center"},{"acf_fc_layout":"video","video_platform":"youtube","video":"kHLHSlExFis","facebook_video":"","video_caption":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"copy","copy":"

Of her latest single and album, NME<\/a> holds that Ariana Grande is “entering her imperial phase…she’s blossomed into a pop star who really matters.” The 25-year-old has come a long way since leaving behind her Nickelodeon days in favour of pop stardom, having carved out an impressive space for herself in the pantheon of modern music. So far, she has three platinum selling albums and has surpassed 18 billion streams, which bolsters her four Grammy nominations and eight Billboard Top 10 hits.<\/p>\n

Sweetener<\/em> is set to be the biggest album of her relatively short but highly successful career. With collaborators like Nicki Minaj and Troye Sivan,\u00a0Sweetener<\/em> envisions plenty of depth and variety while still promising the classic Ariana style. Her dedicated fans\u2013Arianators\u2013love her for her songs that make them feel strong and empowered while maintaining an upbeat and danceable sound. She has struck an amazing balance in her style, as she can sing about distinctively adult themes while still appealing to audiences of all ages, which is something that former child stars often fail to accomplish.<\/p>\n

Prior to dropping “God Is a Woman” in July, “No Tears Left To Cry” and “The Light Is Coming” excited her fanbase for her new album. As the first studio recordings to be released after the 2017 Manchester tragedy, they both offer positive, powerful messages that remind the world that the best times are ahead for her, and that she’s here to stay.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"copy","copy":"

Want to download Sweetener<\/em>?<\/h3>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"cta","copy":"Buy Now","link":"https:\/\/umi.lnk.to\/Sweetener","cta_copy_color":"#ffffff","alignment":"center"},{"acf_fc_layout":"social_stackla","social_hash_inner":"5ddd503417e0f","social_id_inner":"64739"}],"block_type":"image-content","thumbnail_size":"height-4","image_thumbnail":{"ID":386,"id":386,"title":"Ariana_1000x1000-1","filename":"Ariana_1000x1000-1.jpg","filesize":182978,"url":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ariana_1000x1000-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/artist-news\/ariana-grande-sweetener\/ariana_1000x1000-1\/","alt":"","author":"2","description":"","caption":"","name":"ariana_1000x1000-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":385,"date":"2019-11-28 16:46:58","modified":"2019-11-28 16:46:58","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ariana_1000x1000-1-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ariana_1000x1000-1-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ariana_1000x1000-1-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":525,"medium_large-height":525,"large":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ariana_1000x1000-1.jpg","large-width":525,"large-height":525,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ariana_1000x1000-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ariana_1000x1000-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"twentyseventeen-featured-image":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ariana_1000x1000-1.jpg","twentyseventeen-featured-image-width":1000,"twentyseventeen-featured-image-height":1000,"twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ariana_1000x1000-1-100x100.jpg","twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar-width":100,"twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar-height":100}},"display_tag":true,"related":false,"tag_color":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist-news\/385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artist-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"category_post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_post?post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}