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Ariana Grande: Eternal Sunshine review – a clearing of the emotional decks
Post-divorce, the American pop star returns with a sumptuous collection that has just the right amount of bite
It’s a technique that Grande, who possesses a voice that could strip wallpaper, uses throughout, be it alluding to cheating on the fluttering title track, or asking for clemency on the excellent, Robyn-esque We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love). The latter’s juddering synths and perkier BPM are an outlier on an album that favours midtempo R&B, offering up space for Grande to experiment with sumptuous vocal layering (The Boy Is Mine) and melodies as sharp as cut glass (Supernatural). Refined and subtle, but with the right amount of bite (see the darkly hued True Story), Eternal Sunshine feels like a clearing of the emotional decks.
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