Ariana Grande He threw Yes, yes?, the single that marks the beginning of his long-awaited musical comeback. After stopping making her own songs for four years to focus on her acting career, the famous singer and actress returned to the pop scene.
The artist has already confirmed that the new song is part of his seventh studio album, eternal sun. On social media, fans speculate that the album owes its title to Eternal light of the pure mindthe 2004 film starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet, originally titled Eternal light of the pure mind.
Furthermore, it emerged that the singer’s ex-boyfriend, Mac Miller, was a huge fan of that film. He particularly noted his fascination with Carrey’s dramatic performance as Joel.
Grande’s fans speculate this too The new album could be linked to the recent divorce between the singer and Dalton Gómez, after two years of marriage.
The 2004 film tells the story of Clementine Kruczynski (Winslet), a woman who, after putting an end to her stormy relationship, has erased all memories of her life as a couple from her memory. After finding out what happened, her ex-boyfriend Joel Barish (Carrey) wants the same thing done to him.
It is not the first time that Ariana Grande uses cinema as a reference for her work. In 2018 she published the video clip of her song thanks see you next timeinspired by the film Bad Girls.
A song against criticism
As the artist announced on Instagram, at the beginning of the video clip Yes, yes? we see a group of critics give their opinion on Grande’s physical changes. “Who cares if she’s happy? “I don’t want happiness, I want Ari,” one of them says.
The song has a clear influence of 80s and 90s pop, with nods to the classic Rowing of the Madonna. And the text responds to the criticism received in the press in recent years for being “too thin”.
“If you’re in a dark place, turn on the light and say, ‘Yeah, so?’” Ariana sings as she dances in the video, inspired by Cold hearted by Paula Abdul.
Focused on her acting career
For the past four years, the actress and singer He left music to focus on acting.. He did it first Don’t look upwith Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep, and then the character Glinda in the film of the successful Broadway musical, Evilbased on the origin of the witches of The Wizard of Oz.
The artist has declared on several occasions that she is a big fan of the opera and in 2012 she released the song Popular song, in collaboration with the Lebanese-Birthian singer MIKA. This is a modernized version of the song Popularbelonging to the traditional musical.
While they were filming the movie, Ariana Grande unexpectedly fell in love with actor Ethan Slater, just days after announcing her divorce from Dalton Gómez. Shortly after the announcement of the courtship, according to the specialized media TMZ, Lilly Jay – Salter’s ex-wife – accused him of having ended their relationship to persecute the singer.
They added that Lilly feels betrayed by Ariana because she had shared many moments with her, her ex-husband and her son on the filming set. So far the singer has not commented on this controversy.
This year, more singles and certainly the complete album are expected. eternal sun. and the movie Evildirected by Jon M. Chu, will premiere on November 24, 2024. It will have two parts and the second will hit theaters in late 2025.
In parallel with cinema and music, the actress and singer continues her successful cosmetics line called rem beauty.
Source: Clarin