“Is there a sweeter artist than Ariana Grande?”
“After years of searching, Ariana Grande has found her true voice. Sweetener is an exemplary pop album, radiating with low-key joy and newfound love.”
“Powering past tragedy, the singer has made the best album of her career.”
“Ariana Grande is no stranger to flawless pop. Back when the masses were reluctant to give her the credit she was due, refusing to mention her name alongside her heavyweight contemporaries, the 25-year-old singer was churning out some of the most exciting and rich chart music in recent memory. Nobody ever framed her as an industry groundbreaker, but her last two albums, ‘My Everything’ and ‘Dangero”
“Sweetener may be a Top 40 album through and through, but it's somewhat elevated by some quality production and Ariana Grande's consistently strong vocal performances.”
“Honestly, this album has moments that slap really hard and others that feel a bit all over the place. There’s a mix of pop, R&B, trap and experimental stuff that doesn’t always hang together the smoothest, so sometimes it feels more like random vibes than a cohesive record. When it’s good, it’s really good but some tracks drag or feel kinda just… there. I also think R.E.M. being a Beyoncé demo originally (it came from an unreleased Beyoncé/Pharrell song “Wake Up” before Ari made it her own) adds an interesting backstory and makes that track hit extra hard for fans who know that history.”
“Pharrell and Ari is not a combo I expected, but it surprisingly works pretty well? Super fun album, killer vocals as always, great production as expected. Only a couple meh songs on this one. Favs: R.E.M., everytime, breathin, no tears left to cry, goodnight n go Meh: borderline, pete davidson”
“this has some of ariana’s stronger moments as an artist, tracks like no tears left to cry, get well soon, and better off. but then there’s tracks that just don’t feel authentic to her, like blazed, and the light is coming.”
“One of my most favorite album from her entire discography”
“no tears left to cry is the best Ariana song imo”
“Don’t like this one as much as the purple one”
