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Sweetener
Pop · 2018 · 15 tracks

Sweetener

Ariana Grande

A warm, experimental pivot into minimalist R&B and trap. Airy harmonies and Pharrell-produced funk collide to process trauma through a lens of newfound joy.

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It's like a warm hug in the form of experimental trap-pop and 90s R&B harmonies.

A resilient and sun-drenched exploration of joy as a form of healing.

Sweetener · vs · Ariana Grande
Hopeful+2.9σ

Hopeful saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks
01
raindrops (an angel cried)
0:37
02
blazed
3:16
03
the light is coming
3:48
04
R.E.M
4:05
05
God is a woman
3:17
06
sweetener
3:28
07
successful
3:47
08
everytime
2:52
09
breathin
3:18
10
no tears left to cry
3:25
11
borderline
2:57
12
better off
2:51
13
goodnight n go
3:09
14
pete davidson
1:13
15
get well soon
5:22
Moments Worth Waiting For
The haunting acapella opening of raindrops that showcases pure vocal clarity before any beat enters.
The rhythmic, stuttering vocal sample loop in the light is coming that creates a disorienting avant-pop tension.
The 40 seconds of silence at the end of get well soon as a tribute to the victims of the Manchester bombing.
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Positions
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thank u, next
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2019

Shares contemporary r&b, trap (subgenres); minimalist, layered_dense, drum_machine (production style)

Justice
Justice
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2021

Shares hopeful, vulnerable, contemplative (moods); vocal_layering, falsetto, gentle (vocal style)

SWAG II
SWAG II
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2025

Shares contemporary r&b, trap, art pop (subgenres); minimalist, analog_warmth, layered_dense (production style)

Rainbow
Rainbow
Mariah Carey
1999

Shares hopeful, vulnerable, playful (moods); drum machine, keys/synth, piano (instrumentation)

Cerulean Verge
Cerulean Verge
WENDY
2025

Shares hopeful, vulnerable, contemplative (moods); analog_warmth, studio_polished, minimalist (production style)

Primal Heart
Primal Heart
Kimbra
2018

Shares contemporary r&b, art pop, neo-soul (subgenres); minimalist, layered_dense, drum_machine (production style)

Soul Searching
Soul Searching
Bazzi
2019

Shares vocal_layering, falsetto, gentle (vocal style); contemporary r&b, neo-soul (subgenres)

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