2023 repress, originally released in 2019 - Ariana Grande is a woman of her word, dropping her new album just six months after her last one—and Thank U, Next turns out to be her best album yet. Sweetener was full of potential hits; the old-school model would have been to milk it for a couple of years, tour it to death, then start the cycle all over again. Instead, Grande went back in the studio while her energy was raging and banged out another album in two weeks. This is her Amnesiac to Sweetener’s Kid A. The theme is basically, “Break up with your music industry, I’m bored.”
Sweetener was an ambitious artist crafting a self-consciously wide-scale pop statement. Thank U, Next is just a woman and a mood, taking that mood out for a drive until she pedal-to-the-metals it right off a cliff. What a glorious pop rush it is
| A1 | Imagine |
| A2 | Needy |
| A3 | NASA |
| B1 | Bloodline |
| B2 | Fake Smile |
| B3 | Bad Idea |
| C1 | Make Up |
| C2 | Ghostin |
| C3 | In My Head |
| D1 | 7 Rings |
| D2 | Thank U, Next |
| D3 | Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored |
