I heard The Way a few days ago and it still slays! This is much sooner than I would have expected a 2nd album from her, but yay.
Ahhhh. Very, VERY excited for this. Her debut was brilliant (and has earned her a couple of Billboard awards I think!) Very intrigued to hear what she has to bring us with her follow up!
She wanted it out in February. But they brought big names for it this time around. And to be honest... she's very much a pop artist.
Ariana has announced 'Problem' as her lead single from her upcoming sophomore album, which is scheduled to be released on April 28th. She will be performing the single live at the White Party on April 26th, as well as at the Radio Music Awards on April 27th.
She's been working with Ryan Tedder and Max Martin along with the producers from her first album, like Harmony Samuels & Tommy Brown. She's featuring on Chris Brown's single 'Don't Be Gone Too Long.' Judging by her tweets she's also collaborated with Iggy Azalea
Seriously excited for this!
I was such a stan of her last album and her live show was so good in October, but something feels really off about her at the moment?
Thankfully it seems Sam & Cat is getting cancelled as Jenette McCurdy is giving Nickelodeon problems. So she'll be able to focus on the record.
I am looking forward to this!
Featuring Iggy Azalea!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH MY GOD NO WAY
She looks so hot on the cover! THOSE LONG LEGS!!
Extremely excited and even more now that Iggy is featuring
OH
MY
GOD
My interest in this has now skyrocketed thanks to Iggy Although I loved Ariana's first album anyway so was always looking forward to what she had planned for after.
Anything Iggy related I am ALL over.
I think this could be a smash with Iggy in it.
Yassss Iggy!
None of Ariana's songs got pushed over here in the UK though, did they? Wasn't the album "Digital only" or something?
The Way got to #11 on itunes (I think) on release day and charted at #41 I hope this can crack the uk top 40 as so many songs on her debut deserved to smash (Tattooed Heart and Piano obvs)
So excited!!!
I think maybe this was more to boost Iggy's profile in the US, perhaps?
Ariana has updated her cover photo on facebook with a picture saying "9 Days until 'Problem'"
Ariana + Iggy could potentially give Shakira + Rihanna huge competition for sexiest video of the year. Ariana looks so good on the single cover. Wow.
I liked her previous songs, but they were all very 90's R&B, she should do a song more modern.
Aint nothing wrong with 90s R&B!
LOL as if you think Ariana and Iggy will be anything like Shakira & Rihanna, remember she's still a Nickelodeon artist and the song premieres at a Disney music award!!!
And yes her album was digital only for the first week, after it charted it got released to stores as a physical. I remember moaning to mutual friend Colleen Ballinger about it.
Apparently the song is produced by Max Martin according to ATRL forum!
Ok. This is going to be AMAZING.
do we have a day for expected premiere?
she has always shown such such potential but if max is involved then LORD HAVE MERCYY
The album was supposed to come out in February but they decided to get more generic producers involved. There's a lot riding on this era as she had a fluke hit single, an okay selling album but that's about it.
I am intrigued by this though, I wasn't expecting a Max Martin single, more like a rehash of "The Way".
Isn't it a bit obvious? "The Way" was a big hit single in the US, and failed to capture the same success anywhere else, and she was unable to get another, the album has sold 376,000 copies in the United States which really isn't that great considering her exposure. Granted, lack of actual promotion from her was a key issue, but I couldn't go on a single internet page without some advert for her.
PS. I'm not hating, I'm actually a huge fan of album #1.
The problem they have is how to market her... is she a Mariah wannabe? Is she the cutesy girl from Nickelodeon? Who actually is she?
I hope this era proves me wrong. I do agree with your statement of marking her way in, and her AMA performance helped her a fair amount. It's a shame that "Yours, Truly" was essentially an elongated EP. It's such a good record.
How much did Yours truly sell in the UK? And I think it will eventually go GOLD in the US once album #2 is out.
Tbh, Her album was only released in autumn last year. 372,000 or 422,000 is not bad at all
Available to preorder in the US..currently at #67 on US iTunes and #27 in Mexico
She just posted a snippet on her instagram, it sounds so good!
It sounds very good indeed!
It sounds great, especially the bit right at the end when the bass comes in. I hope the rap verse uses that beat! This is probably her first single that people can say doesn't sound like Mariah Carey too much lol.
It sounds too shouty for me. I won't just judge it on that, but that clip was a bit eek for me. (Although it's nice to hear someone actually sing shout as opposed to warbling and shrilling I guess.
I think it goes very sweet sounding (her voice) to very noisy in the chorus but I think it will grow on me.
Shouting, wailing, yelling, her voice always sounds very sweet to me
You can listen to another preview http://www.961kiss.com/articles/trending-104650/listen-ariana-grande-shares-new-problem-12290578 which lets us listen to what I assume is the chorus. It actually reminds me of 'Talk Dirty'!
it sounds f***ing atrocious. massively oversung vocals, to weird male whisperings and a horn section. total mess.
disappointing given she has such potential which she isn't showing with everything but the spam sink productions.
I'm not going to go by the clips, as they do seem weak in comparison to previous material, and I am sure her team wouldn't be putting average stuff out.
Here is a low quality live performance of the song! It sounds amazing and it definitely sounds like a song that is going to be a massive hit this summer (in the US at least )!
Why does she shout the hook? It's the off putting thing about this song for me (and the fact there's no proper chorus)! Everything else sounds good though, particularly Iggy's rap!
Apparently the UK release date is July 6th! I suppose it's only just over 2 months away.
The pre-order is currently at #17 on US iTunes , why is it being released so late in the UK? i was hoping they were going to focus on getting her recognition worldwide this era.
a little better quality
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She looks so young tho
It sounds AMAZING!!!!
Need the studio version ASAP!
It's out in the US, already number 1 on iTunes
As expected I like it... It's very "Ain't No Other Man".
quite like this!
http://www.rap-up.com/2014/04/27/new-music-ariana-grande-f-iggy-azalea-problem/
Amazing!!!!
This girl frustrates me so much - stop running your words together and learn at least something resembling diction!
I quite like this song but Ariana's slurring ruins it for me, as it has done with all of her songs so far
This is great can see it being a big hit it Iggy kills her verse as well.
Not very good. Cheap production + lazy writing = jark checking OUT
This slays
A good balance of her previous material with a fresher spin.
Amazing!
Problem:
#1 United States
#1 Bulgaria
#1 Canada
#1 Finland
#1 Indonesia
#1 Israel
#1 Lebanon
#1 Macau
#1 Mexico
#1 Netherlands
#1 New Zealand
#1 Norway
#1 Philippines
#1 Singapore
#1 Slovenia
#1 Sweden
#2 Australia
#2 Brazil
#2 Cyprus
#2 Denmark
#2 Kazakhstan
#2 United Arab Emirates
#3 Fiji
#3 Hong Kong
#4 Malaysia
#6 Thailand
#6 Turkey
#7 Poland
#7 Spain
#8 Czech Republic
#8 Zimbabwe
#9 Ecuador
#10 Bahrain
#10 Nigeria
#11 Brunei Darussalam
#13 Nicaragua
#13 South Africa
#17 Costa Rica
#22 Jordan
#23 Austria
#26 Ecuador
#28 Greece
#32 Switzerland
#35 Belgium
#36 France
#42 Barbados
#43 Germany
#44 Russia
#51 Italy
#62 Japan
#65 India
#68 Luxembourg
#73 El Salvador
#91 Lithuania
I hope they make the UK pre-order available as soon as possible!
It's ok. It's a grower, for sure. I'm slightly disappointed, but when I'm enjoying it, I'm really enjoying it and getting into it.
At the beginning I was a bit dissapointed with the chorus, however, its such a grower. I'm addicted to it now. Also, I love Iggy's verse, its pure gold rap perfection.
Its already #1 on US iTunes selling 3x more than #2. Probably it's going to be one of the biggest (if not the biggest) opening week in sales of the year in US.
Fancy is also climbing quickly. Iggy Azalea must be delighted.
I wasn't sure upon the first couple of listens but this performance has made me love it
I was wrong! It's not "Ain't No Other Man"! It's "Thrift Shop"!!!!
I really like the verses, and Iggy's rap is AMAZING, but it lacks a proper chorus IMO??
I have never heard of an Ariana Grande, it sounds like something you order from Starbucks, judging by this single, I'm not missing much. Love Iggy's bit though.
Currently number 1 on iTunes in 33 countries, her social media impact is massive!
I think it should ideally be sent to radios first before a release here. Pre-orders would be fine as her fans will keep it up
I adore the chorus of this! Its so good and I am not normally a fan of Iggy but her verse is awesome!!!!
This song is my everything right now.
20 listens after and I still prefer My Way (pop/r&b masterpiece) but this is huge! Bow down to Mariahna GRANDe ♥
Available to pre order on iTunes in the UK
#23 on pre-orders alone
That surprises me so... they were inviting strangers of the street to her secret gig in London eight months ago.
It must have something to with her hype + Iggys name.
I don't think Iggy's feature is creating many extra sales as I don't think she has much of a core fanbase at all, she benefits from good radio airplay and the casual fans that come with that. Ariana has a similar fanbase to the likes of Demi or Selena who will make sure the song does well immediately, but 'Problem' does seem to have more hype than 'The Way' due to the longer build-up there seems to have been which has created the extra sales.
I think Iggy most definitely is helping the song over here, she does have a fairly decent-sized fanbase from what I've seen, and Ariana's not exactly that huge a name in the UK right now anyway. It'll be benefiting the song in the UK more than the US anyway.
Yay, the Pre-order is already top 20 on UK iTunes. Should be headed to #1 as soon as its released! *fingers crossed*
When 'The Way' was released it got to like #11 on itunes straight away so I think they fact fans have now heard this they are wanting to buy it. I also think Iggy does not have the massive fanbase some think she does because at the end of the day did her album not only sell 8k? which is still good.
I think Iggy's verse on the song is perfect and I hope she continues to build her fan base
Problem is honestly amazing, I can hear what people are saying about the shouty parts but it grows on you. I can really see this being a huge worldwide hit.
we're still arguing about who will generate the most interest... oh.
Calum, it's just a debate, nothing wrong with that
How is it a fluke Top 5 single if it is holding up very well?
I literally can't believe how incredible this is — possibly my pop song of the year as of right now
Fancy was far from a fluke, lol, it's looking to re-enter the top 10 this week, and has gone no lower than #11 in three weeks so far. If it were a fluke, it would have plummeted a la Bounce and Change Your Life. Work was also quite a hit for her anyway, and it remains her highest seller, so I'm not exactly sure why you don't think she has some kind of fanbase, Calum.
Iggy's actually had two top 10s, and two further top 20s. Sure they were hardly million sellers but Work head up well and Fancy looks like it will do the same. Far from a "fluke". She's not exactly One Direction or Rihanna as far as fanbases go of course but she's building a following, her fans are more likely to be interested in songs with her on them.
You see in the US I think "Problem" is making "Fancy" a bigger hit on iTunes. People are checking that out because they like her on "Problem" and the video for "Fancy" is pretty amazing.
There is no doubt in my mind her fan base has increased since "The Way" was first released here in the UK. But I'm gonna say it again... her fan-only free secret gig was an absolute mess. Everyone that was there got in with no problems asked.
This is Baby One More Time big, isn't it?
Tune.
this is going to be an absolute MONSTER of a hit. global number one in 20+ countries i suspect.
i really rather love it too
Absolutely appalling. You'd think that this was the next big thing based on hype alone, but all I can remember from a few listens are those dreadful horns.
I was always under the impression that more people knew Iggy but more people were fans of Ariana due to the TWEENS
I absolutely ADORE this. Give me any song with horns in it and I'm pretty much all over it, but this is superb. So instantly memorable, I do agree that you can't really understand a word she's saying but I don't really mind. LOVE.
""I am growing up and coming into my own, but I don't feel the need to do anything too outrageous to convey it you know?" she added. "I want to let my music speak for me. I'm still me, I'm just coming into my adulthood and I'm proud of how I'm doing it too," she wrote, concluding her e-mail with a text smiley face."
L M A O @ that thinly concealed miley shade
lyric video: http://vevo.ly/99GYOr
The song is GRANDE indeed *.*
This is incredible. On repeat. Those HORNS. That WHISPERING. IGGY. Wow.
The lyric video Jake mentioned above is now available on YouTube also:
Bit of a jam.
the whispers and horn section MAKE this, much better song than 'The Way' (which is the only thing i'd heard from her before this). certain to be a #1 hit over here
This must be #1 here, it's BRILLIANT
Now number 1 in NZ singles chart!!!!!
Source: http://nztop40.co.nz/
OK, I'm hooked.
It's like a mix of 'Get Right', 'Thrift Shop' and 'Talk Dirty'. Very addictive.
She debuted at #3 on the Hot 100!
Amazing debut!
This song is so addictive. Grown on me massively the last couple of days. Hopefully it becomes a hit in the UK too!
I would actually be obsessing over this if Ariana's voice wasn't so... 'gargly' for want of a better word. Great as a song but kinda ruined by the vocals.
The more I hear this song, the more I'm convinced it'll be one of the biggest WW hits of the year.
SUCH A BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE.
This is hands down my song of the year I think. Cannot get enough and it isn't getting old at all. So infectious!
it's a f***ing incredible pop song. this and 'chandelier' have really made this year pop-wise for me.
honestly, in 5 years or so i think we will look back and i this is the pop song we will associate with 2014.
HIGH PRAISE INDEED i agree
There's something about Ariana's whole image that really puts me off her - like the way she's so 'dainty'.
I was obsessed with this but I'm really bored of it now.
Sneak peak of the video!Why is Big Sean in it?
He whispers the chorus
I love it...it deserves to be #1 Uk and Us.
Who is this actually meant to appeal to? It's so awful. Admittedly the parts which Ariana has nothing to do with are OKAY but those cheap Talk Dirty trumpets tarnish the entire song. I don't really understand who could enjoy listening to this. NO THANKS.
Clearly a lot of people as it is set to be one of the biggest worldwide hits of the year.
Video is out tomorrow!
The only thing I like about it is the chorus. It sounds like a mix between '1 Thing' and 'Talk Dirty' but to my ears it sounds significantly worse than those two.
Maybe they waited long enough for "Fancy" to have another week at #1... Where it belongs.
Hopeful thinking.
Here's the music video, I'm watching it now!
I like it but it could've been so much better
Iggy's presence completely blew Ariana out of the picture, even Big Sean's almost did. She lacks presence imo and her lipsyncing seems off
I genuinly hope she maoes it to #1 but I don't think she will
Is she not 12 years old? Someone needs to HAVE A WORD
She's 20, Griff!
I like the video and when she does the routines and doesn't look at the camera, I find it quite endearing for some reason! Iggy's presence slays the whole video though!
Iggy looks stunning! She completely upstages Ariana tbh.
Quite impressive she broke that record in the US I'd NEVER have guessed it would be her!
What a terrible video considering the caliber of the song.
Iggy's wig has more stage presence than her. And watching Big Sean's lips half the video was redundant to say the least. Not even Iggy could save that video from being a total bore. Ariana has a voice, there's no denying that. But, replace her with any popstar imaginable in her scenes and it would have been... maybe actually interesting.
3/10 It gets 3 stars for Iggy trying to breathe life into it. Too huge of a load for anyone to hold, I'm afraid.
Well put me in a PAIR OF STOCKINGS and CALL ME PAM, but this has probably the HOOKIEST verses I've ever LAID EARS ON
MAGNIFIQUE!
Love this song so much
IGGY IS ON SUCH GOOD FORM AT THE MOMENT
I agree that Ariana always seems a bit dead-behind-the-eyes whenever I've seen her perform and this video is no exception. There's something not right about that girl. She has the makings of a Stepford Wife. Are we sure she's a real human? I can't imagine she's ever actually had a 'problem' other than needing her batteries changed every once in a while. Also why is her hair always like that?
The song's a jam anyway which is the main thing.
I think she has confidence issues when performing tbh. I saw some Christmas show in which she performed a couple of songs and she stood in a weird position, like she was in the corner or something. Bless her. But yeah, I get peoples points about her stage presence, but as I said before I find it quite endearing and actually pretty cute (but maybe I'm just being ridiculously biased right now ).
EDIT: Oh and she announced on Facebook that 'Problem' will be Radio 1's "Track of the Day" (a good indicator as to what they may support!) this Sunday!
I was watching the video and thinking she's very lacking in the star quality department, I'm glad a lot of people here seem to have picked up on that too.
Her lip-synching IS very strange. It doesn't match how she actually sings it at all, she mimes way too gently. It just reaffirms my issues with her in that she portrays this image (i say portray but I obviously don't know if it's real or not) that she could be easily knocked over with a feather.
The video does the trick I suppose, but yeah it could have been much better really. Like everyone else has said, Iggy completely upstages her, her stage presence is everything.
it's because she's just so god damn smug and entitled, so she gets complacent and thinks she CAN do the minimal and that her cutesy looks will be enough. stop RELYING on that FACE/BODY!
She just looks very, very bored. (She does for all performances and music videos tbh). And she can't dance, so I'm not really sure why she tried to in this video and in performances.
However, the song still remains excellent.
I can only echo what everyone has said about the video... She just looks like she's trying for too hard to be an innocently sexy and dainty girl next door with the way she softly mimes everything, but there's no need because she's got the look nailed down. I don't think her dancing is really that bad, I guess Iggy being such a star doesn't help and only serves to highlight Ariana's flaws.
Regardless of the video, the song is seriously astounding and is going to be a properly colossal hit.
Terrible video. Not even Iggy saved it.
Iggy looks even worse in my opinion.
The video is so awkward and cringy oh my god. Iggy and Ariana look good but there's nothing going on in the video and when the choreography is very much a non-event.
Thankfully it hasn't ruined the song for me as that it brilliant
Average video, I love Ariana but she just seemed like she had no energy whatsover and Iggy looked bored/uncomfortable imo. Big Sean's lipsyncing was surprisingly the best part.
Still the song is brilliant so I'm not too bothered.
UH OH
I think the Griff U-turn has struck again
Potentially good news for Sia then! If she's even in contention.
Isn't that confirming what we already knew? That's the week that Sia is released!
Just watched the video for the first time and my god how hot is Iggy Azalea? With that hair she looks like Dolly Parton (40 years ago).
Star. <3
Very shockingly, 'Problem' is being released as a CD single here which includes 3 extra remixes and a poster! You can pre-order it now on Amazon for £2.99 (but you'll probably have to pay for postage). Still very exciting that a CD single is being released though and I have just ordered it!
This got a mention in her instagram captions today
Doing a big catch-up of Ariana news and saw this:
9 years since this was released! I remember the anticipation for its U.K. release a bit later on really well, with it building up a lot of iTunes pre-orders, back when that was a good indication of a successful release.
I still love this just as much, shame it seems to be quite maligned sometimes (although I get that it's a bit "of its time", especially with the featured artist)
Agreed it is quite ‘of it’s time’ but not in a bad way for me, it’s still a bop! It ranks somewhere in the middle of her singles discography for me but that’s testimony to how many great songs she has.
It's getting dangerously close to 10 years
This was her first release after I became a massive fan. I remember being so excited for it to finally be released in the UK after it had smashed America.
This song is a whole decade old now the production does sound pretty of its time but wow, that has flown by.
Reading this thread from the beginning was quite a wild ride. Who would have known she'd be going so strong 10 years later? Iggy Azalea being such a big draw at the time and then almost immediately later not being so. And... somebody bragging that they know Colleen Ballinger!
Other than casually liking My Way, the Yours Truly era pretty much passed me by at the time (my bad!) but Problem really made me sit up and pay attention! I've been a huge fan ever since. Crazy that it's been 10 years.
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