37. Time (with Childish Gambino)

I absolutely adore '3.15.20' as an album but 'Time' was not a massive highlight from it.

 

'35.31' or 'Feels Like Summer' though :wub:

Ari was so prolific in 2020 and this feels like her most underrated moment that year!

 

Not the most unexpected collab, as they came together before on 'Break Your Heart Right Back', but sonically it's pretty left-field *.*

 

She really does love a repeat collab doesn't she?! The Weeknd, Doja Cat, Mac Miller, Big Sean, Childish Gambino, Cashmere Cat, Nicki Minaj etc... :lol:

This whole Childish Gambino era pretty much completely passed me by oop. Totally forgot this even existed. It's... ok x

 

38. Stuck With U (with Justin Bieber)

Still salty that my vinyl took so long to arrive tbh :kink:

 

this feels like such a lockdown time capsule down to the video and everything - admittedly not an essential

One of her most dull songs. It feels mean having Bieber on it too because he sounds like he's struggling to keep up with Ariana vocally.

 

At least it was for charity and gained her another Billboard #1.

 

39. Rain On Me (with Lady Gaga)

Back to the quality now after a bit of a meh patch :kink: :music:

I grew up as a massive Gaga stan so my hype was sky high for this! I can't believe how much it delivered :wub: the music video is such a joy too.

 

This is another that feels like a lockdown time capsule so it felt incredible to hear it live at Gaga's show last year, concert euphoria was well and truly back *.*

'Rain On Me' is so epic. It just sounds so huge and it was nice to see Ariana going unabashedly pop for the first time in a while.

 

40. positions

I'll never forget how excited I was when Ari tweeted, out of the blue, that a new album was on the way :lol:

 

I'm glad she eventually went with the title track as the lead (after mentioning in an interview that the label originally pencilled in '34+35'), a great start to the era and way more time at the top in the U.K. than I imagined *.* crazy that it's been 2 and a half years since a new era of hers kicked off.

While the 'positions' album is one of my least favourites of hers overall, the title track has is sounding better for me now than it ever has. It's the track of hers that I've been listening to most recently (aside from 'Die For You').

 

41. 34+35 Remix (feat. Doja Cat & Megan Thee Stallion)

It was a fun day on the internet when the world was speculating who the two features would be!

 

Not a huge fan of this song but the remix did improve it a bit for me, mostly the more prominent strings.

I prefer the original version of '34+45' over the remix.

 

Ariana's dancing in the video is iconic. It's by far the most comfortable she's seemed doing choreography.

"math class... never was good" :cheeseblock:

 

42. pov

A bit of musical whiplash now between '34+35' and 'pov' :lol:

 

I envisioned this being a massive top 10 hit but unfortunately that didn't quite happen. Still a beauty and easy highlight of the album!