10 hours ago, -Jay- said:

No overly short songs this time!

intro (end of the world) extended – 2:41

twilight zone – 3:18

warm – 3:21

dandelion – 3:24

past life – 3:35

Hampstead – 3:36

Oh that is pleasing to see!

The positions deluxe track lengths are a distant memory...

This stayed in the top 100 this week so that takes it up to a round 50 weeks!

1 week to go until the deluxe 💙

Excited for the deluxe and have now ordered a physical CD!

Wonder what kind of chart impact this will have upon the chart when the deluxe drops. I think she’ll likely return to the top 5 possibly with the physicals too but it should boost its chart life. Even without the deluxe its actually managed more weeks top 100 than what Positions did here in the UK!

There's a snippet of what appears to be ‘twilight zone' out there (obtained by calling the 'brighter days' hotline) and it sounds promising.

That sounds absolutely BEAUTIFUL, this is going to be SO good.

The credits for the new songs are out there!

Ariana has written all the lyrics and both her and Max Martin are involved with production on all songs

Ilya is also part of production on tracks 18 and 20-22, with Oscar Gorres part of the team instead for track 19.

TOMORROW

I have had a HELL of a week, so this is going to be SO welcomed... Brighter Days Ahead, SURELY?! and literally.

Mine has dispatched! Wahooo!

My CD and vinyl have dispatched too

I've just seen pictures of the standard gatefold image and it's... pretty dark. So intrigued for this.

3 hours ago, JulianNial said:

I have had a HELL of a week, so this is going to be SO welcomed... Brighter Days Ahead, SURELY?! and literally.

Sorry to hear this, Julian! 🫂 hope things look up and that the Ari content will be good escapism.

Oh my god. Where has pop perfection Ariana Grande came from?! Twilight Zone is so beautiful!!!

Going in now and omg, from that LQ clip of 'twilight zone' Ari shared all I could make out was that it sounded like it was from the same ethereal universe as 'we can't be friends'. Indeed in full it's like a cross between that and 'Save Your Tears' sonically!!

My instant standouts are ‘twilight zone’, ‘warm’ (“if you dare meet me there, I’ll be higher than the exosphere” 💙) and ‘past life’ (maybe my favourite vocal performance on the deluxe and those strings!!)

The horns at the start of ‘dandelion’ caught me off guard but then it morphs into her most thank u, next sounding song since that era ended with the skittish trap production

Surreal to see a song called ‘Hampstead’ on there

Overall I think she went above and beyond for a deluxe tbh, some really beautiful work, way more satisfying as a fan than those undercooked positions deluxe track lengths

Just remembered that there’s still an entire short film to devour, can’t wait to see how she brings the music to life

I’m so excited for a bit of an escape and to play these new tracks after work this evening! I’m wanting my first listen of this to be where I can switch off / take it all in so I’m holding off until 3pm!

The standard version of eternal sunshine alongside the live versions too is very close to becoming my favourite era from her so far really coming for Sweeteners crown so I’m excited to see what the new tracks bring to the era and the short film too!

Love all the new tracks, they’re all so strong and add to the ethereal, dreamy feel of the original album.

warm and past life are immediately up there with my favourites from the whole thing ❤️

Warm is absolutely brilliant, it feels like it could have been a Stacie Orrico single in the 00s and I mean that in the best way.

I now own my BuzzJack avatar IRL and the stunning standard cover!

I LOVED all of the new tracks on my first listen in work before. Can't wait the give the film a watch too!

Such a massive step up from the deluxe tracks on 'positions'.

‘Hampstead’ has clicked after watching the short film 😭

Love every new track, however 'warm' is by FAR my favourite. Had it on loop for the past two days. Just perfection.

First day U.K. Spotify streams:

#6 twilight zone (309,193)

#18 dandelion (226,256)

#21 warm (223,311)

#27 Hampstead (204,260)

#30 past life (201,557)

#38 intro (end of the world) - extended (173,041)

brilliant to see the deluxe edition of an album feeling like an event!

'dandelion' seems to have taken off a bit on TikTok