Ariana Grande Releases Fourth Album Sweetener

Songstress Ariana Grande has released her latest album Sweetener .

The album contains 15 tracks and features collaborations from Missy Elliot and Nicki Minaj. Grande also covers a track called 'R.E.M', which had originally been sung by Beyonce with the intention of appearing on Lemonade , before being passed off onto Grande. Beyonce released her demo version earlier this month as a teaser for Sweetener .

Grande shared a link to the album's download site via Twitter, with the caption 'hello she’s out'.

hello she’s out https://t.co/kgaHLWjUeK pic.twitter.com/LxEEgh7GBs

— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) August 17, 2018

Fans have had a mixed reaction to the new music, with some heralding the new release as the best album yet:

Sweetener is Ariana Grande's best album yet, as it is her most original and cohesive. While the tracks on Dangerous Woman were slightly better, the songs on Sweetener glued together and gave the album a very good theme, and also didn't bombard one chunk of the album with singles

— victorʸᵘʰ | CHECK PINNED (@steviabutera) August 17, 2018

yo this album is amazing @ArianaGrande your best album so far i am, so so proud of you.

— jan (@bettersoffs) August 17, 2018

The second sweetener came out my tl blew tf up lol but it's really damn good, definitely one of the best albums out there @ArianaGrande

— Ethan Huynh (@EHuynh01) August 17, 2018

I’m literally so overwhelmed. Breathless. Sweetener is a dream. Congrats bby @ArianaGrande came thruuu to save the industry yasss queen

— ǝpuɐɹƃ ɐuɐıɹɐ n ǝʌol ı ıɥ (@etherealariana_) August 17, 2018

Whilst most of the album has been well received, some fans had quite an unfavorable view on the tracks Pharrell Williams co-produced. It seems stan Twitter don't appreciate his interference with Grande's campy and stylish aesthetic. Williams worked on tracks 'blazed', 'the light is coming', 'R.E.M', 'sweetener', 'successful', 'borderline', and 'get well soon'.

the gays trying to enjoy pharrell williams tracks on ariana grande’s #sweetener pic.twitter.com/oiQyZ6oOHI

— ❃❁❃ (@fkajack) August 17, 2018

I was so disappointed with Sweetener by Ariana Grande because I expect her to be very very good but I just always get let down by how it turns out.

Man in the Woods by JT proved Pharrell has lost his producing this touch, so I ain’t surprised here

— ashton (@ashtonf2m) August 17, 2018

Don’t let Pharrell touch your music ever again @ArianaGrande he is washed.

— ✨lets go lesbians✨ (@Jauredramatic) August 17, 2018

.@ArianaGrande don’t speak to pharrell ever again thank you 💋

— manu (@swweetbutera) August 17, 2018

How the fuck Ariana grande went from dangerous woman to sweetener? What a downgrade
Pharrell really sobatoge her

— DON’T BLAME ME IS STILL THE BEST SONG ON REP (@reputationx1989) August 17, 2018

The album has released two tracks as singles so far, including 'no tears left to cry', and 'God is a woman', appearing at #3 and #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 respectively.

Grande recently appeared on James' Corden's Carpool Karoke where she sang her hit songs, 'Side to Side' and ' Dangerous Woman', as well as a rendition of Broadway classic, 'Suddenly Seymour'.