{"id":1761,"date":"2021-02-25T11:09:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T16:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2020-2021\/?p=1761"},"modified":"2021-03-04T09:39:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T14:39:13","slug":"ariana-grande-is-the-main-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2020-2021\/2021\/02\/25\/ariana-grande-is-the-main-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande Is the “main thing”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Review and Analysis of the Positions (Deluxe)<\/em> Album<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By Lauren Larsen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Nearly four months ago, singer-songwriter Ariana Grande released her sixth studio album Positions<\/em>, reviewed by Theogony<\/em>, here<\/a>; however, the artist dropped the deluxe version of this album on Friday, February 19th, featuring five new songs. Of those five was \u201c34+35 Remix\u201d with Megan Thee Stallion and Doja Cat; the lyric video was released on January 15 and the music video dropped a month later. The music video features the artists having a slumber party in a fancy hotel room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“34+35 Remix” Lyric Video Promotional Art<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The first new song on the deluxe album is an interlude titled \u201csomeone like u.\u201d This song is a beautiful transition from the fourteenth track \u201cpov.\u201d It opens with soft instrumentals; while cohesive with the record, there is a definitive inclusion of newer sounds that make this song and the other deluxe songs stand out. Grande sings, \u201cMm, I’ve been waiting for someone like you (Someone like you) \/ Baby, this time, please don’t be too good to be true.\u201d This clearly connects to the overall theme in Positions<\/em> of intimacy, relationships, and personal growth. These repeated lyrics throughout the interlude tie back to the album\u2019s title track \u201cpositions\u201d in which Grande sings, \u201cPerfect, perfect \/ You\u2019re too good to be true.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second deluxe song is \u201ctest drive.\u201d This sixteenth track opens with a slightly deeper tone, but nevertheless a catchy one. The beat and sound overall is one that will get your head bopping and body swaying to the music. In the chorus, Grande sings, \u201cNo, I don’t feel the need to test drive nothin’, test drive nothin’ \/ Baby, I’m sold on you, so I don’t ever gotta \/ T\u0435st drive nothin’ (Oh), test drive nothin’ (My baby) \/ It’s in th\u0435 way you do it, I don’t ever gotta, baby.\u201d Consistently throughout the record, Grande uses cars and driving as a metaphor. She does this in \u201ctest drive,\u201d but also in \u201csix thirty\u201d as she sings, \u201cKnow I be driving you crazy \/ But I know you love how I whip it […] Down like my foot on the gas, skrrt, skrrt \/ Down like six thirty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c34+35 Remix\u201d featuring Megan Thee Stallion and Doja Cat included rap segments from the featured artists not included in Grande\u2019s original track. The first is Doja Cat\u2019s section when  she sings, \u201cSix o’clock and I’m crushin’ \/ Then it get to seven o’clock, now he want it (Uh) \/ When it hit eight o’clock, we said, \u2018F*ck it.\u2019\u201d The flow is fun and upbeat, as is Megan Thee Stallion\u2019s part too. Overall, it is an amusing and entertaining song that you can dance to with your girlfriends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next song on Positions (Deluxe) <\/em>is \u201cworst behavior.\u201d It begins with a similar sound as \u201ctest drive.\u201d Finger snaps are also incorporated, as they were in the fourth track \u201cjust like magic.\u201d Grande\u2019s voice climbs with the line \u201cSo can you keep a secret?\u201d before it falls at the chorus when she sings in a lower, deeper, and more mysterious tone, \u201cThis ain’t no game won’t play with you (Oh, babe) \/ This time I know I’ll stay with you (Stay with you) \/ Just promise you won’t say nothin’ (Won’t say nothin’).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final song is \u201cmain thing.\u201d As the previous additions were, this nineteenth track also takes a departure from the orchestral sound of the original album and includes more simple deep beats and finger snaps. Lyrically, in the first verse, Grande sings, \u201cBeen a minute since I tasted something so sweet.\u201d Here, she is comparing her love interest to something sweet, as the extended metaphors in her fourth studio album Sweetener<\/em> did. Moreso, the lyrics of this song are adjacent to ones previously sung on the record. For example, in \u201cmain thing,\u201d she sings, \u201cGot me trippin’, I adore you \/ I adore you, boy (Boy),\u201d which connects to track seven \u201csafety net\u201d as she sings, \u201cTripping, falling, with no safety net.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Overall, Positions (Deluxe)<\/em> is another great work by Grande. Her new releases were fun, casual, and playful. Although they stayed true to the core theme and energy of the original album, the five new additions stood out in their own ways and were steller songs by Grande.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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