Ariana Grande celebrates new relationship via new album
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Ariana Grande released her new album on Friday, and while it’s been broadly welcomed by critics, most agree the singer does not break any new ground.
The 27-year-old’s sixth album Positions is an upbeat affair, and sees her celebrating her new relationship with estate agent Dalton Gomez.
Several outlets, including The Evening Standard, The Telegraph and The Independent, awarded it three stars.
NME said the album “lacks the megawatt pop belters of previous releases.”
Reviewer Hannah Mylrea said in her own three-star review : “As an introduction to the next era of Grande’s career, it’s solid, but you can’t help but feel it’s missing some of her trademark sparkle.”
The Guardian’s Alexis Petridis agreed, writing : “Positions deals in polished professionalism, not pulse-quickening excitement.
“There isn’t an obvious standout track, nor is it the teeming smorgasbord of potential singles that constituted [her last album] Thank U, Next.
“Combined with the languorous pace at which Positions proceeds, the overall effect is of individual tracks bleeding into one long slow-motion shot.”
Grande is credited as a songwriter on all 14 tracks, while other contributors include Ryan Tedder and her long-term writing partner Victoria Monet.
