Marjorie “Nonna” Grande and Ariana Grande.Photo:Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Ariana Grandehas but one feature on her forthcoming album — and it’s someone very special!
Just 10 days before the pop superstar, 30, is set to release her new albumEternal Sunshine, she unveiled the tracklist viasocial mediaon Tuesday. The post teased that 13 songs will appear on the upcoming project, and none other than Grande’s beloved98-year-old grandmotherwill appear on one of the songs.
According to the Grammy Award winner’s post to Instagram, the final track on her seventh studio album, titled “Ordinary Things,” will feature “Nonna,” aka her grandma, Marjorie Grande, who’s mother to Ariana’s mom Joan.
WhileMariah Careyjoined Ariana on theremixof the record’s lead single, “Yes, And?,” it appears as though only the original version appears on the version of the album that’s due out next week — making Nonna the only featured vocalist on the album.
“Ordinary Things” marks the first time the “7 Rings” singer’s grandmother will receive a featured artist credit on one of her songs. However, this isn’t the only time Ariana has tapped Nonna for a collaboration.
On theThank U, Nexttrack “Bloodline,” Marjorie’s voice relays the spoken-word intro: “Because I’m tryin' to do the best I can / And they can’t find somethin' to satisfy me.”
Ariana Grande.David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty
David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty
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“feat. nonna 🥹🥹🥹,” one fan wrote, while another added, “omg we’re not ready….”
Ariana Grande and her grandmother Marjorie Grande.Kevin Mazur/AMA2016/WireImage
Kevin Mazur/AMA2016/WireImage
Ariana revealed her tracklist in a video that was made to look like a notebook. All of the song names appeared to be handwritten on a piece of paper taped into the ruled-notebook, which seemingly featured several song lyrics jotted down.
In the caption for the post, thePositionsartist simply wrote, “ten days,” with a series of emojis, teasing the upcoming release date.
Ariana announcedEternal Sunshinein January, shortly after the release of the disco-and-house-inspired single “Yes, And?,” whichdebuted at No. 1 on theBillboardHot 100. The project comes nearly three and a half years after the pop star droppedPositionsin October 2020.
Since revealing that a new album was on the way, theWickedstar has offered fans atease of what they can expect from the new album. In an old video that she posted toInstagramfeaturing footage of her playing unreleased tracks to her label, Republic Records, she called the record “really vulnerable.”
“This is kind of a concept album because it’s all different heightened pieces of the same story of the same experience,” she said in the clip.
Grande also explained that the songwriting on the album finds her “playing the part that people kind of expect me to be sometimes, and having fun with that — and the rest of it’s all kind of really vulnerable.”
See below for Grande’s completeEternal Sunshinetracklist.
Intro (End of the World)
Bye
Don’t Wanna Breakup Again
Saturn Returns Interlude
Eternal Sunshine
Supernatural
True Story
The Boy Is Mine
Yes, And?
We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)
I Wish I Hated You
Imperfect for You
Ordinary Things (feat. Nonna)
source: people.com
