Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Ariana Grande releases tracklist and release date for new album Thank U, Next

Singer's latest record will include the singles '7 Rings', 'Imagine' and the title track

Roisin O'Connor
Music Correspondent
Wednesday 23 January 2019 10:00 GMT
Comments
Ariana Grande named Billboard Woman of the Year

Your support helps us to tell the story

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.

Your support makes all the difference.

Ariana Grande has shared the tracklist from her forthcoming album, thank u, next.

The 12-track record will feature the previously released singles “Imagine”, “7 Rings” and the title track, as well as new songs “NASA”, “ghostin’” and “break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored”.

Grande, who recently shared the video for “7 Rings”, said the album will be out on 8 February.

See the full tracklist, below:

Grande apologised on 22 January for her response to an Instagram comment that criticised a lyric from “7 Rings”.

In the song, she sings: “You like my hair? Gee, just bought it,” to which one follower remarked: “White women talking about their weaves is how we’re gonna solve racism.”

Grande appeared to miss the sarcasm in the comment, and responded: “So much love.”

A screenshot of the singer’s response made the rounds on social media, prompting her to delete it and apologise.

“I think her intention was to be like... yay, a white person dissociating the negative stereotype that is paired with the word ‘weave’,” she wrote. “However I’m so sorry [if] my response was out of comment or if it came across the wrong way,” she said. “Thanks for opening the conversation and like... to everyone for talking to me about it. It’s never my attention to offend anyone.”

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in