Tag Archives: Ariana Grande
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ALBUM REVIEW: Ariana Grande lets in the light on ‘Eternal Sunshine’
Ariana Grande, “Eternal Sunshine.” Ariana Grande didn’t give up many secrets leading up to Eternal Sunshine. The track list came in fragments and just once song (“yes, and?) preceded the her seventh album. And that now makes sense because Eternal Sunshine plays less like a collection of singles and…
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Q&A: Actress Frankie McNellis on bringing ’13: The Musical’ to Netflix
“13: The Musical.” (L to R) Khiyla Aynne, Ramon Reed, Frankie McNellis, Nolen Dubuc, Jonathan Lengel, Liam Wignall, Eli Golden, JD McCrary, Lindsey Blackwell, Gabriella Uhl, Luke Islam, Kayleigh Cerezo, Willow Moss and Shechinah Mpumlwana. Courtesy Alan Markfield/Netflix. Netflix is rebooting “13: The Musical,” the theater production best known as…
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Kelly Clarkson celebrates the season on ‘When Christmas Comes Around…’
Kelly Clarkson, “When Christmas Comes Around…” It’s become trendy for artists to put out Christmas songs and albums as the season rolls around. Some are serious, some are silly, some are cheesy—mostly it’s an opportunity to have a little fun and do something different. And yet, making a truly…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Doja Cat charts new territories on ‘Planet Her’
Doja Cat has followed a rare, strictly upward trajectory career since her debut with viral single “Mooo!” and wacky “Go To Town,” off 2018 debut Amala. On her third album, she launches herself into unexplored galaxies above, creating the world of Planet Her. She channels the vibrant energy and various…
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REVIEW: Demi Lovato is her most vulnerable on ‘Dancing with the Devil’
The newest album from Demi Lovato, Dancing with the Devil… The Art of Starting Over, has been preceded by a series of memorable headlines in recent weeks, undoubtedly framing how the child actress turned pop star’s album is received far before anyone heard the project in its entirety. Dancing…
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Donald Glover streams new album of soulful R&B
Childish Gambino performs at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco during the Outside Lands Music Festival on Aug. 10, 2019. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. Donald Glover, also known as Childish Gambino released what looks to be his new album Saturday night on the site DonaldGloverPresents.com. The link, which was later tweeted…
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Amelia Parreira’s favorite 20 pop songs of the decade
Like all art, music leaves a cultural imprint representing the events, feelings, successes and failures of the time that birthed it. While various styles of music capture the experience of the groups that listen to it, Top 40 pop speaks for the masses. With 2020 around the corner, let’s…
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Kyle Kohner’s top 100 Songs of 2018 (100-76)
Phoebe Bridgers performs at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Nov. 27, 2018. Photo: Chloe Catajan. The end has finally arrived—the end of 2018 that is. That means it’s year-end list time. With great albums comes great songs, and in a year that brought us plenty of great singles,…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Sad and self-reflective Mac Miller grows up on Swimming
For the majority of his young career, Mac Miller was thrown into the circle of cringe of white rap. Miller’s music routinely exuded privilege with no regard for the genre’s black roots. His whitewashed rap was like Eminem for the youngsters—if Em had lived the Full House life growing up. Swimming…