Tori Kelly "Hiding Place" album review

Hiding Place is the second studio album by California singer Tori Kelly that was released on September 14, 2018, through School Boy Records and Capitol Records.. It is primarily a gospel album with influences of R&B and jazz music. The album also features collaborations from Kirk Franklin, Christian rapper Lecrae, Jonathan McReynolds and The HamilTones. The title, Hiding Place, is based off the scripture of Psalm 32:7 where it reads:

"You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with songs of deliverance."

Masterpiece (featuring Lecrae)

Masterpiece is where both Tori and Lecrae talk about God making one into a masterpiece, benefits from struggle, and clinging to God in times of trouble. Kelly sings on the first verse,

"When You look at me

Do You see a work of art in the making?
Sketch of what I'll be
I wonder what You see in me
Like what do You think?
When my life is not a melody in the morning
And I feel off key, yeah
Do You still believe in me?
Like a symphony, hey
You know how to make all things work together
Crazy how mistakes can be miracles in disguise",

and then Lecrae exchanges his verse on the third verse with,

"Uh, now you know that you're a masterpiece

You probably feel like a catastrophe
You think I'm totally kidding but hold up a minute
Don't compare yourself with none of them
You one of one and ain't no synonym
A Master Artist take a mess and make a masterpiece
And look at you, you been a gem (facts)
Shinin'".

Help Us to Love (featuring The HamilTones)

Tori collaborates with the singing group The HamilTones on this mid gospel track where they tackle on the bad things that they deal with in the real world while asking God to help them to love. They sing together on the chorus,

"There's a love so high (that you cannot get over)

That same love's so wide (it'll take forever just to get round it)
But love died somewhere
Behind that cross you wear, you're afraid when you look at me
That ain't real love
Not the kind from above, hmm",

and then move on to the next verse with,

"But there's a friend of mine (that stays closer than a brother)

Oooh, love laid down his life (so why do we still fight one another?)
All this hate I see on the TV screen
In my country ‘tis of thee
God help us to love, to love the way that you love me
Hmmm, God help us to love the way that you love me, oh oh".

Kelly comes on the bridge with something that we can all relate to when she sings,

"This world is weeping, hurting, broken and begging for change

Oh yeah
But still we marching, praying, dying, and things stay the same
When will we see?
Till everyone's free
There'll never be peace between you and me
God, your love is the cure
For the rich and the poor
God, please will you open our eyes?"

Here is the live music video for Help Us to Love if you're interested:

Sunday

Sunday finds Tori being tired of trying to mask her pain from the people of the church singing,

"When the world looks at me

I wonder what they see
Underneath these eyes
Oh, smiles masquerade as pain
And grow up to be shame
Then leave me with a lie",

and then goes to the chorus with,

"I know they, they don't see my flaws

Or these hidden scars
And all the mess I've made
Oh, so don't, don't let Sunday fool ya
Here's my hallelujah
Every single day, I'm running to Your grace
Ey, ey, ey".

Tori also released the live music video for Sunday. You can check it out below:

Just As Sure (featuring Jonathan McReynolds)

Just As Sure marks the first collaboration for Tori Kelly and Jonathan McReynolds as they talk about going through the dark times. But despite all of this, God still loves them both as Kelly sings on the chorus, 

"Just as sure as winter fades

And then it turns to spring
I believe deliverance, will surely come for me
Just as sure as my heart
Will someday be made anew
I know You love me
Just as I do love You
Mmm, just as I do love You",

then Jonathan comes in with his verse,

"Just as sure as the test

Is there to make me perfect in Your eyes
It may hurt for a while
But by faith I shall survive
Just as sure as the rain
Falls on me only to make me grow
No matter how I feel
Now I live by what I know".

I love how both Tori and Jonathan's voices come together like a harmony on the bridge with,

"I love You and I trust You

'Cause You know what's best for me

And even though the crowd sometimes gets loud
And it's hard to hear You speak (Hear You speak)
Just as sure as Your grace
Is faithful even when my faith I lose
I know You love me (I know You love me)
Just as I do love You

I love You and I trust You
'Cause You know what's best for me
Even though the crowd sometimes gets loud
And it's hard to hear You speak, oooh
Just as sure as Your grace
Is faithful even when my faith I lose
I know You love me
Just as I do love You
Just as I do love You".

Here is the live music video of Just As Sure:

Psalm 42 is an inspirational piano driven track where the singer shares the message of one's heart striving for God. It's based off the biblical scripture Psalm 42. She opens up with,

"There's a quiet place

                         That gives me peace when I'm alone with You
                                                There's a hiding place
                            Your Spirit's always there when I'm confused
                                                Only You can purify
                                       All this world won't ever satisfy
                                                   My heart, it cries".

The chorus serves as a prayer for the singer and also contains a reference to Psalm 42:1-2  as she sings, "As the deer pants for the water/ So my soul needs you Lord/ When thirsty God, you're the living water/And my soul needs you Lord/ I need you, Lord/ I need you, Lord/ I need you, Lord/ I need you, Lord".

Live music video for Psalm 42 here:

Questions is the sixth track in which the singer has some questions for God about the bad stuff that is happening in the world right now singing,

 "What happens when the healing never comes?

Do we stand and curse the heavens

Or lift our hands and feel the sun
The mystery's not clear
Just once, Your voice I'd love to hear
What happens when the healing never comes",

and then goes to the fourth verse with,

"So now I must be silent

Your voice is in the wind
The hands that made the heavens
Will heal the storm within
I have so many questions
I don't know where to begin
Since You were there at the beginning
You already know the end".

                                          

Never Alone (featuring Kirk Franklin)

Tori taps Gospel singer Kirk Franklin as the singer sings about how she is not alone during the times of struggles because God is on her side. She begins on the first verse with,

"In my time I've travelled some roads

                                                        A rolling stone
                                              Nowhere feels like home
                              And I've seen people come, then they go
                       Life is just a story of some highs and some lows",

and then continues with,

"I've cried many rivers

                                           I've walked through some pain
                                           I've seen my world crumble
                                               And I'll carry the shame
                                But I know somebody, He calls me His own
                                         I can hear heaven singing out
                                         Oh-oh-oh, you're never alone
                                         Oh-oh-oh, you're never alone".

Soul's Anthem (It Is Well)

Soul's Anthem (It Is Well) serves as the closing track for Hiding Place. On the track, Tori asks God to show him his ways to her like how to love him or trust him. She sings,

"Teach me how to love you

Show me how to trust you

More than with my words or with a song

                                              No, it's not been easy
                                       To live life down on my knees
                                    But with faith I know I'll carry on", 

but through the hardship, she says on the chorus with,

"There is more to see than with my eyes

                               But fear sometimes can leave me paralyzed
                                           I realize that I'm not in control
                                             Yet it is well with my soul".

I listened to Tori Kelly's new album the day that it was released and I ultimately fell in love with from beginning to end. Tori has really stepped it up with Hiding Place by mixing gospel music with R&B and jazz with tracks like "Sunday" or "Soul's Anthem (It Is Well). I would definitely recommend that you buy this album and let Tori help you to have a closer relationship with God like never before! I give Hiding Place a 10/10. All songs on the album are perfect. The production from singer Kirk Franklin on this project is amazing.

Make sure that you stream/purchase Hiding Place on Amazon Music, Google Play, iTunes, Spotify, Tidal, Pandora and Walmart:

https://www.amazon.com/Hiding-Place-Tori-Kelly/dp/B07GGCZ7G6

https://open.spotify.com/album/5A5ePoPwlIuxVmn3cIhiFw

https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Tori_Kelly_Hiding_Place?id=Brer733o2wb36r73554chfq7dwq&hl=en_US

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hiding-place/1426070185

https://listen.tidal.com/album/94726672

https://pandora.com/artist/tori-kelly/hiding-place/ALmvfk92zZc9gXw?part=lf&corr=b8bb67b3b73e182b967e1de08295d632

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hiding-Place-CD/359325121

You can also go and see Tori on the Hiding Place tour by purchasing your tickets from her website or Live Nation right now. Here's the link for it:
http://www.torikellymusic.com/#/tour

Also, check out Tori Kelly's video for the White Chair film titled I Am Second where she talks about how she overcame her struggle with identity with the help of Jesus. You can watch it here below:

Here is the website for the I Am Second film starring Tori Kelly:

https://www.iamsecond.com/seconds/tori-kelly/

Sabrina Claudio "No Rain, No Flowers" review

     

No Rain, No Flowers is the third project by American singer Sabrina Claudio. It was released on August 15, 2018. The project was spawned by two singles titled Messages From Her and Numb.

Come Here serves as the opening track for the project. This track is about the singer being so happy to see her lover. She begins on the first verse,

 

 "I'm dying to see you

You know what I'm fiending for
The only one to get to me
Only one to get this close", and then continues with, "So, I want you to come here
I want you to come here
I just need you near
No matter how, just make it here
Now".

Naked is where Sabrina sings about showing herself to her lover what she is like by undressing emotionally and physically. She begins with, "My pride fell down my body like my silk dress/ This is me naked, oh/ All of me is all for you/ Uncover all my truths/ Undress my fears, leave me nude/ All of me is all for you/ For you", and then she ends the song with the lyrics, "Strip me to my fingertips/ I will tell you all of it.

Click here to listen to "Cycle"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m3NREfULeI

 

Cycle is where Claudio is going through the changes in her life singing, "This is part of cycle/ This the part when the flower starts to bloom after rain/ And get the nutrients it needs to grow again/ This the part where the sun sets/ And the night time starts to overload your brain/ But the sun will always rise in the morning", and then she continues with, "I didn't make it this far/ I didn't make it this far/ Just to make it this far/ I didn't work this hard/ Not to leave my own mark".

 

Creation is the fourth track in which Sabrina makes this man who he is and now he’s making another girl happy because of what she taught him. She sings,

 

 "I prepared you for her

Didn't you turn out perfect?
She must wanna thank me
For leaving her with your best version",

then on the chorus, she goes on with,

 

"You got all the bad out your system

What we had were nothing but lessons
I taught you them then left with my reasons
Now I'll be glad to hand her my creation".

Numb is about being tired of feeling used while also dealing with vulnerability. Just like Claudio sings on the chorus,

 

 "My body and mind finally went numb

Body and mind finally went numb
Body and mind finally went numb
And I'm finally done, all I feel is..
My body and mind finally went numb
Body and mind finally went numb
Body and mind finally went numb
And I’m finally done, all I feel is numb
All I feel is numb".

 

And later on the first verse with,

 "I'm tired of feeling used

And all you put me through".

Did We Lose Our Minds is where Sabrina is asking some serious questions about her partner saying,

"Did we lose our minds?

Were we ever fine?
Did we lose it all?
Oh, were we both at fault?",

 

and then on the chorus,

 

 "How did we let us get here?

You're supposed to save me from me
I save you
Guess we'll see where life takes us
Hope to meet again",

 

lastly on the second verse with,

 

 "No way I'd live without you, mmm

No way, no way, no way
Did we lose our minds?
Were we wrong or were we right?
Was it bad timing?
Was something missing?"

On Control, the singer find herself not being in control when it comes to her mind singing, "I'm not used to losing my mind/ But its pieces put me at peace/ For months, I'm okay with not knowing where I'm going/ It liberates me", and then moves on to the chorus with, "I think I've lost control/ Oh, oh, ah, ah/ I've lost it all/ Oh, oh, ah, mm mm, mm mm".

Messages From Her is the last track on No Rain, No Flowers. The song talks about how Claudio is addressing herself as a younger lady with the lyrics, "Look how you found me/ No one else sees this but you, but you/ 'Cause once you told me/ If something's missing in me/ To go and find it in you", then she hints about her life falling apart while also comparing to her childhood singing, "A piece of me ain't there/ 'Cause nothing can compare/ To life when I was young/ That girl inside me stays/ If I'm not here for me/ She will be there". In the end, Sabrina is having a conversation with her past self saying, "Messages from her/ Messages to her/ Messages from her/ Messages to her".

 

I listened to this beautiful project by Sabrina Claudio on SoundCloud on August 17th (the same day that Ariana Grande released her Sweetener album). At first, I didn't know who Sabrina Claudio was, but after listening to no rain, no flowers, I fell in love with her music! Her voice is very soothing with the lyrics and I felt like I could really relate to what she is going as far as being vulnerable in the sense. I give this a 4/5.

 

Make sure that you purchase/stream No Rain, No Flowers on Google Play, Spotify, SoundCloud, Amazon Music, ITunes, Deezer and Pandora:

 

https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Sabrina_Claudio_No_Rain_No_Flowers?id=Bo7hhfmtyshoekguf4wirfvfyti

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/no-rain-no-flowers/1424393374

https://open.spotify.com/album/7bcgkKns2rxVhrmw9EAmrs

https://www.amazon.com/No-Rain-Flowers-Sabrina-Claudio/dp/B07GBDJ23N

https://soundcloud.com/sabrina-claudio/sets/no-rain-no-flowers

https://www.deezer.com/us/album/70593792

https://www.pandora.com/artist/sabrina-claudio/no-rain-no-flowers/ALwnt9Jbj5xcdwc

                                                                        

                            

                               

                                                                

Ariana Grande: 5 Years of Yours Truly

 

On September 3, 2013, singer Ariana Grande released her debut studio album titled Yours Truly. Fast forward to five years later. Five years! Can you believe that?! I still can't believe that it's been that long since Ariana released Yours Truly five years ago! Wow! The album spawned three hit singles: The Way featuring Mac Miller, Baby I and Right Here featuring Big Sean. The album was originally going to be titled Daydreamin' , but Grande decided to change the title to Yours Truly because she felt like she was writing a letter. It went on to reach number one on the ITunes Store charts in over fifty countries worldwide in under nineteen minutes. Yours Truly also went on to peak at number one on the Billboard 200 charts selling 138,000 copies in its first week. It made Grande the fifteenth artist ever and the first female to have her first album debut atop of the charts since Kesha in 2010 with her album Animal when it opened at number one. On March 22, 2016, it was certified platinum by the RIAA and had sold 596,000 copies in the US as of April 2018. I was so excited when I bought the physical CD for Ariana's album in November or December of 2013. I loved every song on Yours Truly and I still do to this day. And yes, if you wondering, I still have the CD for Yours Truly. My top 5 favorite songs are Daydreamin', The Way, Right There, Honeymoon Avenue and Better Left Unsaid. Thank you Ariana for sharing your love of music with your fans. Whether you were on The Listening Sessions tour, promoting your songs on every TV station or wearing your hair in a half-up half down hairstyle, you have proven to be the music superstar that you have always wanted to be. I love you and continue to make more beautiful music for the Arianators.

 

 

Ariana Grande: 4 Years of My Everything

 

Today is the anniversary of Ariana Grande's second studio album My Everything! It was released on August 25, 2014 actually four years ago to this day! The album went on to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200, spawned five hit singles including Problem featuring Iggy Azalea & Break Free featuring Zedd, was nominated for a Grammy Award Best Pop Vocal Album in 2015 and certified double platinum in March of 2016. I remember the My Everything era way back in 2014 as Ariana released hit after hit after hit single. It was described by Grande as "an evolution" from her debut album Yours Truly (2013). It explored with different genres like EDM, electropop, dance pop, R&B and synthpop music. Grande also made history by becoming the first female artist to have her first two albums debut at number one since Scottish Susan Boyle did it with her two studio albums titled I Dreamed a Dream (2009) and The Gift (2010). It also remains as her best selling album to date with over 700,000 copies sold worldwide. My top five favorite tracks are Break Free, Why Try, Problem, Love Me Harder and One Last Time. My Everything is one of my favorites by Grande along with Sweetener (her most recent album), Yours Truly and Dangerous Woman. I would like to personally thank Ariana for blessing all of us with the My Everything album and four years later, it still has an affect on me and all of the devoted Arianators. The album cover, the songs and the lyrics is what makes us love Ariana Grande even more. I still can't believe that it has been four years already. Time flies fast, doesn't it?

 

Buy/stream My Everything on every music platform in honor of its four year anniversary:

https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Ariana_Grande_My_Everything_Deluxe?id=B47mwe3dicghiy3jv7td4j34uem

https://open.spotify.com/album/41zTgMSJC9mF6NyBkXXxZr

https://www.amazon.com/My-Everything-Deluxe-Ariana-Grande/dp/B00LFN01I2

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/my-everything-deluxe/894102325

https://soundcloud.com/ariana-grande-official/sets/my-everything-9

https://listen.tidal.com/album/33531469

 

 

 

 

Ariana Grande "Sweetener" album review

Sweetener is the fourth studio album by singer Ariana Grande that was released on August 17, 2018 through Republic Records. It serves as a follow-up to her last studio effort  Dangerous Woman (2016). It is also the first time that the album cover is not in black and white. The album features guest appearances from rappers Nicki Minaj, Missy Elliot and singer Pharrell Williams. All of the songs are stylized in lowercase, except for R.E.M and God is a woman. Sweetener is primarily a pop album, but it explores with genres like R&B and trap music.

1. raindrops (an angel cried)

raindrops (an angel cried) is the opening track on Sweetener. She posted a snippet of Raindrops along with the video on her 25th birthday. It is also a cover song of The Four Seasons' "An Angel Cried" as Grande sings acapella with the lyrics, "When raindrops fell down from the sky/ The day you left me, an angel cried/ Oh, she cried, an angel cried/ She cried".

2. blazed (featuring Pharrell Williams)

blazed featuring Pharrell Williams is a groovy pop song where Grande and Williams come together singing, "There is somethin' between us, I can see it right now/ Your magnetic demeanor, that’s something can't be found/I thought that I was dreamin' ’til my love came around/Now I just come on over, show you how we get down/

Shawty, you can get blazed".

3. the light is coming (featuring Nicki Minaj)

the light is coming featuring Nicki Minaj is a song that talks about seeing the positive side of things that can get you through the hard times. Minaj raps on the first verse with, "Ay, yo, trophy wife, out you won me/ Until you had to find out it's one me/ Now you benched, aww your bum knee/ Now I'm the bad guy, call me Chun-Li". Then Grande exchanges her verse on the chorus with the lyrics, "The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole/ The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole". Then Grande sings her verse on the chorus with, "The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole/ The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole".

4. R.E.M

R.E.M is a reggae track that samples from an unreleased Beyoncé song titled "Wake Up" as Ariana sings on the chorus, "Before you speak, don't move/ 'Cause I don't wanna wake up/ Wake up, wake up, wake up/ If you can believe/ You're such a dream to me, mmm, boy". R.E.M stands for rapid eye movement and is a stage of the sleeping cycle. It's an important phase of sleep when memorable and vivid dreams occur alongside bodily movement and an increased heart rate.

5. God is a woman

God is a woman is about sexual female empowerment as Grande sings on the first verse, "You, you love it how I move you/ You love it how I touch you/ My one, when all is said and done/ You'll believe God is a woman/ And I, I feel it after midnight/ A feeling that you can't fight/ My one, it lingers when we're done/ You'll believe God is a woman".

6. sweetener

sweetener is the title track that talks about bringing a positive vibe or improving a situation that is at its worth. Ariana sings, "When life deals us cards/ Make everything taste like it is salt/ Then you come through like the sweetener you are/ To bring the bitter taste to a halt", and she goes on to the post-chorus with, "And then you get it, get it, get it, get it/ Hit it, hit it, hit it, hit it/ Flip it, flip it, flip it, flip/ You make me say oh, oh/ Twist it, twist it, twist it, twist it/ Mix it and mix it and mix it and mix it/ Kiss it, kiss it, kiss it, kiss it/ You make me say oh, oh".

7. successful

successful is an uplifting anthem with Ariana celebrating the joy of her making it in the music industry while also telling others that they can make it too. Grande sings on the chorus with the lyrics, "Yeah, it feels so good to be so young/ And have this fun and be successful/ I'm so successful, yeah/ And, girl, you too, you are so young/ And beautiful and so successful, yeah/ I'm so successful".

8. everytime

everytime is described as a "upbeat trap-infused" song about the infatuation felt to someone, even to the extend of returning to reckless love. On the first verse, Ariana sings, "get tired of your no-shows/You get tired of my control/They keep telling me to let go/ But I don't really let go when I say so/I keep giving people blank stares/ I'm so different when you're not there/ It's like something out of Shakespeare/ Because I'm really not here when you're not there", then continues with, "I've tried to fight our energy/But every time I think I'm free".

9. breathin

On breathin', Ariana talks about the days when her anxiety would make her seem like the "sky's falling" and "things just take way too much for her energy" as she sings, "Some days, things jus take way too much of my energy/ I look up and the whole room's spinning/ You take my cares away/ I can so over-complicate, people tell me to medicate". But in the end, she finds to courage to just keep "breathin" with the lyrics, "Just keep breathin' and breathin' and breathin' and breathin'/ I know I gotta keep, keep on breathin'/ Just keep breathin' and breathin' and breathin' and breathin'/ I know I gottta keep, keep on breathin'".

10. no tears left to cry 

no tears left to cry is a powerful self-lifting song that has some elements of disco music as Ariana sings, "Right now, I'm in a state of mind/ I wanna be in, like, all the time/ Ain't got no tears left to cry/ So, I'm pickin' it up, pickin' it up/ I'm lovin', I'm livin', I'm pickin' it up/ I'm pickin' it up, pickin' it up/ Lovin', I'm livin', so we turnin' up/ Yeah, we turnin' it up".

11. borderline (featuring Missy Elliot)

Lyrically, borderline is a funk pop song that talks about being in a relationship with somebody. Grande sings her verse on the chorus with, "Baby, I just want you to be mine

Won’t you give me a bit of your time, oh woah
Chasin’ you, no, I won't stop tryin’
Just meet me at the borderline", then Missy exchanges her verse with the lyrics, "Uh, I'm like, you got me so on a chase
Got me feeling so out of place
Think 'bout you all of my days
Wish you'd chew on me like fresh grapes
Not tryna cuff you or crowd your space
I'm tryna find you words just to say
"Dang, you fine, and look at that face"
At the borderline, beside me, you lay".

12. better off

better off is about Ariana starting realize that being in a relationship isn't for her and that she's "better off without him". This is rumored to be about Mac Miller, Ariana's former boyfriend, a relationship with whom she previously denounced as "toxic" as she sings, "Know better than to bark up my tree/ Just for me to fall and leave/ Nah, I'd rather just watch you smoke and drink, yeah". Then she goes to the chorus with, "I'm better off without him/ I'm better off being a wild one/ On the road a lot, had to keep it a thousand/ So that I'm better off not being around ya".

13. goodnight n go

goodnight n go is cover version of Imogen Heap's song of the same name from her album, Speak For Yourself. Except, Grande decided to remixed the song for the album and added some lyrics of her own. She sings on the first verse, "Tell me why you gotta look at me that way/ You know what it does to me/ So baby, what you tryna to say? Ayy/ Lately, all I want is you on top of me", and then she moves to the chorus with, "Oh, why'd do you have to be so cute?/ It's impossible to ignore you, ah/ Why must you make me laugh so much?/ It's bad enough that we get along so well/ Just say goodnight and go/ Oh, oh, oh/ Just say goodnight and go/ Oh, oh, oh/ Just say goodnight and go". 

14. pete davidson

pete davidson serves as the only interlude for the album. This song is personally dedicated to her fiancée Pete Davidson with whom Ariana became engaged to in June 2018. She opens the first verse with, "I thought you into my life (woah), look at my mind (yeah)/ No better place or a time (look), how they align/ Universe must have my back, fell from the sky into my lap/ And I know you know that you're my soulmate and all that/ I'm like ooh, ooh, my whole life got me ready for you, ooh, ooh". Then, the track comes to an end with Grande saying, "Got me happy, happy/ I'ma be happy, happy, yeah/ I'ma be happy, happy/ Won't get no crying from me, yeah".

15. get well soon

get well soon is the fifteenth and final track for Sweetener. It is the longest track on the album as the singer talks about her anxiety like she did with "breathin". She says on the first verse, "They say my system is overloaded/ (Girl, what's wrong with you? Come back down)/ I'm too much in my head, did you notice?/ (Girl, what's wrong with you? Come back down)".  Towards the end of the song, there is forty seconds of silence to honor the victims of the Manchester attack which occurred on May 22nd. Thus, the length of the song being 5 minutes and 22 seconds as a tribute to Manchester.

Okay, so, I listened to the Sweetener album the day that it was released. After I listened to it from beginning to end, I loved it. Ariana has really showed a different side musically with her album as far as making it fun, emotional and honest at the same time. This album basically tells the story of how Ariana went through a tough time both personally and emotionally, but through it all, she was able to find light and come out stronger than she has been before. I give Sweetener a 10/10.

Make sure that you go and stream Sweetener on Spotify, ITunes, Google Play, Amazon Music, SoundCloud Go+, Pandora, Tidal, and Deezer:

https://open.spotify.com/album/3tx8gQqWbGwqIGZHqDNrGe

https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/sweetener/1399202539

https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Ariana_Grande_Sweetener?id=Buo4mxko7g7d4u5zaewgzkr5jna

https://www.amazon.com/Sweetener-Explicit-Ariana-Grande/dp/B07DTL4H87

https://soundcloud.com/ariana-grande-official/sets/sweetener-2

https://pandora.com/artist/ariana-grande/sweetener-explicit/ALK4h5JZ242453X?part=lf&corr=7bf17011e34b273aeff2792e2c11ae61

https://listen.tidal.com/album/93686128

https://www.deezer.com/us/album/70912182?app_id=140685

You can also listen to on the IHeartRadio or download the Jammer Music app:

 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jammer-play-with-music/id1210112367

https://www.iheart.com/artist/ariana-grande-678625/albums/sweetener-60831521/

Or order the physical copy of Sweetener on Target, Walmart, Barnes & Nobles and other online retail stores:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sweetener-ariana-grande/32625029?ean=0602567838098&st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Core+Catch-All,+Low_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP212586&gclid=CjwKCAjwtvnbBRA5EiwAcRvnpkQQ-eaLJB7ATr3F9myk-evyW6O5bB1pWswUZ-MjRC6_k2T_8HpEVhoCQZMQAvD_BwE

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sweetener-CD-explicit/802419233?athcpid=802419233&athpgid=athenaItemPage&athcgid=null&athznid=tic&athieid=v0&athstid=CS020&athguid=466001f5-5b387a46-3245bb6a3591bc33&athena=true

 https://www.target.com/p/ariana-grande-em-sweetener-em-explicit/-/A-53788044?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&CPNG=PLA_Other_All%20Products+Shopping&adgroup=All%20Products_Catchall&LID=700000001170770pgs&network=g&device=c&location=9008820&gclid=CjwKCAjwtvnbBRA5EiwAcRvnprhIL1ofrwt3gpkYQ8UssFdWUA4NNAQWqmj2cypjZ7EtPaK3Fr8DmRoCh4IQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

https://www.urbanoutfitters.com/shop/ariana-grande-sweetener-cd?adpos=1o3&cm_mmc=SEM-_-Google-_-PLA-_-268392095401_product_type_a_product_type_media_product_type_music_product_typ&color=100&creative=267302709758&device=c&gclid=CjwKCAjwtvnbBRA5EiwAcRvnptDhSX4Q7vrTj6zxfxG6FfQW0SDr_XlWDFny1hzkyIN7hSr8g-wB_BoC7xUQAvD_BwE&inventoryCountry=US&matchtype=&mrkgadid=3160479812&mrkgcl=671&network=g&product_id=49004542&utm_campaign=PLA

Don't forget to buy new merchandise from the Ariana Grande store. The Sweetener x Nicopanda hoodie and crew shirt is only available for a few more hours! Here's the link to the store if you still want to get your hands on it:

https://shop.arianagrande.com/

Did you know that you can do your very own streaming party for the Sweetener album? Well, now you can. Use the hashtag #SweetenerStreamingParty on Twitter to send some screenshots of you streaming the album. This will help Sweetener to debut with higher numbers. Here are the platforms that you can use to stream Sweetener:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sweetener/1399202900

https://open.spotify.com/album/3tx8gQqWbGwqIGZHqDNrGe?nd=1

https://www.amazon.com/Sweetener-Ariana-Grande/dp/B07FGCX8BS

https://listen.tidal.com/album/93636397