{"id":267109,"date":"2019-02-08T15:20:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T22:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1013090"},"modified":"2019-02-08T15:20:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T22:20:52","slug":"12-surprising-secrets-from-ariana-grandes-thank-u-next-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/12-surprising-secrets-from-ariana-grandes-thank-u-next-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Surprising Secrets From Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you’ve been offline for the past 24 hours, then we’re here to tell you Ariana Grande<\/a><\/strong> dropped her highly-anticipated album, Thank U, Next<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So get your Spotify account in order or your iTunes subscription up and running so you can listen to all of her bops, because there are a lot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In true Ariana\u00a0fashion, the\u00a012-track album\u00a0is sprinkled with fun facts on how some of her songs were made, like “Ghostin,” for example, was the first song she wrote, and it also took her the longest<\/a>. Don’t expect her to play it live anytime soon, though, because she admits it’s not on the set list.<\/p>\n

“If i can get thru it…but right now it’s not on the set list. i jus want to have a good time with y’all and like… make it thru the show lol. love u sm. thank u for showing this song so much love,” she wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old star took to Twitter<\/a> to share secrets about her album, revealing little gems about certain tracks, behind-the-scenes moments and more.<\/p>\n

So put your headphones on and hit play on Thank U, Next<\/em>\u00a0because we put together all of\u00a0the fun facts behind her latest album.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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The “Bloodline” singer has revealed\u00a012 secrets… so far.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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As mentioned before, “Ghostin” was the first track she wrote for Thank U, Next<\/em>, but she admits she didn’t write it all in one sitting.<\/p>\n

“We had to take lil breaks from ghostin. that was the first hook done and then we came back and did the verses like two weeks later,” she posted on Twitter<\/a>. “Everything else we did in like an hour.”<\/p>\n

A fan had the same reaction as everyone, tweeting, “You wrote those masterpieces in an hour,” to which Grande replied, “it sure felt like it ! i mean maybe we were just drunk.” She tagged her friends and fellow co-writers,\u00a0Victoria Monet<\/strong> and Tayla Parx<\/strong>, in that same tweet.<\/p>\n

As for the last song she wrote<\/a>? Ariana\u00a0says it was\u00a0“Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored,” which already has a music video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When asked what made her put that track on her album, the\u00a025-year-old singer confesses<\/a>, “i think it’s funny. i liked the idea of ending a more honest n vulnerable project and with like a punchline.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Arguably, the best\u00a0question\u00a0had to be when a\u00a0fan asked<\/a>\u00a0how she was able to get\u00a0Shangela<\/strong>\u00a0on the “NASA” song. For reference, the actress and\u00a0RuPaul’s Drag Race<\/em>\u00a0alum starts the song off by saying,\u00a0“This is one small step for woman \/ One giant leap for woman kind.”<\/p>\n

“She came thru w [Frankie Grande<\/strong>] one night to visit us in the studio & said that,” Ari recalls.\u00a0“I was like ….. pls say that again and be on my album.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, Grande shares<\/a>\u00a0that Shangela\u00a0didn’t end the night without saying her famous\u00a0“Halleloo” phrase.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Another person\u00a0featured on her\u00a0album is her best friend, Doug Middlebrook<\/strong>, whose voice recording is played at the beginning of “In My Head.”<\/p>\n

He says, “Here’s the thing, you’re in love with a version of a person \/ That you’ve created in your head \/ That you’re trying to, but, cannot fix \/ Uh, the only person you can fix is yourself \/ In my view, this has gone on way too long \/ Enough is enough \/ I’m two blocks away, I’m coming over.”<\/p>\n

A fan asked if\u00a0Doug’s voicemail inspired “In My Head,” but the singer reveals, “it just fit… We found it later.”<\/p>\n

The pop star dishes that her fave songs<\/a> from the album are\u00a0“a tie between nasa and seven rings.” Adding, “That was a very good day.”\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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It’s been less than six months since Grande released her Sweetener<\/em> album, but\u00a0from her fans’ responses, it’s clear Thank U, Next<\/em> is a banger.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sadly, fans won’t be able to see the “7 Rings” singer perform at the 2019 Grammys<\/a> on Sunday night\u00a0due to differences between her and The Recording Academy.<\/p>\n

She took to Twitter<\/a> to share her frustrations with the executive producer,\u00a0Ken Ehrlich<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“It was when my creativity & self expression was stifled by you, that i decided not to attend. i hope the show is exactly what you want it to be and more.”<\/p>\n

Closing her statement, she said, “i offered 3 different songs. it’s about collaboration. it’s about feeling supported. it’s about art and honesty. not politics. not doing favors or playing games. it’s just a game y’all.. and i’m sorry but that’s not what music is to me.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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If you’ve been offline for the past 24 hours, then we’re here to tell you Ariana Grande dropped her highly-anticipated album, Thank U, Next.\u00a0 So get your Spotify account in order or your iTunes subscription up and running so you can listen to all of her bops, because there are a lot.\u00a0 In true Ariana\u00a0fashion, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-267109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 15:12:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}