Last week, singer Ariana Grande casually announced online that she will be dropping her next album later this month.
i can’t wait to give u my album this month— Ariana Grande (@Ariana Grande) 1602691215.0
Naturally, the internet collectively lost it.
i love this era already and we’re just getting started @ArianaGrande— ley (@ley) 1602950547.0
ARITOBER PURRRRRRRR— ً (@ً) 1602692016.0
This is the singer's sixth studio album
The studio album is proceeded by "Thank U, Next" which was released on Feb. 8, 2019. Earlier this year, the singer released two songs, Justin Bieber for "Stuck With U" and Lady Gaga for "Rain On Me", respectively.
The lead single is the title track of the album
positions 📁🤍 single tomorrow night 〰️ 10.23 presave now https://t.co/FpkiHYLFqt https://t.co/E0ohyIbZMQ— Ariana Grande (@Ariana Grande) 1603296148.0
The single "Positions" will be released this Friday, Oct. 23, while the album, "positions" will be released next Friday, Oct. 30. Grande released the artwork for "Positions" on Wednesday afternoon.
Fans can keep track of the countdown on the singer's website.
The track was produced by Grande, London on da Track, and Tommy Brown
@ArianaGrande x @LondonOnDaTrack x @TBHITS tommorrow 🐍 https://t.co/uPn2drjnje— WeGotLondonOnDaTrack (@WeGotLondonOnDaTrack) 1603309621.0
London on da Track confirmed the production collaboration on Twitter.
Fans are theorizing that this era represents the singer's growth
@arianaswdn @ArianaGrande our minds https://t.co/zSXD1SqgVS— sara ❀ (@sara ❀) 1602977276.0
Some fans noticed a flower icon on the singer's website. Grande has used different symbols throughout her career, such as using a teardrop when she released "No Tears Left to Cry".
The singer may have already teased a snippet of the song and lyrics for "Positions"
brb https://t.co/ek0NvKvY0N— Ariana Grande (@Ariana Grande) 1600133415.0
know my love infinite nothing that i won’t do— Ariana Grande (@Ariana Grande) 1600110745.0
On Sept. 14, exactly a month before Grande announced her upcoming album, she posted a six-second video and lyrics on her Twitter account.
Another track on the album is titled "Nasty"
Earlier this year, Grande posted a 45 second video of a song titled "Nasty" on her Twitter account.
i miss making things can’t wait to get back to work but for now let’s stay inside pls https://t.co/MbvGeq6KBY— Ariana Grande (@Ariana Grande) 1585082161.0
Fans are theorizing that this is the official cover art for the album
This Tweet from @hornyag2 has been withheld in response to a report from the copyright holder. Learn more.— AG6 is coming💫 (@AG6 is coming💫) 1603308426.0
Fans can now pre-save "Positions" on various streaming websites.