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Music and lyrics[edit]

My Everything is a pop-R&B album.[1] It revisits the '90's retro-R&B style present in Grande's debut album Yours Truly: Annie Zaleski from The A.V. Club, described the album as a "slick throwback to melodramatic ’80s and ’90s pop."[2] The album's tracks include EDM, hip hop tunes and piano-driven ballads.[1][3] The album opens with "Intro", in which Grande addresses her fans: "I'll give you all I have and nothing less, I promise".[4] The second track is the lead single "Problem", an uptempo dance-pop song influenced by R&B,[5][6] jazz, hip hop and funk.[6][7] Rap-Up described the track as an "infectious horn-heavy jam" that features a "carefree" Grande "declaring her independence". It includes "an empowering verse from Iggy Azalea and a whispering Big Sean on the hook."[8] "One Last Time" is a dance-pop and EDM-light song.[9][10] The album continues with "Why Try", co-written and co-produced by Ryan Tedder and Benny Blanco and features the lyrics "Now we're screaming just to see who's louder".[1] Some critics expressed an opinion that the song has a similar composition with Beyoncé's "XO" (2013; also produced by Tedder).[11]

The following track is the EDM song "Break Free".[12] The song combines the EDM and electro genres.[13][14] In an interview with Billboard, Grande described the song as "fantastic and super-experimental for [her]" and stated: "I never thought I'd do an EDM song, but that was an eye-opening experience, and now all I want to do is dance."[15] The album's first of three ballads, "Best Mistake", features Big Sean. Billboard described it as "A moody ballad that grows stickier upon each listen, "Best Mistake" carries a tidy collection of impressive production details, the momentary string stabs among them".[1] Musically, it is a minimal hip-hop piano ballad lament that utilizes instrumentation from strings and a drum machine.[16] It tells a story about a couple trying to "make up their minds about the future of their relationship, with deep affection buried underneath their problems."[16][17][18][19] "Be My Baby" featuring Cashmere Cat is a "bouncy R&B jam".[20] The song was compared with Mariah Carey's songs.[21] The eighth track, "Break Your Heart Right Back", featuring Childish Gambino, is about her boyfriend cheating on her with a man and contains the lyrics "I know you’re mad 'cause I found out / Want you to feel what I feel right now". The song interpolates Diana Ross's "I'm Coming Out."[20][21]

"Love Me Harder", featuring The Weeknd, is a mid-tempo synthpop and R&B song,[22][23][24] which starts small before its "'throbbing', electro-heavy chorus",[25] with a guitar riff,[26] while "big vacuum-esque synths zip" can be heard throughout the track.[27] Rob Copsey wrote for The Official Charts Company that the song reminded him of Drake at his most emotional.[25] Lyrically, the song has Grande demanding romantic satisfaction,[26] using double entendres about BDSM.[24] The track "Just a Little Bit of Your Heart" is the album's second ballad, co-written by Harry Styles.[28][1] Official Charts compared the eleventh track, "Hands on Me", featuring A$AP Ferg, with Rihanna's "Cockiness (Love It)" (2012) and Azalea's "Fancy" (2014).[28][29] Jason Lipshutz of Billboard described "Hands on Me" as "an out-of-left-field banger that removes Grande from her teenybopper phase and finds the 21-year-old discovering her inner Rihanna with lines."[1] The title track "My Everything" concludes the standard edition of the album on a somber note, recalling "Intro", and concerns Grande's struggles to regain the solid footing she once had with her partner.[16]

The first bonus track on deluxe edition, "Bang Bang", featuring Jessie J and Nicki Minaj is an up-tempo, "soulful" song that features a "clap-heavy" production built over "big bouncy beats and horn blasts".[30][31] The next track was described by Billboard as "short, snappy and sumptuous, 'Only 1' is a light confection that succeeds due to its busy, intricate percussion".[1] The deluxe edition of My Everything concludes with the track "You Don't Know Me".

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "My Everything – Billboard Review". Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference TheAVClub was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Ariana Grande's 'My Everything': Album Review". New York Daily News. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  4. ^ "Official Charts 'My Everything"' Review". Official Charts. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  5. ^ Kristobak, Ryan (April 28, 2014). "Ariana Grande Drops New Single 'Problem' Featuring Iggy Azalea". The Huffington Post. Retrieved April 19, 2014.; and "Ariana Grande & Iggy Azalea 'Problem' Review". Idolator. April 28, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  6. ^ a b Wass, Mike. "Ariana Grande Debuts "Problem" With Sexy Radio Disney Music Awards Performance: Watch". Idolator. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  7. ^ "Review: Ariana Grande's hot new single 'Problem' is problem-free anthem for the summer [LISTEN]". MusicTimes.com. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  8. ^ "New Music: Ariana Grande f/ Iggy Azalea – 'Problem'". Rap-Up. SpinMedia. April 27, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ Copsey, Rob (February 8, 2015). "Ariana Grande goes it alone on new single 'One Last Time'". Official Chart Company.
  10. ^ Sawdey, Evan (August 25, 2014). "Ariana Grande: My Everything | PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  11. ^ "Ariana Grande My Everything". Rob Sheffield – Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  12. ^ Sherman, Maria (April 28, 2014). "Ariana Grande Is Going EDM With Zedd on New Album". Fuse.
  13. ^ "Listen to Ariana Grande Go EDM with Zedd on 'Break Free'". Radio.com. July 2, 2014.
  14. ^ Villa, Lucas. "Listen: Zedd helps Ariana Grande 'Break Free' on new dance track", AXS. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference billboard.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ a b c Lipshutz, Jason (August 12, 2014). "Ariana Grande & Big Sean Re-Team For 'Best Mistake': Listen". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on September 2, 2014. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  17. ^ Cite error: The named reference Idolator was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  18. ^ Zaleski, Annie (August 26, 2014). "Ariana Grande's sweet, sweet fantasies are polished but disappointing". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Archived from the original on September 1, 2014. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  19. ^ Wood, Mikael (August 12, 2014). "Ariana Grande Dials It Down With Big Sean In 'Best Mistake'". The Los Angeles Times. Tribune Publishing. Archived from the original on September 1, 2014. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  20. ^ a b "Official Charts 'My Everything"' Review". Official Charts. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  21. ^ a b "My Everything – Billboard Review".
  22. ^ "New Music: Ariana Grande f/ The Weeknd – 'Love Me Harder'". Rap-Up. Townsquare Music. August 20, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  23. ^ Ortiz, Edwin (December 8, 2014). "Ariana Grande f/ the Weeknd "Love Me Harder" – The 50 Best Songs of 2014". Complex. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  24. ^ a b "Review: Ariana Grande makes big things happen on headstrong 'My Everything'". August 29, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  25. ^ a b Copsey, Rob (August 17, 2014). "Ariana Grande's new album My Everything: Track-by-track review". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  26. ^ a b Lipshut, Jason (August 25, 2014). "Ariana Grande Expands on 'My Everything': Track-By-Track Review". Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  27. ^ Cragg, Michael (August 18, 2014). "Ariana Grande's 'My Everything': A first listen review thing". Popjustice. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  28. ^ a b "Official Charts Review". Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  29. ^ Cite error: The named reference Official Charts was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  30. ^ "Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj Finally Unveil 'Bang Bang' | MTV UK". Mtv.co.uk. April 29, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  31. ^ "Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj's "Bang Bang": Listen To The Collaboration | Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on". Idolator.com. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
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