The non-Pharrell tracks come courtesy of past Grande collaborators like Max Martin, ILYA, and TB Hits, and largely tap into the ongoing trap influence on the Top 40. Not one of them is outright filler, but an ode to a toxic ex like “everytime” is markedly less original—the kind of bad-decision-making set to ominous thumping that’s all over the charts.
没有和董飞的歌曲是来自Ari的老朋友们Max,ILYA,TB Hits的恩惠,并且十分接近于时下受trap影响的流行风格。没有一首是完全的填充物(某人惨遭打脸),但是有一首关于令人上瘾的前男友歌曲“everytime”很明显的缺少了原创性,这是一个危险的预兆,并且也是当下榜单的通病。
Grande’s got her own new rules, though: She tweaks the daydreaming of Imogen Heap into the throbbing EDM twinkle of “goodnight n go” and turns themelancholy of Drakeinto a meditation on anxiety with “breathin.” Neither is a direct extension of her work with Williams, but both feel like natural fits on an album all about finding the light.
格兰德小姐找到了她自己的规则:她把Imogen Heap (代表作“goodnight and go”)的白日梦做成了EDM曲风的“goodnight n go”,在“breathin”中将Drake式的痛苦转化成了深邃的冥想和渴望。没有一首是和董飞合作的延伸(风格类似),但是都十分自然地融入了这张关于寻找希望的专辑。
Grande may have delivered more of a full-album vibe than a bangers-filled juggernaut, but there is at least one career-defining moment here—the song she has been looking for, wrapped in an unassuming package.
比起制作一张充满爆炸的巨物,格兰德更倾向于充满氛围的整体向更强的专辑,但是至少有一件事可以肯定,她搜集的那些歌曲都是谦逊近人的。