Ariana Grande Announces ‘Eternal Sunshine’ Deluxe: Here’s When It Arrives
The news comes one year after the pop star dropped the original LP.
Ariana Grande
The forecast for Ariana Grande fans is looking especially bright this week, with the pop superstar finally announcing her highly anticipated Eternal Sunshine deluxe edition.
The two-time Grammy winner shared the news Monday (March 10) with a post on Instagram, sharing the cover art — a zoomed-out photo of Grande levitating in a white dress, a white light appearing to beam her up to the sky UFO-style — and the release date. “eternal sunshine deluxe,” she wrote in her caption. “3.28.”
The expanded version of Eternal Sunshine — titled Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead — will come just over a full year after the vocalist first dropped the original edition of her seventh studio album, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and spent two weeks at the chart’s summit. The LP also spawned two Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles: “Yes, And?” and “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love).”
Grande has since spent the past year largely focused on the promotion cycle for Wicked, though she has dropped a handful of music videos and live YouTube performances for Eternal Sunshine. In October, she released a “slightly deluxe” version of the album, featuring live recordings and remixes of “Yes, And?” with Mariah Carey, “Supernatural” with Troye Sivan” and “The Boy Is Mine” with Brandy and Monica.
Even so, fans have still been pressing her for more new music for months. And at long last, she finally confirmed that Eternal Sunshine deluxe was officially on its way by posting a teaser video on Instagram Saturday (March 8) — the exact one-year anniversary of the original album — featuring a clip of her foot stepping over the burnt remains of her teddy bear and other mementos from the “We Can’t Be Friends” music video.
The star also previously gave an update on the deluxe edition on the Golden Globes red carpet in January. “There’s something I made last year that will come out eventually,” she said at the time. “It’s an attachment of Eternal Sunshine. So, that does exist, and that will be coming out at some point.”
See Grande’s announcement below.
