# @popbase on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcILxd5h3EF
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69131726-popbase-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-17T04:30:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Pop Base (@PopBase) — https://gondola.cc/PopBase

## Caption

8 years ago today, Ariana Grande released 'Sweetener.'

Ariana Grande entered a new artistic chapter with 'Sweetener,' her fourth studio album and the first full-length project to emerge from a period of major personal and creative change. Executive-produced by Grande, Pharrell Williams, and Savan Kotecha, the record blended polished pop with R&B, trap, house, and unconventional production, creating a sound that was noticeably more experimental than her earlier work. Tracks such as 'God Is a Woman,' 'Breathin,' and 'No Tears Left to Cry' balanced intimacy with expansive, radio-ready production.

Across its 15 tracks, Grande explored love, self-worth, anxiety, healing, and the desire to find brightness in difficult moments. Pharrell's fingerprints were especially prominent on songs including 'R.E.M.,' 'Blazed,' and the title track, while producers Tommy Brown and Ilya helped shape the darker, more atmospheric material. The album's playful vocal arrangements and unusual rhythms gave Grande greater room to experiment with both her voice and songwriting.

'Sweetener' debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, giving Grande her fourth consecutive album to reach the summit. It later won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, becoming her first Grammy win, while 'No Tears Left to Cry' earned additional nominations. The album has since become one of the most celebrated projects of Grande's career, remembered as a turning point that broadened her sound and cemented her status as one of pop's most versatile vocalists.

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