Eternal Sunshine (song)

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"Eternal Sunshine"
Song by Ariana Grande
from the album Eternal Sunshine
ReleasedMarch 8, 2024 (2024-03-08)
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"Eternal Sunshine" is a song by American singer-songwriter Ariana Grande. It was released on March 8, 2024 through Republic Records from her seventh studio album of the same name (2024). It is the fifth track from the album, following "Saturn Returns Interlude". The song was written and produced by Grande, Max Martin, Shintaro Yasuda, Davidior, with additional production from Ilya. The R&B and trap song, deriving its title from the American film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), features many lyrical references to the film, including Grande "wiping her mind" of memories. [1] [2]

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Composition

"Eternal Sunshine" is three minutes and 30 seconds long. The song is described as a "skittering" and "comforting" mid-tempo R&B and trap song. [3] [4]

The song transitions from "Saturn Returns Interlude", which ends with the words "wake up" being repeated, alluding to increased mental clarity, presumably from a relationship. [5] Lyrically, Grande is coming to terms with the fate of a past relationship, listing her personal grievances to an ex, and alluding to having wiping her mind of the relationship. [6] There are many references to the film of the same name with Grande labeling her ex as her own "eternal sunshine". [1] [2] The song's lyrics also mentions the Atari video game console, including an 8-bit sound effect in the production. [7]

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  1. 1 2 Snapes, Laura (March 8, 2024). "Ariana Grande: Eternal Sunshine review – perceptive post-divorce album is nearly spotless". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved June 19, 2024. The title track alludes to Michel Gondry's 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and the impossibility of easily forgetting
  2. 1 2 Cinquemani, Sal (March 8, 2024). "Ariana Grande 'Eternal Sunshine' Review: Well-Sung Woes". Slant Magazine . Retrieved June 19, 2024. Grande sings on the title track, directly invoking the film's plot but only vaguely acknowledging that some memories are irreversible.
  3. Zoladz, Lindsay (March 8, 2024). "Ariana Grande Spins Heartbreak Into Gold on 'Eternal Sunshine'". The New York Times . Archived from the original on March 8, 2024. Retrieved March 8, 2024. "I try to wipe my mind, just so I feel less insane," Grande, 30, sings on its skittering, mid-tempo title track. The potent melancholy that suffuses the song, and much of the album, tells you about how well that went.
  4. Yeung, Neil Z. (March 8, 2024). "Eternal Sunshine - Ariana Grande | Album". AllMusic . Archived from the original on March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 9, 2024. It's anything but boring; rather, these tracks hypnotize, comfort ("Eternal Sunshine"), and nourish the soul like the titular rays of light.
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  7. Cobbald, David (March 8, 2024). "Ariana Grande matures alongside Eternal Sunshine's slick pop". The Line of Best Fit . Archived from the original on March 8, 2024. Retrieved March 8, 2024. Little touches like the rings sound effect from Sonic The Hedgehog on the title track after she sings "Atari" are what take the record up a notch.