Twilight Zone (Ariana Grande song)

"Twilight Zone"
Single by Ariana Grande
from the album Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead
Released	April 8, 2025
Studio	Jungle City (New York City) MXM (Stockholm) House Mouse (Stockholm)
Genre	Synth-pop
Length	3:18
Label	Republic
Composer(s)	Ariana Grande Max Martin Ilya Salmanzadeh
Lyricist(s)	Ariana Grande
Producer(s)	Ariana Grande Max Martin Ilya Salmazadeh
Ariana Grande singles chronology
"Defying Gravity" (2024) "Twilight Zone" (2025)
Music video
"Twilight Zone" on YouTube

"Twilight Zone" is a song by American singer-songwriter Ariana Grande from Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead , the 2025 reissue of her seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine (2024). Republic Records released the song to US contemporary hit radio on April 8, 2025, as the lead single from the deluxe album.

Grande wrote the track, which she also composed and produced with Max Martin and Ilya Salmanzadeh. "Twilight Zone" charted at number seven on the Billboard Global 200 and the top 10 in Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. Elsewhere, it reached the top 20 in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United States.

Background

"Twilight Zone" is named after The Twilight Zone , a series that Grande herself had referenced and spoken about regularly in the years prior to the song's release. ^[1] On October 30, 2019, she dressed as a pig-faced version of herself for Halloween, inspired by the episode titled "Eye of the Beholder" (1959). ^[2] The track was revealed to be part of the deluxe edition of her 2024 album Eternal Sunshine on March 17, 2025. ^[3]

Composition and themes

"Twilight Zone" is a synth-pop song ^[4] that opens with a "delicate, ethereal melody" and continues minimalistically with a "haunting" undertone against "dreamy synths and deceptively breezy production" ^[5] that allow Grande's vocals to "shine". The singer showcases her higher vocal register to express "emotional depth." It explores themes of surreality in the context of love and life alongside "chillwave-adjacent" sounds that create a "mysterious atmosphere" throughout the song. ^[6]

She uses the metaphor of the twilight zone to express bewilderment that a former relationship happened. ^[7] The song was seen as Grande alluding to her relationship with ex-husband Dalton Gomez, delivering a final message to him through the song. ^[8]

Critical reception

Marcus Adetola of Neon Music found the song to be "haunting, unfinished" but with a "more honest" delivery than a polished piece of music could. Adetola called the song "the one that quietly cuts deepest" by an artist that has done "self-reflection" to come back with a clear message. ^[5] To Jordi Bardají of Jenesaispop , the song felt like a continuation of her 2024 single "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)", finding similarities in their sounds and concepts. ^[9] In a ranking of all the deluxe edition tracks for Billboard , Kyle Denis placed it third, saying that the song "pumps some verve" into the tracklist through a "somber Max Martin-helmed synth-pop beat" while lyrically, it plays "more directly into the divorce album aesthetic" than the standard edition tracks. ^[10]

Track listing

Streaming/digital download – single

1. "Twilight Zone" – 3:18
2. "Twilight Zone" (a cappella) – 3:01
3. "Twilight Zone" (instrumental) – 3:18

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Twilight Zone" Chart (2025) Peak position Argentina Anglo Airplay (Monitor Latino) [11] 7 Australia (ARIA) [12] 16 Brazil (Brasil Hot 100) [13] 95 Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [14] 23 Canada CHR/Top 40 ( Billboard ) [15] 3 Colombia Anglo Airplay (Monitor Latino) [16] 14 CIS Airplay (TopHit) [17] 185 Croatia International Airplay (Top lista) [18] 28 Ecuador Anglo Airplay (Monitor Latino) [19] 11 Estonia Airplay (TopHit) [20] 42 France (SNEP) [21] 114 Germany (GfK) [22] 89 Global 200 ( Billboard ) [23] 7 Greece International (IFPI) [24] 14 Ireland (IRMA) [25] 12 Japan Hot Overseas ( Billboard Japan ) [26] 4 Lithuania (AGATA) [27] 85 Lithuania Airplay (TopHit) [28] 34 Malaysia International (RIM) [29] 7 Malta Airplay (Radiomonitor) [30] 8 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [31] 55 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [32] 17 Norway (VG-lista) [33] 49 Paraguay Anglo Airplay (Monitor Latino) [34] 9 Philippines (Philippines Hot 100) [35] 7 Philippines (IFPI) [36] 9 Portugal (AFP) [37] 46 Romania Airplay (TopHit) [17] 185 Singapore (RIAS) [38] 6 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100) [39] 52 Spain (PROMUSICAE) [40] 78 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [41] 60 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [42] 47 UK Singles (OCC) [43] 5 US Billboard Hot 100 [44] 18 US Adult Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [45] 23 US Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [46] 5 Venezuela Anglo Airplay (Monitor Latino) [47] 6

Monthly charts Monthly chart performance for "Twilight Zone" Chart (2025) Peak position Estonia Airplay (TopHit) [48] 66 Lithuania Airplay (TopHit) [49] 38

Release history

Release date and format for "Twilight Zone"

Region	Date	Format(s)	Version(s)	Label	Ref.
United States	April 8, 2025	Contemporary hit radio	Original	Republic	[50]
Various	June 20, 2025	Digital download streaming	Original a cappella instrumental		[51]
Germany	July 25, 2025	7-inch vinyl	Original a cappella		[52]
Italy					[53]
United Kingdom		7-inch vinyl cassette CD			[54] [55] [56]
United States					[57] [58] [59]

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