Ariana Grande has kept her fans entertained during lockdown, sporting ombre bunches, going 'Instagram official' with her boyfriend Dalton Gomez and releasing a stay-at-home quarantine anthem with Justin Bieber.
Now, the 27-year-old has revealed some exciting news that’s sure to put a big smile on her fans' faces.
On Sunday October 28, Grande shared an Instagram video in which she types the word ‘positions’ on a keyboard, leading fans to assume a new album was incoming.
And now, on Saturday October 23, Grande shared the first single from her upcoming album, called 'positions' and the accompanying music video.
The video shows Grande replacing Donald Trump as president of the US, and has been released just days before the US election.
In the video, Grande chairs a meeting with her staff - which includes her mother Joan Grande - walks through the corridor flanked by an all-female secret service squad and sits behind the desk in the oval office.
The lyrics of 'positions' refer to the multiple roles and gestures someone can take on in a relationship, and the video alludes to this too also showing Grande cooking - aided by wine - in the kitchen in between running a country.
Grande will be releasing a new album - her sixth studio album, currently untitled - on October 30.
‘I can't wait to give you my album this month,’ she tweeted last week to her 77.7 million followers.
Unsurprisingly, the news sent her fans into a tailspin, with some thanking her for ‘saving’ 2020.
The news follows Grande teasing fans for months about the possibility of new music, which some social media users are now referring to as ‘AG6’.
Earlier this month, the ‘Rain On Me’ singer shared a photograph of herself and noted how she’d been ‘turning in these mixes’, which suggested she was working on new music. She also took the opportunity to urge her followers to register to vote and vote early in the upcoming US presidential election.
In March, she shared snippets of her new music on social media with the caption: ‘I miss making things / can’t wait to get back to work / but for now / let’s stay inside pls. [sic]’
In May, Grande shared a photograph of herself standing in front of a microphone, wearing headphones, in a set-up which looked like a recording studio.
The singer released her fifth album, thank u, next, in February 2019 which includes chart-topping tracks like ‘7 Rings’ and 'break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored'. Its success saw the star subsequently amass a whopping five Grammy nominations.
This year, Grande became the first and only artist to have debuted four singles at the top of the Hot 100 following her collaboration with Lady Gaga.
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