I too never thought I'd like Ariana Grande's record. I've always disliked her as a performer and musician, and now I find myself liking her album. Favourite track is certainly Ghostin, the second part of Bad Idea is probably my favourite 2 minutes on the album, but the first half of that song is pretty meh. As an album it's not too shabby, relatively cohesive and interesting enough to listen to several times. The biggest issue is the overuse (or any use for that matter) of trendy trap beats, which don't suit her songs and are just thrown in cause that's "in" right now. Unlike many people I don't like her voice too much, but this time around it didn't bother me much. All in all solid stuff, would definitely love to see her progress into something more interesting in the future!

Unlike other pop artist of today's radio, Ariana Grande does quality. Since her first albums, she knows where she is going and she goes there. Despite the critics, she knows release really interesting and not generic pop songs. She is a real artist that I really respect. His new album "thank u, next" is by far the best album, at least the most accomplished. Ariana Grande is really creating a universe through this very good pop album. The songs are actually very well produced and the lyrics are much better than most other pop star. Very good job, I applaud the originality and the beautiful voice of Ariana on this album...

8/10

Best track: "break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored"

8.5/10

Top Tracks: "7 Rings", "thank u, next", "Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored"

Exemplary pop album. Ghostin for Mac. Simply well done.

I actually thought Ariana might've snapped after last year and will deliver a true work of art. But this is just lazy melodies over basic trap beats. I'll just take the 3 singles and she can keep the rest.

By far her best album. Extremely cohesive

Highlights:
* imagine
* needy
* NASA
* bad idea
* make up
* ghostin
* 7 rings
* thank u, next

Didn't expect to ever like an Ariana Grande album but here we are. It's still a mixed bag but there's enough good tracks here to hold it together. It's at it's best when the lyrics are at their most sincere, like on the first 3 tracks as well as the title track. For the most part the production works well with these lyrics to make great pop songs, but there are a couple of times where overproduction obscures any emotions. There's still a fair number of missteps here, none worse than '7 Rings' which is really a head in your hands moment. The favourite things sample, the offset style "whoo"s in the background and the lyrics that just don't work in the context of the album all add up to a pretty horrible track, but it stands out as being the only track on here that's genuinely bad. In spite of its drawbacks there's enough good stuff here to add up to an album that really stands out in the pop genre right now.

If Melodrama was made with a mainstream audience in mind and therefore utilized trap snares.

Still a surprisingly interesting album. Some cliche pitfalls, but some artistic initiative

It's okay. The first two songs and last three, as well as make up, are great. The rest, not so much. Definitely worth a listen.

É um álbum pop muito bom. Uma vibe bem chill mas bem dançante ao mesmo tempo, com alguns timbres lembrando o vaporwave e o lo-fi hip hop.

highlights: "bloodline", "fake smile", "7 rings", "thank u, next", "break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored".