Ariana Grande is teasing something new from the Eternal Sunshine era, a year after releasing the original Eternal Sunshine album. On Saturday (March 8), the pop star shared a fiery clip and a pre-save link for an upcoming release that leads to streaming services Spotify and Apple Music.
The short video, which Grande posted on social media, shows mementos being burned. It’s the same box of belongings (including a teddy bear) that are put into the incinerator in her “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” music video, set at the memory erasure clinic Brighter Days.
Grande did not include a caption for her post or a release date for what’s to come. She also remained mum about details when prodded with questions on the Oscars red carpet last weekend, but had previously confirmed there’s an unreleased deluxe edition of her 2024 album.
“There’s something I made last year that will come out eventually,” Grande said in an interview at the Golden Globes in January. “It’s an attachment of Eternal Sunshine. So, that does exist, and that will be coming out at some point.”
When interviewed at the March 2 Oscars ceremony — where Grande was nominated for best supporting actress for her role in Wicked, an award that ultimately went to Zoe Saldaña for her part in Emilia Pérez — she simply said, “The next step is the next step … It means it must come out. It’s been done.”
“You know what, they did the Brighter Days memory erasure treatment to me, so I’m having trouble remembering the details. They’re foggy … You know what, I’ll have to go back to the clinic to see if they can restore my memory,” the singer replied when asked for a release date.
Grande added at the time, “Just keep your eyes peeled. Just keep them peeled. That’s all I’m saying.”
Eternal Sunshine, Grande’s seventh studio album, ruled the Billboard 200 for two weeks in 2024, with singles “Yes, And?” and “We Can’t Be Friends” topping the Hot 100. The album’s standard release preceded a “Slightly Deluxe” version of the album with four additional tracks, which dropped a few days after Eternal Sunshine.
See Grande’s latest teaser below.