dangerous woman tour studio version download The Fortnite Rift Tour will be the pinnacle of in-game . Travis Scott's Astronomical performance was a good idea, but the Fortnite Ariana Grande Rift Tour is a great idea, and one that will cement Fortnite as a cultural touchstone across both the music and video game industries. The Fortnite Ariana Grande Rift Tour runs between August 6 and 8, with five showings set at different times across the weekend. Not only will you get a chance to watch a digital version of Ariana Grande headline a Fortnite stage to perform some of her hits, but you'll also be able to grab at least one Ariana Grande skin and other Ari-related customization items. Completing an in-game quest will get you some rewards, and just attending the Rift Tour will get you a cutesy umbrella. Last April we said that the Travis Scott Astronomical performance proved Fortnite was changing the game and music industries forever . And even though it's been quiet on the musical performance front for over a year, the Fortnite Ariana Grande Rift Tour shows just how plugged into the moment Fortnite is. Ariana Grande is a bigger star than Travis Scott, with a Guinness World Record for most songs debuting at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 under her belt - that she's coming to one of the most popular video games is a big deal. Ariana Grande in Fortnite is the perfect pop culture crossover. Period. A Grande Star. Ariana Grande is a pop culture icon who transcends the limits of the music industry. She has an immense presence on , music videos that rack up millions of views, and an upcoming role in Adam McKay's next big comedy, Don't Look Up. But Ariana Grande is a brand above all else, with a carefully cultivated visual presence that makes her instantly recognizable. I mean, did ponytails even exist before Ariana Grande started wearing one? I am, admittedly, an Ariana Grande fan (aka an Arianator). I know about her nine rescue dogs including Toulouse, Pignoli, and Myron, and her emotional support pig, Piggy Smallz, who is in Fortnite as Back Bling. Like many Arianators, I can pinpoint her musical eras just by looking at a picture of her outfit – the '' era included a lot of latex bunny ears, while the 'Sweetener' era was oversized hoodies and thigh- high . It's this almost obsessive attention to detail that makes Ariana such an instantly recognizable public figure. Whereas Travis Scott only brings to mind visuals of his Astroworld tour and that iconic GIF of him holding a microphone stand over his head (which Epic Games put in Fortnite), Ariana Grande has an almost endless collection of iconic looks and instantly recognizable visuals. This means that Ariana Grande offers Epic Games myriad options when it comes to content for the Rift Tour – there could be gigantic representations of her rescue dogs bobbing their heads to 'thank u, next' or clips of Legally Blonde and Bring It On projected onto virtual stars. When it comes to Ariana Grande supplying fodder for the Fortnite canon, the limit does not exist. A Grande-r . Travis Scott's Fortnite performance came shortly after many countries shut down due to COVID-19 and his scheduled Coachella performance was canceled. The Astronomical performance acted as a replacement for that planned Coachella set, giving fans a chance to see a Fortnite version of Scott at no extra charge. According to Billboard, the virtual concert drew more than 45 million views - a number that is certainly astronomical (sorry). The Rift Tour isn't replacing any of Ariana Grande's scheduled performances (although I did expect her to come out during 's Chromatica Ball that was supposed to take place this August). Despite that, I think it'll be much bigger than Astronomical, in several ways. Scott's performance was just under nine minutes long and was a Fortnite version of the rapper dancing to his music – there was no live rapping or motion capture like the DJ Marshemello concert. If Grande wants to stand out from the crowd, she may take a page out of Marshmello's book and do some mo-cap for this event. If not that, I at least expect the pop star to produce a much longer event than Travis Scott's, if only because of how much time Epic has had since the last major in-game concert and how much the studio has learned about holding them since. The team could reasonably go much bigger and longer than they did for Astronomical, and if the Ariana Grande skin with its impossibly long ponytail is any indication, Epic seems poised to go big or go home. Plus, you have to take the Arianators into account, many of whom will download Fortnite just to watch the Rift Tour (my sister, who isn't a gamer, is doing precisely that). Epic Games has to be well-aware of Ariana Grande's fanbase, and hopefully plans to wow Fortnite newcomers with an unforgettable visual and auditory experience. There's also the Fortnite players, who will be expecting something more Grande-r than previous concerts. I think Epic Games will deliver just that. With the Rift Tour, Ariana Grande will get a chance to present her award-winning music in a way she never has before - in a trippy interactive production set inside one of the biggest games in the world. Players will get a chance to experience another experimental music performance that you can only get when someone like Ariana Grande ends up in a game like Fortnite - a titan of pop culture combining with a wildly popular video game. The Rift Tour will prove that Fortnite will continue to offer up a space for creative industries to collide and make magic. The Fortnite Ariana Grande Rift Tour kicks off Friday, August 6 at 6pm ET / 3pm PT / 11pm BST on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, PC, Android, and iOS. Alyssa Mercante is an editor and features writer at GamesRadar based out of , NY. Prior to entering the industry, she got her Masters's degree in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Newcastle University with a dissertation focusing on contemporary indie games. She spends most of her time playing competitive shooters and in-depth RPGs and was recently on a PAX Panel about the best bars in video games. In her spare time Alyssa rescues cats, practices her Italian, and plays soccer. Dangerous Woman. " Dangerous Woman " is the lead single and second track from Ariana Grande's third studio album with the same title. It was released through Republic Records on March 11, 2016. The song debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. This makes Grande the first artist in the chart's 57-year history to debut in the 10 with the lead single from each of her first three albums. "Dangerous Woman" marks Grande's seventh Billboard Hot 100 top 10 (and fifth to debut in the top 10). [1] A live version of the song is featured on K Bye For Now (SWT Live) , which was released on December 23, 2019. Contents. Background. On January 17, 2016, Grande teased lyrics from the song on . [2] On March 1, 2016, she released the first snippet of "Dangerous Woman" onto her website of the same name. It was an a cappella clip. [3] [4] She later shared an instrumental snippet of the song to her Snapchat and Instagram with the caption reading "6 Days till Dangerous Woman". [5] On March 7, 2016, Grande shared on her Snapchat a snippet of the song with the caption '3'. [6] On March 9, 2016, a preview of the song was featured in the Victoria's Secret Swim Special. It played for about a minute. Grande debuted the song on Saturday Night Live on March 12, 2016. She released a recorded a cappella version of the full on March 21, 2016. [7] Grande performed this song at the MTV Movie Awards with Jason Robert Brown on April 10, 2016. Her brother, Frankie, made a reaction video while watching her performance. [8] On April 25, 2016, Grande also performed the song on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon . On April 30, 2016, Grande performed the song at the Radio Disney Music Awards ( RDMAs ), though a large portion of it had to be censored because of Disney's largely-young audience. "Locked and loaded" , "skin to skin" and "bulletproof" were all left out, and "bad girls underneath like that" was replaced with a second "all girls wanna be like that" . Live performances. Grande debuted the song on Saturday Night Live on March 12, 2016. She released a recorded a cappella version of the full on March 21, 2016. [7] Grande performed this song at the MTV Movie Awards with Jason Robert Brown on April 10, 2016. Her brother, Frankie, made a reaction video while watching her performance. [8] On April 25, 2016, Grande also performed the song on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon . On April 30, 2016, Grande performed the song at the Radio Disney Music Awards ( RDMAs ). Grande performed the song at Wango Tango 2016. Grande added the song to Grande's setlist in 2017. It was a regular part of the setlist of Grande's , which began on March 18, 2019. Music video. The music video was filmed on March 20, 2016. It was released on March 31, 2016, at midnight on . The video is directed by The Young Astronauts and produced by Peter Williams and Jona Ward. Grande initially planned to release two music videos, because the song makes her feel two different emotions, for which she feels two videos are needed to portray. Visual 1 is more slow and sexy, whereas Visual 2 had to be more "cinematic". [9] She later confirmed that Visual 2 had been canceled. [10] [11] Trivia. Visual 2 was canceled. Before it was canceled, she said she wanted more of a "cinematic vibe". In a Q&A, Grande explained that the cancellation of Visual 2 was because she didn't have time. Videos. Lyrics. [Verse 1] Oh, yeah Don't need permission, made my decision, to test my limits Cause it's my business, God as my witness, stop what I finished Don't need no hold up, taking control of, this kind of moment I'm locked and loaded, completely focused, my mind is open. [Pre-Chorus] All that you got Skin to skin Oh my God Don't you stop, boy. [Chorus] Somethin' bout you makes me feel like a dangerous woman Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout you Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout. [Verse 2] Nothing to prove and, I'm bulletproof and, know what I'm doing The way we're moving, like introducing, us to a new thing I wanna savour, save it for later The taste of flavour, cause I'm a taker Cause I'm a giver, it's only nature, I live for danger. [Pre-Chorus] All that you got Skin to skin Oh my God Don't you stop, boy ( Oh, yeah ) [Chorus] Somethin' bout you ( Somethin' bout you ) makes me feel like a dangerous woman Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout you Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't ( Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't ) Somethin' bout, somethin' bout ( Somethin' bout ), somethin' bout ( Somethin' bout you ) [Post-Chorus] All girls wanna be like that Bad girls underneath, like that You know how I'm feeling inside (Somethin' bout, somethin' bout) ( Somethin' bout ) All girls wanna be like that Bad girls underneath, like that ( Bad girls underneath, like that ) You know how I'm feeling inside (Somethin' bout, somethin' bout) [Instrumental Bridge] Mmmm, oh. [Chorus] Somethin' bout you ( Somethin' bout you ) makes me feel like a dangerous woman ( Feel like a dangerous woman ) Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout you Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't ( Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't, babe ) Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout ( Somethin' bout you ) [Post-Chorus] All girls wanna be like that ( Mmmm ) Bad girls underneath, like that You know how I'm feeling inside ( You know how I'm feeling inside, babe ) (Somethin' bout, somethin' bout) All girls wanna be like that ( Like that ) Bad girls underneath, like that ( -neath like that ) You know how I'm feeling inside (Somethin' bout, somethin' bout) [Outro] Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy ( Ah ) Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy ( Oh, yeah ) Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout you ( Somethin' bout you ) Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy ( Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy ) Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy ( Yeah, there's somethin' bout you boy ) Somethin' bout, somethin' bout, somethin' bout you ( Somethin' bout you ) Sweetener (album) Sweetener Studio album by Ariana Grande. General information. Release Date. Recorded. Studio. Genre. Length. Label. Producer(s) Studio albums chronology Previous Current Next Dangerous Woman Sweetener Thank U, Next. Singles. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 61st ceremony, marking Grande's first career Grammy win. [4] Contents. Background. Following the release of Grande's third studio album, Dangerous Woman on May 20, 2016, which was met with positive reviews, Grande confirmed she began working and writing on the album on her Snapchat and Twitter later that month. [5] On November 13, 2016, Grande confirmed on Snapchat that she was done with her fourth album. She later clarified by saying, "I didn't mean to make an album, and I don't know if it's done at all, but I just have a bunch of songs that I really really like. I've been working a lot and have been creating and feeling inspired." [6] [7] [8] On January 10, 2017, Grande confirmed again by tweeting that she was done with the album, but later she deleted the tweet. [9] On March 5, 2017, Grande confirmed during the soundcheck of her Dangerous Woman Tour concert in that the songs she had previously teased ("Got Her Own", "My Way" and "Sober") won't be on the album. In a Q&A, Grande said that she wanted to have 10 tracks on the album. [10] On March 6, 2017, Grande confirmed during a Q&A that she had been working with Pharrell Williams for several months. [11] On September 18, 2017, Riccardo Marcuzzo uploaded a photo on his Instagram Stories editing a song for Grande. [12] Scooter Braun told Variety that the album has a more mature sound. [13] Pharrell Williams told LA Times: “The things that [Ariana] has to say on this album, it's pretty next-level.” [14] On December 13, 2017, Grande uploaded a photo and a video on her Instagram Story in the recording studio for the album. [15] On December 31, 2017, Grande shared a snippet from the album on her Instagram, which was later revealed to be a track titled "Get Well Soon". [16] Grande's close friend, Colleen Ballinger, said in a Q&A that she has heard some of the album. [17] Charlie Walk, from Republic Records, also said about the album: "She's making some music that we haven't heard before from her, different types of stuff that I think is gonna be really super important for the 2018 music scene." [18] Grande's brother, , said: "It's the best thing that ever happened on earth. she's unbelievable. It's unreal". [19] On March 2, 2018, the album was reported to be complete. It was also revealed that Pharrell Williams and Max Martin each produced half of the album. [20] On April 9, 2018, it was reported that Grande was set to release the lead single from the album on April 27, 2018 and it was revealed that Savan Kotecha worked on the album. [21] On April 16, 2018, it was reported that Grande may move up the lead single release to April 20, 2018, due to labelmate Post Malone's album being released on April 27. [22] On April 17, 2018, Grande announced that the album's lead single, "", would be released on April 20, 2018. [23] Piece of paper from the music video for "No Tears Left To Cry" showing the tracks featured in Sweetener . In its music video, released the same day, one scene showed a piece of paper with the title "Track List" at the top [24] [25] , however, Grande said that the songs weren't in order. [26] On May 1, 2018, during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , Grande revealed the title of the album, Sweetener . She said the meaning behind the title is "kind of about like bringing light to a situation, or to someone's life, or somebody else who brings light to your life, or sweetening the situation." [27] Grande also revealed three songs featured in the album: "", "Raindrops" and "". [28] On May 17, 2018, in an interview with Time magazine, Grande announced a new song, "Get Well Soon", as well as confirming that she took the lead on songwriting for the album and experimented with her sound. [29] On May 21, 2018, Grande posted a snippet on her Instagram story, [30] and revealed that she had added more songs to the album. [31] On May 25, 2018, Grande confirmed that she had added 5 more songs to the album. [32] On May 27, 2018, Grande posted a snippet of "The Light Is Coming", revealing that the song features . [33] On May 29, 2018, Grande confirmed that the album would have fifteen tracks, three of which would be collaborations. [34] [35] On June 2, 2018, Grande announced that the album will be available for pre-order on June 20, 2018, and "The Light Is Coming" will be released with it. [36] On June 17, 2018, Grande revealed that she will be releasing a new song on July 20, 2018. [37] "God Is A Woman" was announced as the album's second single. [38] However, on July 12, 2018, Grande announced that it will be released on July 13, 2018. [39] On July 15, 2018, Grande used the Sweetener Instagram account and began slowly revealing the album track list. [40] After its release, the album received universal acclaim from music critics and broke the US Spotify record for biggest opening day by a female artist. [41] Recording. She posted on her Snapchat and tweeted that she was in the studio on May 6, 2016 - June 29, 2016 - July 13, 2016. She wasn’t able to record between May 28, 2016 and early June 2016 due to throat and sinus infection. On December 13, 2017, old photos of Grande recording surfaced on Twitter. To shut down rumors about them being recent, Grande posted photos of herself working on the album on her Instagram story. On December 28, 2017, Grande posted four photos and two videos of her in the studio. [42] On June 7, 2018, Grande revealed that the first song recorded for the album was its title track "Sweetener", in early July 2016. [2] She also revealed that the last song to be recorded was an interlude (later revealed to be titled "Pete Davidson"), in May 2018. [3] July 22, 2016 [43] July 27, 2016 [44] July 30, 2016 [45] August 11, 2016 [46] August 12, 2016 [47][48] August 13, 2016 [49] April 25, 2017 [42] May 3, 2017 [42] June 17, 2017 [42] June 19, 2017 [42] June 23, 2017 [42] September 27, 2017 [42] October 4, 2017 [42] December 31, 2017 [50] February 28, 2018 [51] March 1, 2018 [51] Cover art. Sweetener album cover art teased in a scene from the music video for its lead single, "No Tears Left To Cry". On May 29, 2018, Grande confirmed that the album cover would be in color and that her eyes would be open. [52] [53] On June 12, 2018, an Instagram account for Sweetener was created and began slowly revealing the album cover as a countdown to its pre-order, with one segment being posted every 25 hours. [54] However, on June 18, 2018, the cover art was accidentally leaked by iTunes, so the last three segments were all posted on the same day. Grande said about the cover art: "I showed Aaron a photo and he was sitting opposite me and he said 'I even love it upside down' and that was kind of it for me at the time I had been feeling very 'upside down' for a while and the simplicity of that was like 'oh duh wow my best friend [is] a genius', everything clicked after that". [55] The album cover art is similar to its lead single's cover art. Ariana Grande's name isn't anywhere on the cover being her first album cover without her name. Singles. The lead single, "No Tears Left To Cry", was released on April 20, 2018. [23] The second single, "God Is A Woman", was released on July 13, 2018. [38] [39] The third and final single, "", was released on September 18, 2018. [56] [57] Promotional singles. A promotional single, "The Light Is Coming", featuring Nicki Minaj, was released on June 20, 2018, along with the pre-order of the album. [36] Promotion. Grande performing at The Sweetener Sessions on August 20, 2018. On August 8, 2018, Grande announced a series of promotional concerts in the , titled The Sweetener Sessions, which took place on August 20, 22, and 25 in New York, , and , respectively. The tour was in partnership with American Express. [58] On August 28, 2018, a concert was announced in partnership with Up Close, which will take place on September 4, 2018. [59] An art exhibit hosted by Spotify inspired by the album, called Sweetener : The Experience, was held on September 29 and 30, 2018, in New York. The exhibition featured rooms inspired by each of the songs on Sweetener . On October 25, 2018, Grande announced the Sweetener/Thank u next World Tour in support of Sweetener as well as her fifth studio album, Thank U, Next . The tour began on March 18, 2019, in Albany, New York, and is set to end on December 22, 2019, in Inglewood, California. Commercial performance. Sweetener debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 with 231,000 album-equivalent units, of which 127,000 were pure album sales. [60] [61] This is Grande's third studio album to debut at the top of the chart since her previous Dangerous Woman debuted and peaked at No. 2, while Yours Truly and My Everything both debuted at No. 1 in 2013 and 2014, respectively. 6 tracks of the album debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the same week: "Breathin" (No. 22), "Sweetener" (No. 55), "Everytime" (No. 62), "R.E.M" (No. 72), "Goodnight N Go" (No. 87) and "Pete Davidson" (No. 99). It also debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums chart, moving 45,000 album-equivalent units. [62] [63] It became her second number-one album in the UK and her fastest-selling album to date. [64] In , the album became Grande's third number one on the ARIA Albums Chart and all 15 of its tracks placing on the ARIA Singles Chart in the same week. [65] [66] [67] In , the album debuted at No. 1 being her first album to reach the top there. [68] The album also reached the top of the charts in several other markets, including , , [69] , , [70] the , , , [71] [72] Finland, [73] , [74] Ireland, [75] , [76] , [77] [78] , Portugal [79] , Spain, [80] and . [81] In and Japan, the album debuted at No. 3 and No. 5, respectively. [82] [83] Dangerous Woman (album) Dangerous Woman Studio album by Ariana Grande. Standard Deluxe/Target Japanese. General information. Release Date. Recorded. Studio. Genre. Length. Label. Producer(s) Studio albums chronology Previous Current Next My Everything Dangerous Woman Sweetener. Singles. Dangerous Woman (originally titled Moonlight ) is Ariana Grande's third studio album. It was released through Republic Records on May 20, 2016. The album was recorded between August 2014 and January 2016. The album debuted at No. 2 on the US Billboard 200, earning 175,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, with 129,000 coming from pure sales. It was her first album to not hit number-one in the country. However, it became her first number one album in the UK. It also hit number-one in Australia, Brazil, Italy, Ireland, New Zealand, Spain and , while also entering the top ten in almost every territory it charted in. On October 28, 2016, Dangerous Woman was certified Platinum by the RIAA for combined album sales, on-demand audio, video streams and track-sale equivalent of 1 million units. As of January 2017, the album has sold over 322,000 pure copies in the US. [1] Contents. Background. Early recording as Moonlight. Following the release of Grande's sophomore studio album My Everything on August 25, 2014, which met with positive reviews, Grande confirmed she began working and writing on the album in a live stream in October 2014. Recording sessions began in August 2014. She said that she wanted to release it in late summer or early fall 2015, following suit to her previous albums. She also said that she had played some new material for her grandmother earlier that day. [2] Grande continued to record through the rest of the year and into early 2015. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] In February 2015, Grande began . She would find time in between tour dates to record the album. In April, Grande heavily worked with her friends and songwriters Tommy Brown and . On the 8th Grande tweeted that she had made a "really cool song". [10] Grande tweeted about the song a few days later and said it was very lovely and special. Tommy posted about the song on Instagram and said he wished he could tell fans the name of the song. [11] Grande soon began hinting at the title by posting photos of crescent moons online. [12] On May 29, 2015, Grande stated that the special song she was hinting at would be called "Moonlight" and the album would have the same name. [13] [14] [15] Grande spoke about the album in June 2015, stating that the title track was inspired by "this boy" (Ricky Alvarez) she had been dating. She said, "It's about this very cute night we had together. I have a playlist of 12 songs already. I plan on writing a lot more as soon as I get home. It's the most personal music I’ve ever written." [16] Victoria confirmed on Twitter that "Moonlight" would not be about . Some fans don't believe that and were asking Grande on Twitter. Grande replied on VEVO's Twitter, "HAHAHA. y'all already know. and I love you lmao. a night under the blood moon! that's all." On October 25, 2015, Grande posted a snippet of the song "Got Her Own" on Snapchat. [17] "Focus" was confirmed as the lead single in August 2015 under the name "Focus On Me" at the iHeartRadio Music Summit. It was released on October 30, 2015, along with its music video. The song debuted at No. 7 in the United States but slid down the chart in the following weeks. "Focus" received mixed to negative reviews from critics and generally underperformed. After the song died down, Grande returned to recording the album. Grande was in the studio again on November 17, 2015. [18] On January 6, 2016, Grande posted on Snapchat that she was recording in her studio. [19] She also posted a picture of the recording booth that showed the corner of her song board. [20] It confirmed three songs, "Be Alright", "Moonlight" and "Let Me Love You". On January 21, 2016, Grande confirmed on Snapchat that she was done with album #3. Renaming and website launch. On January 11, 2016, Grande removed "moonlight" from her Twitter bio which made fans suspicious. She responded by saying "you'll see" and then revealed she was debating to rename the album over a new song she had recorded. [21] On January 14, Grande appeared on Jimmy Kimmel and confirmed that she was still deciding to change it. On January 21, 2016, Grande posted a picture on Instagram that said "dw" hinted to fans at the possible new title. [22] On January 31, 2016, Grande posted a photo on Instagram of her shirt covered up saying, "I can't tell you what this shirt says yet." [23] On February 3, 2016, Grande performed new music at the iHeartRadio Summit (although it's closed to the public and only a few pictures were released). [24] [25] Grande was seen playing the guitar and using a vocoder, which are both new for her. [26] [27] The shirt she wore (which was the shirt previously mentioned) could only be partially seen although fans concluded it said, "Dangerous Woman" which they presumed could be the new title. On February 22, 2016, Grande confirmed the name of the album to be "Dangerous Woman" on Snapchat. [28] On February 24, 2016, Grande launched a new website (dangerouswoman.com) to dedicate to album updates. The next day she revealed via the website that she would be performing "Dangerous Woman" and "Be Alright" on Saturday Night Live on March 12, 2016. On February 29, 2016, Grande held a live stream in which she confirmed that there would be 15 tracks on the US edition of the album, with more on special editions. In addition, she revealed that there would be 3 features (later it was changed to 4). On March 1, 2016, the title track, "Dangerous Woman", was confirmed to be the next single. [29] Grande later launched a countdown (ending on March 11) for the album pre-order as well as the release of the single "Dangerous Woman". On March 10, Grande revealed the album artwork. On March 11, 2016, "Dangerous Woman" was released and the album became available for pre-order, which revealed part of the tracklist for the Standard, Deluxe/North American, and Japanese editions. However, only the Japanese edition included "Focus", confirming that it has been cut from all other editions, with the album's title track replacing it as the lead single. Confirmed during an interview with Ryan Seacrest, "Be Alright" would be available on March 18, 2016, on which it was released as the first promotional single from the album. In another radio interview, she announced a new song titled "Leave Me Lonely". This track will feature Macy Gray. With the announcement of this song, she said the total number of collaborations on the album are four. On March 18, 2016, Grande revealed on 102.7 KIIS-FM that Nicki Minaj and Future will serve as features on her new album. All four collaborators' names have now been released. The same day, Grande hosted a live stream on Twitter for which she shared the first minute of the song, "Let Me Love You". Other important dates. On July 28, 2015, Grande tweeted that she was working on something exciting for her fans. [30] On June 29, 2015, Grande tweeted that she worked on something special for her fans that night. [31] She also had a "very important meeting" with Republic Records. She worked on her "favorite song of all time". [32] She then tweeted, "today was the most musically inspired day of my life". [33] However, the album doesn't contain any songs in which he is credited as a writer but he can be heard beatboxing during the beginning and throughout the whole track of "Dangerous Woman" . Singles. The lead single, "Dangerous Woman", was released on March 11, 2016. The second single, "Into You", was released on May 6, 2016. The third single, "", featuring Nicki Minaj, was released on August 30, 2016. The fourth and final single, "Everyday", featuring Future, was released on January 10, 2017. Promotional singles. The first promotional single, "Be Alright", was released on March 18, 2016. The second promotional single, "Let Me Love You", featuring Lil Wayne, was released on April 18, 2016. The third promotional single, "Jason's Song (Gave It Away)", was released on September 16, 2016. Grande performing "Be Alright" on the Dangerous Woman Tour. Grande announced in May 2016 that she would be going on tour to support Dangerous Woman at the end of the year or the start of next year. [36] On September 9, 2017, Grande announced the North American dates of the tour. The North American leg took place from February to April 2017. On October 20, 2016, Grande announced the European dates of the tour. The European leg took place in May and June 2017. In April 2017, Grande announced tour dates in Latin America for June and July 2017; in for August and September 2017, including a performance in as part of the F1 Grand Prix; and in Oceania for September 2017. Podcast. You can listen and subscribe to our women’s history podcast at Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, RadioPublic, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Deezer, and A Cast. If you like what you hear, consider leaving us a review! In this episode of the podcast, DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire introduces us to daring German writer Irmgard Keun. As an ingenue, Irmgard’s writing debut was much more consequent than her acting debut, and she garnered praise and a film adaptation. Her books explored women’s lives in Weimar-era with a humor all her own, which of course meant the Nazis banned them. There’s dark wit, wild parties in the face of danger, and fabulous costume changes — oh, and an unreliable narrator. It’s a bit of Babylon Berlin meets Cabaret , perhaps. Irmgard Keun is also one of the original Dead Ladies (along with Dorothy Parker) that sparked the creation of the Dead Ladies Show in the first place! Our other DLS co-creator Florian Duijsens joins podcast producer and host Susan Stone for the introducing duties in our last episode of DLSP Season Four! If you want to read Irmgard (or more about Irmgard, start here! Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon. Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new season and new episode in September. This episode presents a first: our presenter (our very own Susan Stone!) actually met the lady in question. Bebe Barron was a bohemian, composer, and electronic music pioneer. She and her husband Louis worked avant-garde art-makers like John Cage and Maya Deren, and hung out with Anais Nin, Henry Miller, Joseph Campbell, and more. The pair is credited with inventing the tape loop, and possibly the audio book. It’s certainly the case that they composed and created the first electronic music — or electro-acoustic — feature film soundtrack. Electronic music as we know it would not exist without Bebe, nor would the sounds we associate with outer space. You can still hear Susan’s NPR story on Bebe from 2005 here. Our theme music is not by Bebe, but “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon. Thanks for listening! Episode 42 is all about the American writer and journalist Emily Hahn, also known as Mickey. She qualified as a mining engineer, wrote greeting-card copy, travelled the world and authored 54 books and more than 200 articles and short stories. Aside from that, she led an unconventional private life and kept a number of different monkeys. Hear all about her from our co-founder Florian Duijsens, recorded at Berlin’s ACUD Studio in April 2019. Some of Mickey’s monkey material. Emily Hahn at work. If you’d like to find out more, Florian recommends two biographies: Ken Cuthbertson’s Nobody Said Not to Go and Taras Grescoe’s Grand . Taras Grescoe also authored this fascinating New Yorker story about the time Emily was taken for a spy. Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month! In this episode, Anneke Lubkowitz introduces us to the brilliant and strange 19th-century writer and poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. This Dead Lady was a Lady in the literal sense – she was born into nobility, and the life her family expected for her was far different from the one she led. Choosing the male occupation of poet, and the unladylike hobby of fossil collecting, nature devotee Annette could often be found wandering the muddy moors or writing away in a turret. Her ahead-of-her-time way with verse included timeless poems and a work of gothic fiction considered by some to be one of the first murder mysteries. Via Zoom from the bright green rooms of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff’s former home Haus Ruschhaus, Anneke also reads some newly translated poems from Droste’s collections (thanks to the translators: Shane Anderson, Daniel Falb, Monika Rinck, and Annie Rutherford!). This show was created in collaboration with StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival, with help from the Burg Hülshoff Center for Literature. Thanks to both! The Bökerhof, drawn by Annette herself. Read Karen Duve’s well-researched novel Fräulein Nette’s kurzer Sommer or Barbara Beuys’ excellent biography to learn what happened here. Casper David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of F og (1818) Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month! The star of our 40th (!) episode is author, educator, and therapist Beryl Gilroy. Born in what was then British Guiana, she trained as a teacher before migrating to London in 1952 as part of the Windrush generation and worked all manner of jobs until becoming one of the very first Black head teachers in the UK. Her groundbreaking debut, Black Teacher (1976), documented her journey up to that point, and she’d keep publishing until her death in 2001. Telling her story is Berlin-based author Divya Ghelani. And if you want to attend a very special live Dead Ladies Show via Zoom next month, join us at StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival, on 11 March (free tickets available here). Some of her other books, all available from the great Peepal Tree Press. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon. Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month. Don’t forget, we now have a Patreon! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast. Episode 39 introduces Gráinne Mhaol, also known as Grace O’Malley, the legendary Irish pirate queen. Translator Laura Radosh presents the rollicking tale of this tremendous woman, who has been lauded as “a most famous femynyne sea captain,” and “the dark lady of Doona.” Gráinne Mhaol was head of the O’Malley dynasty in 16th-century Ireland, owning up to 1000 cattle and horses, leading men on land and sea, and allegedly wreaking cruel vengeance for the murder of a lover. When her sons and half-brother were captured by the English, she is said to have met with Queen Elizabeth I and negotiated their release in Latin. Clare Island Castle, the cosy home of Eoghan Dubdhara and Margaret O’Malley where Gráinne Mhaol was born. Driving cattle to the open lands for summer grazing (booleying) in 19th-century Ireland. The former Cock’s Castle, now Hen’s Castle. Gráinne’s galleys may have looked something like this. Map of Ireland around Gráinne’s time. Pirate punishment (no pirates were harmed in the making of this picture) London Bridge before major fire damage in 1633. Scene from the Broadway musical Pirate Queen. “Contemporary” depiction of Gráinne and Elizabeth, made only 200 years later. If you fancy being told the story by a dude with an excellent mid-70s beard, this 4-minute RTÉ clip is television gold. For those with more time on their hands, Anne Chambers’ Gráinne biography comes highly recommended. The historian also runs the “official website of the pirate queen”. How about this combo for long dark evenings? Speaking of books, we’ve made some lists for you! Order from bookshop.org in the US or the UK to contribute to independent bookstores, and a little bit to us too. Or if you spot something you like the look of, why not visit or contact your favourite local bricks-and-mortar bookshop to show them some love? It wouldn’t be January 2021 if we didn’t recommend a couple of related sea shanties (sort of). There’s “Five Pint Mary” or a whole suite, Granuaile . “Grace O’Malley” hits the spot – or try some Irish pirate metal. Warning: three out of four of these videos feature cartoon depictions of a red-headed piratess. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon. Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month. Don’t forget, we now have a Patreon! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast. In Episode 38, we hear the sweet, sweet music of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, known as the godmother of rock’n’roll. DLS co-founder Florian Duijsens brings us the tale of this legendary guitarist and gospel singer who had a profound influence on musicians like Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, and Aretha Franklin. She took to the stage at the age of four, and never really left it. Sister Rosetta Tharpe made the first gospel record to hit the charts, played with Cab Calloway at the Cotton Club, attracted 25,000 paying customers to her third wedding, got in trouble with gospel purists and recorded a live album in in 1964. To start off the episode, Susan and Katy toast to the end of a strange year with the Dead Ladies Show signature tipple, affordable German bubbly Rotkäppchen (Red Riding Hood) and give thanks for the support we’ve had, and that yet to come. The presentation in this episode was recorded live with help from Brigitte Hamar at the Studiobühne der Universität Münster where we were invited by the Burg Hülshoff Center for Literature. Other talks from this event in German can be found in the Center’s Mediathek: https://www.burg-huelshoff.de/en/medien/mediathek/dead-ladies-show Thanks also to Fiona, Kati, Tobias, Feline and Jörg for inviting and assisting us. Here we are with our co-presenters Tarosh Kaha and Bernadette Hengst. Here’s a headline on the big wedding. And the record made of it! With her mother, Katie Bell Nubin. Playing at a secular venue… Performing with Marie Knight… …and signing in furs. Having fun with some kids. A late gravestone… …and a late tribute. Sequinned and Gibsoned. Florian recommends two top resources: Gayle Wald’s biography Shout, Sister, Shout! and Mick Czasky’s film The Godmother or Rock’n’Roll. AND! Check out Florian’s fabulous PLAYLIST for more sounds from Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the gang. Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon. Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month. Don’t forget, we now have a Patreon! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast. If you’d prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast. Our 37th podcast episode celebrates a legendary spy, writer, and fencer whose very existence caused such a public uproar that it caused a grumpy British judge to outlaw all betting on a person’s gender. Although her story has been told many, many times before, most versions either invent her life story entirely or do not honor her own identity. Though she wanted to be recognized as the woman she was, that didn’t mean she was happy with society’s expectations of what a woman could or should wear, look like, or be around the time of the French Revolution. Mary Wollstonecraft was a fan, ranking her among the likes of Sappho and the Empress of Russia, and we think you’ll enjoy her story too. Dead Ladies Show co-founder Florian Duijsens joins podcast host/producer Susan Stone to discuss our first episode about a woman we would now probably call a trans woman. Note that she is best known in the literature and all around the internet as the Chevalier d’Eon, Chevalière d’Eon is probably the more grammatically correct title We also discuss the Dead Ladies Show’s famous three rules, and talk about about another unruly rulebreaker, Anne Lister.