Greater Days (album)

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## General information

### Genre

Electropop • R&B • Dance Pop • Synth Pop • New Wave • Bubblegum Pop

### Producer(s)

Ali Payami • El Guincho • ILLENIUM • Jack Antonoff • Max Martin • Rick Nowels • Shellback • Sounwave

## Singles from *Greater Days*

1. "Never Stays the Same"
Released: May 16, 2024
2. "Greater Days"
Released: July 16, 2024
3. "Like It or Not"
Released: September 5, 2024
4. "The Other Side"
Released: November 20, 2024
5. "When You're Gone"
Released: January 6, 2025
6. "The Power of Love"
Released: March 18, 2025

## Promotional singles from *Greater Days*

1. "Beautiful Scars"
Released: June 3, 2024

***Greater Days*** is the seventh studio album by Ariana Grande. It was released on July 16, 2024 by Republic Records through CD, vinyl, cassette and digital download. Built around themes of love, heartbreak, romance, happiness and personal achievements, *Greater Days* is an electropop and R&B album with elements of dance pop, synth pop, new wave and bubblegum pop. Zara Larsson, Pink, and Zayn appear as guest features. Upon release, *Greater Days* was met with critical acclaim from music critics. With the debut of the album atop the *Billboard* 200, Grande earned her sixth number one album in the United States. Grande also embarked on the *Greater Days World Tour* in support of the album and her previous album, *Positions*, which began on July 20, 2024, and ended on December 2, 2025.

## Background

Grande began recording the album in 2023 after she was finished filming *Wicked*. The first song written for the album was "Love Me Right", while last song recorded for the album was "Your Life, Your Style".

Two days before the release of the lead single, "Never Stays the Same", on May 14, 2024, Grande announced her seventh studio album, and conformed that she will be releasing it on July 16, 2024. She also conformed that the album will be a "rebirth" to her musical sound. Grande then announced the track list a new hours later.

## Songs

The first song, "Greater Days", is an electropop song about moving on from a breakup and "hoping for greater days". This is followed by "The Power of Love", an dance pop and R&B song about "choosing who you want to love", and contains lyrical references to Romeo and Juliet. The next song, "Don't Hurt Yourself", is an R&B song with elements of bubblegum pop about feeling skeptical about falling in love "because you had a lot of breakups before". It's followed by "Beautiful Scars", an indie pop song about "being perfect the way you are, even if you think you're ugly and a mess". Next is "What a Woman Loves", a dance pop track about how much a woman loves another woman. The next track is "Like It or Not" featuring Zara Larsson, which is a dance pop track with elements of Hi-NRG and synth pop about a relationship between two people that are good at understanding the other, and that "whatever they're doing is for the best".

Next is "Your Life, Your Style", which is an experimental new wave song with elements of R&B and electropop that is told from the respective of a boy who used to live a happy and playful life, but then lost it by making a major mistake; a "bigger" mistake that he can't change now. This is followed by "Don't Worry", a bubblegum pop song with elements of R&B about finding the strength to continue when it feels as though the world is about to end. Next is the lead single, "Never Stays the Same" featuring Pink, which a dance pop song with elements of electropop and pop rock that is about how everything changes and "nothing will ever stay the same". The next song, "Tell Her You Love Her", is an electropop and new wave song about the betrayal of a relationship. This is followed by "When You're Gone", which is an R&B and soft rock song that is about being left to the fate of the people you love (the implication is the fate of the people you are to marry) when one of the characters you are with is killed or imprisoned.

The next song, "Love Me Right" is an R&B and synth pop song about wanting a break from somebody who doesn't treat you right. This is followed by "The Other Side" featuring Zayn, an electropop song about the problems arising from that same kind of identity politics. The album ends with "Let You Go", a soft, acoustic, R&B ballad about moving on from love, and wanting to stay single.

## Singles

The lead single, "Never Stays the Same", featuring Pink, was released on May 16, 2024, along with the album pre-sale. A music video was released the same day. The song received critical acclaim and peaked at #1 on the *Billboard* Hot 100. Year-end lists from publications named the song as one of the best songs of 2024.

The second single, "Greater Days", was released on July 16, 2024, coinciding with the album release. A music video was released the same day. The song received critical acclaim and peaked at #1 on the *Billboard* Hot 100.

The third single, "Like It or Not", featuring Zara Larsson, was released on September 5, 2024, along with a music video. The song received positive reviews and peaked at #3 on the *Billboard* Hot 100.

The fourth single, "The Other Side", featuring Zayn, was released on November 20, 2024, along with a music video. The song received positive reviews and peaked at #2 on the *Billboard* Hot 100.

The fifth single, "When You're Gone", was released on January 6, 2025, along with a music video. The song received positive reviews and peaked at #6 on the *Billboard* Hot 100.

The sixth and final single, "The Power of Love", was released on March 18, 2025, along with a music video. The song received positive reviews and peaked at #4 on the *Billboard* Hot 100.

### Promotional

A promotional single, "Beautiful Scars", was released on June 3, 2024, along with a lyric video. The song received positive reviews and peaked at #12 on the *Billboard* Hot 100.

## Cut songs

* "Bitter Is So Sweet"
* "I Know It"
* "Inside Out" (featuring Carly Rae Jepsen)
* "Let Me Speak to You"
* "One Day"
* "Super Star"
* "Sweet Revenge"

## Trivia

* This is Grande's first album to not contain Tommy Brown as one of the producers.
* Grande conformed that her favorite song on *Greater Days* is "The Power of Love".
* "Your Life, Your Style" is the longest track on the album, while "Tell Her You Love Her" is the shortest.

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