Deep Sleep (album)

## Singles

1. "deep sleep"
Released: February 08, 2025
2. "Fantasy"
Released: February 13, 2025
3. "R.E.M. (Deluxe)"
Released: March 01, 2025
4. "creation"
Released: March 21, 2025

*Deep Sleep* (stylized in lowercase) is Ariana Grande's 8th studio album, released on April 1st of 2025 by Republic Records. The background of this album is dreaming about something that you will never have, including *Deluxe* versions of past songs that are made *dreamier* as Grande said in an interview about the new album's release. It contains mixture of R&B and pop. When released, it received some criticism for using the same theme of Sweetener, although most of critics liking the album because of the bubbly, emotional and tender feeling of the album. Ariana said that she wasn't supposed to make another album sooner but she started recording early after her 7th album was unveiled, ending the recording in the last day of 2024. She soon had another tour, titled *The Dreaming Tour*, which went from February 14 2026 (which was supposed to be the release date in 2025 but was further delayed due to fixing songs' misperfections,) ending in January 23, 2027.

## Tracklist

1. Moonlight (Deluxe)
2. Fantasy
3. heartbeat (feat. Taylor Swift)
4. True Love
5. DayDreamin' (Deluxe)
6. in my head (Deluxe)
7. miracle
8. uneventful
9. i love you
10. someone like u (Deluxe)
11. Second Lead (feat. Nicki Minaj)
12. R.E.M. (Deluxe)
13. creation
14. deep sleep
15. nightmare

## Song's Backgrounds

Grande chose Moonlight from her 3rd studio album, *Dangerous Woman*, tweaking background vocals, instrumentals, and lyrics. She went more calmer with the writing as the she said, *"The song is already perfect enough, really didn't want to change anything more about it, haha."* On an interview about the *The Dreaming Tour*. Her second single is the second song, she explained how much it fit in the album's theme, as with the name, *Fantasy*. The background is Sweetener's happiness facade, how when it felt like waking up from a dream, a fantasy. The studio planned having no features this early on in the album, but Grande reached out to Taylor Swift to help collaborate for a song. Swift played a large part in the song, with backing vocals and a few parts in the choruses and her own verse. Ariana said it was amazingly easy and fun working with Taylor, and would definitely go and be a feature on one of Swift's own songs. She named it *heartbeat*, because she felt waking up from a dream made her heartbeat race, just like how it really is when the dream ended. Though the word is barely said in the song itself, she still kept the name as it has a special meaning to her. True Love, described by Grande is finding True Love in her dreams and waking up, still thinking the person exists. Grande tweaked only a little with the instruments in the Deluxe version of DayDreamin', thinking it was already good enough. When everybody heard about this and how little the adjustments were made with the song, it gained large criticism. In my head, Grande stated that she added even more lyrics and vocals to the song and tweaked a ton of effects of the song. It's rumored that alot of popular artists have had hidden vocals in this song but it's not confirmed. Miracle is a rather straightforward song, as Grande songs out how she loves the person so much to the point where she will do anything as if they're a miracle to her. She wrote it during her Positions era but was cut. Grande says that "uneventful" would be one of her least favorites as it doesn't fit the theme of the album but was pushed to be released. She did not have that much to say about it. I Love You is one of the songs that Grande had alot of hidden whistles and high notes, revealing that she hits a higher note than *E7* but people rumor it's pitched up. Grande says that she loves the vibes of this song and it's quite the upgrade from Uneventful. Someone Like U's deluxe version contains and extended lyrics and a more deeper meaning. She named the feature with Nicki Minaj, "Second Lead", is how she thinks she's in a drama and she wants the second lead as well as the audience but she's forced inlove with the intended person in the 'script'. Minaj raps verses. R.E.M.'s Deluxe, the lead single for this album, had a major revamp. Grande changed everything with the background music and backing vocals. Creation, the fourth single from the album was about Grande dreaming and creating her dream true love. The 14th track is the title track, Grande describes how it feels so fake but real everything in a deep sleep is as she slowly wakes up to reality to Nightmare. Nightmare is the last track of the album and has a completely different feel and does not fit, as it slowly wakes up to the reality of such a scary world where everybody will find something to insult you about and how dreams are such an escape with an aggressive tone as it fades out slowly, hinting to Grande's next album.

## Cut songs

1. lush
2. one third
3. my heart
4. Honeymoon Avenue (Deluxe)