On her debut album Lonely Hearts Club, which People Mag called “an impressive dance LP packed with hummable hooks and empowering lyrics that her foremothers (like Robyn and Kylie Minogue) would be proud of”, Ariana catalyzes the kind of communal transcendence that’s hugely essential after so much uncertainty. “There’s been so much sadness over the past couple years, people are feeling how hard it is to just keep going,” she says. “I hope this album fills everyone back up with whatever they need to feel good again, and gives them back that optimism that they maybe thought they’d lost forever.”