Ariana Grande: Petal (translucent pearly white vinyl) [REPUBLIC]

Why you'll love it

This is the translucent pearly white pressing of petal, Ariana Grande's eighth studio album. She wrote and executive produced it with her longtime collaborator Ilya Salmanzadeh, Max Martin produced three of the tracks, and the lead single "hate that i made you love me" got things moving in May.

This edition

• Translucent pearly white vinyl
• 12 tracks across two sides, from "kiss me" to "nowhere, nobody"

About the album

The title comes from an image Grande kept coming back to, a petal in the pavement: something soft turning up where nothing ought to grow. It suits a pop and R&B record built on atmospheric production, synthesizers and drum machines, where songs about romances gone wrong sit right next to songs about falling for someone all over again.

She also turns the lens on fame itself, the scrutiny and the noise, and works out which parts are worth keeping. Her voice stays close and honeyed for much of the album, with "oh well" stacking her harmonies about as high as they go, while "kiss me" and "bad thing (bunny hop)" keep the tempo up for anyone who came to dance.

Grande put it out on her own Babydoll Music imprint alongside Republic. We hosted an event that sold most of our first shipment in an afternoon, and we've been reordering ever since, which is the sort of problem we'd quite like more of.

Tracklist

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Out July 31, 2026 on Republic Records (cat# 5792375).