Ariana Grande has announced the title and release date of her eighth studio album, 'Petal,' which is set to drop on July 31 via Republic Records. The album is executive produced and co-written by Grande and Ilya, also known as Ilya Salmanzadeh.
In her announcement, Grande described the album as 'something that is full of life and growing through the cracks of something cold and hard and challenging.' Ilya, a Swedish-Persian producer, previously worked on Grande's 2024 album 'Eternal Sunshine' and has collaborated with artists such as Taylor Swift and Sam Smith.
The album has been long anticipated, with Grande teasing studio photos and announcing a summer tour starting in June. The tour was initially linked to 'Eternal Sunshine,' but the new album is expected to feature prominently.
Grande has hinted that this tour might be her last for a while. In a podcast interview with Amy Poehler last year, she said, 'I do know that I'm very excited to do this small tour, but I think it might not happen again for a long, long time. I'm going to give it my all and it's going to be beautiful. I think that's why I'm doing it because I'm like, “One last hurrah!”'
