March 10, 2024

Dear Neuphorians- Sorry for filling your email inbox again so soon.  However, given that I’ll be traveling 3/14-16 and 3/28-30, I’m changing the biweekly cadence and releasing a playlist this week- and then 3/23-4.

The theme of the 03.10.24 playlist is “Ariana Grandeur” given that Ari dropped a bomb of an album “Eternal Sunshine” on Friday after taking a hiatus while filming the forthcoming blockbuster movie “Wicked” (to be released in November).  In her interviews, Ari claims that break brought her a more creative and less stressed approach to her music on her new album- and her performances on SNL over the weekend evidenced that: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhUXD7aIOeY , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1rdjHIu1jA )

On “Eternal Sunshine”, she pairs with Swedish mega-songwriter Max Martin and for those of you not familiar with Martin, he is 2nd only to Paul McCartney in writing the most #1 singles, including hits by Taylor Swift, Brittney Spears, The Weeknd, Katy Perry, Maroon 5, P!nk, Usher and the Backstreet Boys.  Only 2 days after release, songs from “Eternal Sunshine” already comprise 7 of the top 10 most streamed songs in the world.

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