Critics such as Alim Kheraj of i-D highlight the raunchiness of the album's entirety, "Ariana has one thing on her mind: sex. While the album receives praise for it's vocals and musical arrangements, there's much to be desired lyrically. There isn't an obvious standout track.the overall effect is of individual tracks bleeding into one long slow-motion shot" rating the album 3 out of 5 stars. Positions "lacks the megawatt pop belters of previous releases" where The Guardian's Alexis Petridis agrees, writing: "Positions deals in polished professionalism, not pulse-quickening excitement. Editor Hannah Mylrea describes it as "a pleasant listen, as an introduction to the next era of Grande’s career, it’s solid, but you can’t help but feel it’s missing some of her trademark sparkle." Compared to her previous albums, Mylrea states how "strength and perseverance threads throughout ‘Positions’, an album that finds Grande thriving. What once seemed refreshing in its minimalism is quickly starting to feel insubstantial. "Too many of the songs on Positions rely on the same mid-tempo trap-pop that populated Grande's previous two efforts, particularly Thank U, Next.
Alexa Camp of " Slant" believed it did not offer enough new ideas or innovation. The album received favorable reviews (despite not breaking any new ground) from music critics. The choregraphy was made by Graves and the Nicholson's twins. The 30th April the official lyric video has comes out featuring the dancers Cory Graves and Brian Nicholson. The third single, " POV", was released on March 23rd, 2021. A remix of the song featuring American rappers Megan Thee Stallion and Doja Cat was released on January 16, 2021, accompanied by its lyric video. It impacted US Pop radio as an official single that same day. The second single, " 34+35", was released on October 30, 2020. The lead single and title track, " Positions", was released on October 23, 2020. Grande confirmed the four new tracks to be " Someone Like U (Interlude)", " Test Drive", " Worst Behavior" and " Main Thing" in the countdown to the premiere of the "34+35" remix music video.
On February 1, 2021, Grande announced a Deluxe Edition of Positions, featuring four new tracks and the remix of " 34+35" featuring Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion On February 9, 2021, Grande announced on her social media that the Positions Deluxe will be released on February 19. Limited physical editions of Positions were issued DTC with two other cover artworks, that feature the same photograph as the original, except Grande is looking at the camera, with repositioned hands and face angle. On October 23, 2020, Grande revealed the album's cover art. The album is mainly influenced by her love life, and her relationship with Dalton Gomez, her husband,who she began dating in January 2020. Three days later, Grande posted a slow-motion video of her typing the word "positions" on a keyboard and launched two countdowns on her website counting down to Octoand October 30, 2020. On October 14, 2020, she revealed on Twitter that the album would be released the same month. On September 14, 2020, Grande posted a snippet of a song that was later revealed to be " Positions", on her social media with the caption "brb". On March 24, 2020, she posted a 45 second leak snippet of the song titled " Nasty from Positions" on her social media.
In 2019, Ariana Grande began working on the album.
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