The release date for Ariana Grande's new album My Everything is right around the corner (Aug. 25!), and now the album is available to stream... kind of. Today (Aug. 20), the "Break Free" singer rolled out for new songs for an MTV stream, giving her Arianators just a few more tastes of her Yours Truly follow-up.
Grande's album tracks "Love Me Harder" (featuring The Weeknd), "Be My Baby" (featuring Cashmere Cat), "A Little Bit Of Your Heart" and "Why Try" are now available to hear in full.
Though Grande's lead singles from My Everything, "Problem" and "Break Free" have strayed away from her R&B roots, these new tracks bring her back to her familiar sound.
"Love Me Harder" features a slow, crawling beat that blends together the worlds of neo-soul and EDM. It's a wonder Grande and The Weeknd hadn't worked together before, because their vocals are so complimentary and soulful together. "Be My Baby" is a sizzling, '90s-style classic R&B track, with high pitched synth lines winding around Grande's larger than life vocals.
Meanwhile, "A Little Bit Of Your Heart" finds a mournful Grande crooning over the simple backing of a piano and strings, bringing some much needed ballad balance to My Everything. The fourth track, "Why Try" is a true album track, with marching band style drums carrying this building anthem to a massive crescendo.
These new songs mixed with the previously released tracks "Problem," "Break Free," "Best Mistake" and "Bang Bang" means over half of My Everything is available to hear. It's not a full album stream, but it will do for another couple of days...
Listen to the four new Ariana Grande songs below:
Ariana Grande's new album My Everything will be released Monday, Aug. 25, following her live debut of "Break Free" (and probable "Bang Bang" performance) at the 2014 MTV VMAs.
