It all came together and had this flow." However, a lot of time was spent working on the pre-chorus until Ilya found a fixed groove. Kotecha recalled, "It was important to her to start as a ballad and Max and Ilya started playing those chords and it just fit it was magical. Grande also wanted it to start as a ballad and then become uptempo like " I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor. Kotecha cited Lauryn Hill's' The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill and En Vogue's " Don't Let Go (Love)" as inspiration for the track's chord changes. Grande intended for "No Tears Left to Cry" to bridge a change in sound from her previous album Dangerous Woman (2016) by being more obscure and unexpected, inspired by her work with Williams, and thus suggested its verses and chorus to be in different keys. They composed the music before writing the lyrics. I don't have any tears left to cry." Martin then sang the chorus melody. The song came about when Grande said, "I want it to be positive and talk about positivity and love. She wanted her first single since the bombing to be hopeful and touch on the incident, but not dwell on it. "No Tears Left to Cry" was the first song Grande wrote with Max Martin, Ilya and Savan Kotecha for Sweetener, after working with Pharrell Williams for most of the album. It received four nominations at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year, later winning Best Pop Video.įollowing the Manchester Arena bombing during her Dangerous Woman Tour in May 2017, Ariana Grande became reluctant to record new music, preferring to spend time with her loved ones because of the emotional impact the tour had on her. It explores a concept of disorientation in life, and the complexities and disillusionment of the world. Internationally, the song topped the charts in sixteen countries.Īn accompanying music video directed by Dave Meyers premiered on YouTube that same day to critical acclaim. It became her third single to top the US Mainstream Top 40 airplay chart. In the US, "No Tears Left to Cry" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number three, further extending her record as being the only artist to debut in the top ten with the lead single from all of her studio albums. "No Tears Left to Cry" was nominated for various accolades, including an MTV Europe Music Award and an NRJ Music Award. The song received widespread acclaim from music critics, many of whom praised the song's positive message and optimistic composition. An uptempo dance-pop song driven by a UK garage beat featuring disco and R&B elements, its lyrics reflect on Grande's efforts to move on following the attack on her concert the previous year, "celebrating rising above the world's negativity" with a "nearly spoken-word" vocalization. The song serves as the lead single from Sweetener and was released for digital download and streaming worldwide on April 20, 2018, through Republic Records. The song was written by Grande and Savan Kotecha with its producers Max Martin and Ilya Salmanzadeh. " No Tears Left to Cry" (stylized in all lowercase and backwards and upside down) is a song by American singer, songwriter Ariana Grande, taken from her fourth studio album, Sweetener (2018).
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