Singer-songwriter and actress Ariana Grande has released the deluxe edition of eternal sunshine.
The new release is called eternal sunshine: brighter days ahead.
It adds six new tracks to the original album. The deluxe edition also includes an extended version of “intro (end of the world)”.
The new songs include “twilight zone”, “warm”, “dandelion”, “past life” and “Hampstead”.
Album focuses on relationships
The deluxe edition continues the themes from Ariana’s original eternal sunshine album.
The songs explore relationships, heartbreak and public attention.
Grande also reflects on her divorce from Dalton Gomez in 2024.
The album also touches on her relationship with Wicked co-star Ethan Slater.
Public discussion around those relationships also influenced the wider story of the album era.
The deluxe release arrives one year after eternal sunshine topped the charts.
The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200.
It also reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.
Its singles also performed strongly.
“yes, and?” and “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)” topped the Billboard Hot 100 and Global 200 charts.
Meanwhile, “the boy is mine” reached number 16 on the Hot 100.
Peaches makes a comeback
Ariana Grande expands the Eternal Sunshine story
Grande also released a 26-minute short film called Brighter Days Ahead.
She directed the film with Christian Breslauer.
The story takes place 70 years after the “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)” music video.
The film also draws inspiration from the 2004 movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Peaches returns to Brighter Days Inc.
Grande plays an elderly Peaches in the short film.
Peaches returns to Brighter Days Inc. The company previously erased her memories in the music video.
This time, she chooses a different path.
Instead of erasing her memories again, Peaches relives her most precious moments.
After each memory ends, the company deletes it.
Peaches revisits her childhood
The first memory plays alongside “intro (end of the world)”.
The sequence explores Ariana’s childhood.
It features her parents, Joan Grande and Edward Butera.
Her brother Frankie also appears. Her maternal grandparents feature in the memories as well.
Peaches performs for her fans
The second memory focuses on a younger Peaches.
She performs stripped-down versions of “eternal sunshine” and “dandelion”.
Screens around her show fans watching her performances.
The scene connects Peaches with the audience that followed her music career.
The UFO scene brings back the music video
The third memory returns to the destroyed house from the “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)” video.
“twilight zone” and “supernatural” play during the sequence.
Peaches leaves the house and sees an equally damaged neighbourhood.
A UFO then abducts her.
The scene echoes the artwork from “better days ahead”.
The final memory brings Peaches back to life
The final memory features Peaches’ father.
He puts Grande’s character back together in a scene inspired by Frankenstein.
The black-and-white sequence then turns into colour.
Peaches comes back to life.
She and her father share a quiet moment while playing the piano.
Brighter Days Ahead ends with Peaches’ final memory
The final scene shows Peaches after her last memory disappears.
She smiles as the screen slowly fades to black.
Before the film ends, a young Grande appears and delivers one final message:
“We should live each day as if it were the last day of our life.”
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