Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine album has once again hit the top of the Billboard 200 chart, with her recently released Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead landing on No. 1.
The deluxe album, released on March 28, also earned the top spot on Billboard’s album sales, current album sales and vinyl album charts. The album features six new tracks from the Oscar-nominated, Grammy Award-winning artist. The original album, released a year ago, earned the singer her sixth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 and had two songs — “Yes, And?” and “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” — top the Hot 100 chart.
Grande also released a short film, Brighter Days Ahead, to accompany the album. Set to a backdrop of the album’s songs, the short film picks up 70 years after the Wicked star’s “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” music video. In that 2024 music video, she plays Peaches, a heartbroken young woman visiting a clinic named Brighter Days Inc. to have the memories of her lost love (played by Evan Peters) wiped from her mind.
In Brighter Days Ahead, Grande is now an elderly woman, visiting the same clinic to try its new procedure, memory restoration. The service comes at a price, according to a release: The relived memories are permanently erased after viewing. Throughout the short film, released Friday morning, Grande’s Peaches looks back at her life through clips of memories, including what appear to be real childhood home videos of the chart-topping pop star.
The Wicked star has had a whirlwind year since the release of Eternal Sunshine. She earned her first Oscar nomination for her role of Glinda in the adaptation of the hit stage musical; the film’s second part, Wicked: For Good, is slated to be released later this year. Wicked director Jon M. Chu gave CinemaCon attendees the first look at footage from the highly anticipated follow-up film. Grande and co-star Cynthia Erivo also joined the presentation.
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