Sweetener is the fourth studio album by American singer Ariana Grande. It was released on August 17, 2018 via Republic Records. It is her first official studio project in over two years, since the release of her 2016 album Dangerous Woman. Frequent producers, such as Max Martin, Pharrell Williams, Ilya Salmanzadeh, and Savan Kotecha all took part in the album, mostly Williams being the producer of seven tracks from the record. The album consists of fifteen tracks, three collaborations, and a colored album art, which breaks off from the habitual black & white aesthetics of Yours Truly, My Everything and Dangerous Woman. Grande herself explained how the concept was made, telling one of her fans: On December 31st, 2017, Ariana shared a snippet, with the caption: see you next year Ari was silent on all social medias until April 17, 2018, where she shared a teaser for the album’s lead single, “no tears left to cry”, which was then released three days later, along with the music video. The song debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. The video became Ari’s most viewed video in its first day of being uploaded and in the first week of release. On June 20th, 2018, Ariana released the album’s first promotional single, “the light is coming”. On July 13, 2018, Ari released the album’s second single, “God is a woman”, which debuted at number eleven and peaked at number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100. On November 7th, 2018, the official music video for “Breathin” was released, 5 days after she released the lead single for her 5th studio album, thank u, next.