The ‘Wicked‘ star is getting ready to kick off her ‘Eternal Sunshine‘ tour in June.
After concluding her time as Glinda in the Wicked films with Wicked: For Good’s Thanksgiving release — and unveiling a couple more upcoming acting roles — she is also returning to music.
On Tuesday, Grande took to Instagram to announce that her eighth studio album, Petal, is set to be released on July 31. The photo shows the Grammy winner without her signature ponytail, hinting at a new era coming.
Petal, from Republic Records, is co-written by Grande and Swedish-Persian producer Ilya Salmanzadeh. On April 18, she shared a video on Instagram describing the album as “something that is full of life and growing through the cracks of something cold and hard and challenging.”
Grande’s previous album, Eternal Sunshine, celebrated its three-year anniversary last month. The album was nominated for three Grammy Awards.
On June 6, the singer will kick off her Eternal Sunshine tour in Oakland, Calf. The tour marks her first in seven years, following her last tour, which ended in December 2019, focused on her Sweetener and Thank U, Next albums.
As far as acting, the Oscar-nominated actress’ upcoming projects include Focker In-Law, the fourth film of the Meet the Parents franchise, where she stars alongside Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller; Jon M. Chu’s Oh, the Places You’ll Go! animated feature adaptation opposite Josh Gad; and season 13 of Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story, with a star-studded ensemble including Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters (who played Grande’s love interest in her “We Can’t Be Friends” music video), Angela Bassett, Emma Roberts (Grande’s Scream Queens co-star) and more.
