Staying at home for months on end doesn’t appear to have been a disappointment for Ariana Grande. In song after song on her very horny new album, “Positions,” the 27-year-old pop star exults in the intimate possibilities of a quiet night (or 200) in quarantine. Sex as represented on her sixth full-length is an act of tenderness and enveloping — and also of monogamy. “I want to trust me the way you trust me,” she sings, and there’s something vaguely Prince-like about that setup. It’s a welcome frisson on an album about humanity’s oldest pastime — and a reminder that every couple is a world unto itself.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 30, 2020 21:38 UTC