Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "ARIANA GRANDE - PETAL"

Episode Date: August 8, 2026

Linktree: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠⁠Join The Normandy For Ad-Free NME, Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0K⁠⁠ In this segment of Notorious Mass Effect, Analytic Dreamz breaks down Ariana Grande’s eighth studio album petal, released July 31, 2026 via Babydoll Music/Republic. Explore its intimate R&B-pop-rock themes of vulnerability and growth, lead single “hate that i made you love me” topping charts, projected 292K Billboard 200 debut as her seventh No. 1, 62.2M Spotify day-one streams, and UK No. 1 success. Analytic Dreamz also covers the Eternal Sunshine Tour’s North American close, remaining London O2 residency ending September 1, and Grande’s planned post-tour step back from visibility while celebrating the tour as her most healing career experience.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Shepard. Promise me you'll tell them to subscribe for free content. Now, of course, ladies and gentlemen, we have to start off by congratulating the audience, the supporters of Ariana Grande. As if you don't know, Ariana, objectively speaking, just went number one with pedal, an album that just came out. So the first week sales, if you was wondering, I said the first week sells if you were wondering. All right, my fault.

basically 291,000 first week sales and of course when it comes to ariano grande's catalog that ranks at i believe number two as far as behind thank you next and oh actually it ranks at number three as far as behind thank you next that sold 360,000 her career high first week sales in 2019 and sweetener and 2018 with 231 000 and of course right behind that a is pedal that just objectively sold 291,000 in his first week. Now, that's impressive in his own right. And then you realize not only is Ariana a talented musician, not only is she a talented actor,

not only is she a talented... All right, maybe that was too much glaze. But basically, speaking on the live performance aspect of Ariana Grande, because if you don't know, she had a phenomenal, a notorious, I might say. effect on the masses as she just concluded the North American leg of the Eternal Sunshine Tour

with three Chicago shows at the United Center. Now, currently analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio because I'm currently showing behind the scenes production of Ariane Grande making, I believe, let me switch my scene right quick. I believe the actual track she was doing

the behind the scenes for was hate that I made you love me. So with that out the way, the main thing I wanted to get it to was her announcement or just her congratulatory type of pose for her audience and some of the snapshots from her live tour. So basically, Ariana Grande went on to say, and once again, analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio, but Ariana Grande went on to say via IG, quote, I love you, dot, dot, dot. Is she talking about me?

All right, my fault. Let me get back into it. I cannot believe that this concludes the North American leg of their eternal sunshine tour. You guys. I am overwhelmed with love and the deepest gratitude. Thank you endlessly for the most special, beautiful, joyful, and deeply fulfilling few months. I will cherish every moment of this time with you and these memories forever. Thank you, Chicago, London.

I cannot wait to see you soon. I love you more. I love you all more than ever. Oh, is that so nice? All right, so after that heartfelt IG post, you come to realize that, hold on now. I know that ain't who I think it is. Now, I know they ain't Ariana Grande going on a break.

I know that ain't who I think it is. Like, Ariana Grande thing just because she's headlining or starring in one of the biggest movies ever as far as Wicked just because she almost sold 300,000 with her album that she can go on break like what in the actual come on now now all jokes aside of course this is a well-earned break from arianda and her team game came out and basically said the arianda will be taking a well quote take a step back from visibility after completing the tour and her representatives said that the break was a planned thoughtful decision because a lot of of people think is because of all the scrutiny that she's received because of her um

transformation let's just put it like that because of course she is getting thinner objectively speaking and ariana gronde has spoken on this spoke on this basically saying that this is her healthiest version and she said back then when people like preferred that version of her she was unwell as far as antidepressants poor habits and this is coming from ariana grande herself now she could be lying but i'm just taking i'm just taking ariana at her word so she described that this healthier version is what they're seeing right now as far as the eating the training especially for the wicked roles and the medications as far as antidepressants is not present anymore so she doesn't need them so i think it's a w of we're taking her at her word

now of course the ongoing public scrutiny did not stop but as of right now when you're notoriously affected a masses like Ariana Grande is, then guess what? You don't care what the haters are saying. Because you're out here going crazy, movie box office and the music charts. So it comes to that. There's a lot to get into Ariana Grande. I think when it comes to the month of August, she probably will have the biggest first week sales almost cracking $300,000.

Because if you don't know, I know the totality of things, hold on, give me one second. First week sales, let me see. of six. Okay, so after a little Mickey research, I know Ariana doesn't have the top five first week sales of 2026, but just to put in perspective, because she almost cracked 300,000, right? Which is a mammoth of an accomplishment

when everybody, and the mom was flopping. I mean, somebody just had to say it. So Ariana Grande did tremendous with her first week sales. But looking at the 26 landscape of music, BTS, which, you know, there's a certain someone that told you BTS was going to have the biggest first week sales of 2026. All right, my fault.

I ain't mean to rub it in your face. I'm just letting you know. Make sure to rate this five stars and show this to somebody who you think would enjoy an objective coverage of the gaming and music industry. You know what I'm saying?

Oh, come on, Drisky. Come on, Jusky. They don't have to do all that. All right, anyways, getting back into my point. Olivia Rodriguez has the second biggest first week sales of 2026 with $485,000.

Of course, who is that? Hold up now. I know they ain't who I think it is. I know they ain't the goat. Is it okay? I got my dope on me? So, Drake. other you know also known as the goat currently has the third biggest first week sales of

2026 with 463,000 and of course harry styles has the fourth with 430,000 and noah khan or is it khan i was speaking to a noah fan and they were saying that usually is pronounced kahan because like his nickname but technically it's con but whatever noah khan currently has the fifth biggest first week sales of 2026 with 389 000 so that's why put it in perspective. I will say Ariana Grande will probably have the biggest first week sales of the month of August. So shout out to the Ariana Grande's

and the Grande Lights. I don't know what you y'all go about, but shout out to y'all. So we're going to get into the singles specifically as we have a lot of numbers to get into when it comes to the video aspect. Petal on YouTube is currently the 19th most watched video on, well, I just said it on YouTube. And as you can see right here, I mean, there's a reason for that, ladies and gentlemen. 18 million views in eight days.

Y'all know, y'all see that? Hold on, make sure I highlight this for y'all. You know, just, you know, you got to put respect on Grande's name. Hold on 18. I can't highlight this. How I'll highlight, oh, here we go. 18 million eight days ago. I mean, what, in the actual? So anyways, that put it at number of 19 as far as overall on YouTube. So with that being said, I did want to transition to some of the other things as far as

Ariana Grande fans who want to hear about because, you know, if you've been playing this album like it's going out of style, safe to say, I have. Listen to the album, but you may not like what I have to say, you know what I'm saying? You guys. As personally, I'm not going to say it's a bad album, of course, because I think Ariana Grande is one of the greatest singers, greatest vocalists I've ever heard, like, period, like of all time, right? So I'm not an Ariana Grande hater. So hopefully this doesn't come across as that. But this album pedal is definitely not my favorite out of Ariana Grande albums.

I would probably say it's one of my least favorite Ariana Grande albums. Now it doesn't mean it's a bad album to have fan base to probably enjoying it because I mean it's the streams are through the roof. But for me personally listening to it, I think my only, because I listen to this multiple times thinking I was tripping, right? But my favorite tracks off of this album is big feelings like I do and then never get over me. So those are my favorite tracks off of the album.

It's a 12-track album. So I just wanted to give my quick personal review of it because I already talked about this before when I talked about it. I talked about this when it first came out, I believe. You see, Ariana. Yeah, okay. So I talked about this May 25th, 2026 when I talked about I hate that, I made you love me. And now that we're getting into the entire album, I just wanted to reiterate that my sentiments have not changed about the album. I think it's solid, but it's in the lower rankings as far as my favorite Ariana albums. As far as my favorite Ariana Grande album, I'll probably say, uh,

I'll probably say either sweetener or I like the eternal sunshine. That's probably one of those two. Sweetener or eternal sunshine. So anyways, I'm a pretty big Ariana Grande fan. I know, you know,

I'm definitely the demographic. She'd be trying to help market tours, right? Shepard. Oh, I guess not, man. Saddened history. See, that's the problem. So obviously, I'm not the type of person that, you know, you would think

is just filling up the stadium. But, you know, I am Ariana Grande fan, so I don't know if I could join the fandom after my, you know, personal review I just gave, but you know, hey, guess what? That's my review. So if you don't like it, guess what? So anyways, getting back in Ariana Grande as far as the singles being considered. There's a lot of tracks to go over because 12 songs and all of them are in the top 40 on Billboard. As over here, notorious mass effect getting into the gaming and music IPs that notoriously

affect the masses, of course, you know, I take my job seriously, you know, so when it comes to future try analytics slated for all. is 15th. Ariana Graney has a lot of tracks in the top 40s. So pedal, by far, is the most successful track off of the, well, the pedal album. So the self-titled track, interestingly enough is the, let me see, is that the first track? Usually the first track.

Oh no, it's not. Okay. Kiss Me is the first track. So Petal is the third track, but when it comes to Future Chart Analytics is definitely the most popular as it slated to be the third most played track in the world. And then you have Kitsme, Slated to be the 18th most played track in the world. Then you have Stade, Slated to be the 20th. And then you have, oh, well, slated to be the 22nd, like I do, slated to be the 24th.

Big feelings slated to be the 25th. Freak, slated to be the 30th most play track in the world. Never get over me. Slated to be the 32nd. Bad thing, in parentheses bunny hot. Hold up now. Is that a playoff bad bunny? But then, you know what I'm saying?

You know what I'm saying? You know, it's interesting. Anyways. Bad thing in parentheses bunny hot. hop slated to be the 35th most played track in the world. Nowhere, nobody slated to be the 36. Warning signs, which is the interlude, that's interesting.

Slated to be the 37th. Okay, that makes sense because that's the last one. But all, once again, all 12 tracks are on the top 40, which is just phenomenal. So if you was wondering, Ariana Grande is still continuing her live tour, but when it comes

to the break, I believe the remaining shows are international. and it will consist of 10 shows in the London residency at the O2. So with that being said, the tour is, let me see, so when Ariana Grosy takes a step back, I don't know how long it would be, but the rest of the shows would be international at a 10 show London residency.

So when it comes to this post that I have up right now, that's basically her thanking the fans after concluding the North American leg of the Eternal Sunshine Tour. And, you know, because of my Hall of Fame podcast, watcher. Safe to say, I got the numbers up, ladies and gentlemen, and when it comes to Ariana Grande, what in the actual, how much

money is this woman worth? What in the, you know what I'm saying? Whole time, Grande Pikes stands for all the thousands that she's beginning. Could she get grand after grand after grand? All right, y'all get the point. Y'all like that. Anyways, I thought they would like the joke. So when it comes to

Ariana Grande, and the amount of grants that she's building up, safe to say, isn't in the millions, ladies and gentlemen, ask, When you look at the estimates as far as her show, estimated as far as the first team, Ariana Grande's first 14 shows grossed $36 million with 203,000 tickets, which is an estimate to be, estimated to be 2.6 million and 14.5,000 tickets per night. What in the actual? And as far as under three months, she has totaled to make around 100,000.

million dollars and as far as the highest engagement is definitely higher than her prior tours once again these are sold out um arena shows she's had 41 and of course there's no all-time like records just yet because you know you still have to get it together since the tour just ended but of course me deep diving deeper into it you can kind of get an estimate on how much he's generating with 2.6 million per show you know what I'm saying it's pretty easy 41 shows 2.6 million million per show. I mean, you know, you do the math. I'm just putting it in front of your face. You know what I'm saying? Don't ever say I wasn't a Hall of Fame pocket watch. You know I mean? You feel me?

All right, come on, Drewski. Cut that out. All right. So now, when getting it to the rest of what is left for Ariana Grande, I believe that she has some acting responsibilities for West End Revival. I don't know what that is. I don't watch TV shows and movies unless it's superheroes. So with that being said, West End revival of Sunday and Park with George. I don't know what that was, I don't know what that's about, but she was scheduled to reunite with the wicked co-star Jonathan Bailey, but because of her plan leaves, she would not be doing that. So with that being said, she is also departuring from American Horror Story season for 13. I even know she was a part of that. That was confirmed by Ryan Murphy as a scheduling conflict rather than a

decision to withdraw from public life. And then, of course, Murphy said that Grande's tour and album schedule made the role impossible to accommodate and indicated he could potentially revisit the idea in a future season depending on her availability. So as far as being a mammoth of a musician and a mammoth of an acting presence, because if you don't know, of course she started with Nickelodeon and Broadway as far as before launching her recording career. And when it comes to her musician stature, a lot of people will forget that she was an actor for her actor for first. I wonder where, you know, what does that remind you of? Who does that remind you of? Is it okay? I got my dope on me? You know, there needs to be a study done on these actors coming

under the umbrella of Disney, Nickelodeon, etc. and blowing up into musical stardom. I think there's an interesting documentary that could be made about that. But anyways, so when it comes to Ariana, obviously, as far as her acting side of the thing, she's been doing phenomenal earning an Oscar nomination for Wicked in 2024. And when it comes to Wicked, uh, specifically, Specifically, Wicked was the highest grossing musical film adaptation. What in the actual? That is insane. And not only did she earn an Oscar nom, but she also earned a Golden Globe for supporting actress nomination.

And then for 2026 on the music side, she had a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Duo slash group performance with Defying Gravity, Gravity with Cynthia Arevo, somebody who is also a part of the wicked cast. Now, Ariana Grande's been beyond busy. When we talk about her hiatus, or not hiatus, but her break, her scheduled break is very much earned. And I don't think anybody's going to be coming out of the woodworks to say, oh, Ariana Grande's taking a break for no reason. We can basically spell out a couple of reasons on why she's taking a break. And a lot of them have generated millions of dollars.

So when it comes to her musical career, when it comes to her acting career, both of them are performing phenomenally. I think when it comes to Grande showcasing how big of a musician and actor you could be at the same time, there's nobody else doing it better than Ariana Grande. I mean, there's no top-tier actor that could put out an album like Ariana Grande just did and sell almost $300,000 first week.

There's no musician that could act in a movie and have it nominated for an Emmy or a global, what's it called? a global global globe that's not what's called at all let me see a golden globe so when you look at a ari and a grande she's definitely a one of one one one the biggest notorious mass effectors in the entertainment industry period and she has a well-deserved break coming up for her so with that being said getting back into the album definitely make sure to click my link to my bio to follow me on my social medias and if you're on Spotify definitely comment down below if you've listened to the pedal

album what is your favorite song from the album and why