K Bye for Now (SWT Live) (stylized in all lowercase) is Ariana Grande's first live album, released on December 23, 2019, through Republic Records.[1] The album was recorded between March and October 2019, and features Grande's set from her Sweetener World Tour.
Background[]
On October 17, 2019, Grande revealed on Twitter that she was working on a live album from the Sweetener World Tour and shared a photo revealing that she was mixing "God is a woman".[2]
On November 5, 2019, Grande tweeted a snippet of "R.E.M." from the live album.[3]
On December 10, 2019, Grande confirmed that the album would be released before the end of 2019 and that only content from the first two legs of the tour would be featured.[4][5] She also confirmed that "get well soon", "goodnight n go" and "Only 1" would all be on the album.[6][7]
On December 11, 2019, the album became available to pre-save and the track listing was revealed.[8]
Shows Recorded[]
- "bad idea", "break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored", "make up", "tattooed heart", and "the light is coming" - O2 Arena, London, England
- "Side To Side" - Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark
- "breathin" - Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin, Germany / Avicii Arena, Stockholm, Sweden / Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, England / AT&T Center, San Antonio, United States
- "raindrops" and "sweetener" - O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
- "God is a woman" - Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Germany / SAP Center, San Jose, United States
- "R.E.M." and "Break Free" - Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- "Be Alright", "no tears left to cry", and "7 rings" - Accor Arena, Paris, France
- "successful" - Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, United States
- "Dangerous Woman", "fake smile", "Only 1", "Side To Side", and "7 rings" - 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland
- "Love Me Harder" - MVP Arena, Albany, United States
- "needy" - FTX Arena, Miami, United States
- "get well soon", "NASA", and "thank u, next"- Madison Square Garden, New York, United States
Trivia[]
- With 32 tracks and a total length of more than an hour and a half, this is the longest project Grande has ever released.
- The live version of "thank u, next" is not only the longest song on the album, at 6 minutes, 29 seconds, it is also the longest song in Ariana's discography.
- The longest studio song in her discography is "Honeymoon Avenue", at 5 minutes, 39 seconds.
- The shortest song on the album is "raindrops" at only 43 seconds. It is the second shortest song in her discography only behind the original studio version, at 37 seconds.
- All tracks on the album are stylized in lowercase and are noted as "live".
Merchandise[]
Physical Releases[]
Videos[]
Track listing[]
All tracks are stylized in lowercase and are noted as "live". All tracks are produced by Ariana Grande and Natural.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Raindrops (An Angel Cried)" | Bob Gaudio | 0:43 |
2. | "God Is A Woman" | Ariana Grande, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Rickard Göransson | 3:33 |
3. | "Bad Idea" | Grande, Martin, Salmanzadeh, Kotecha | 3:32 |
4. | "Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" | Grande, Martin, Salmanzadeh, Kotecha, Kandi Burruss, Kevin Briggs | 3:43 |
5. | "R.E.M." | Pharrell Williams | 2:57 |
6. | "Be Alright" | Grande, Tommy Brown, Victoria Monét, Khaled Rohaim, Nicholas Audino, Lewis Hughes, Willie Tafa | 2:54 |
7. | "Sweetener" | Williams, Grande | 2:54 |
8. | "Successful" | Williams | 2:05 |
9. | "Side To Side" (featuring Nicki Minaj) | Salmanzadeh, Martin, Onika Maraj, Alexander Kronlund, Kotecha, Grande | 4:20 |
10. | "7 Rings" | Grande, Monét, Tayla Parx, Njomza Vitia, Kimberly Krysiuk, Brown, Michael Foster, Charles Anderson, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | 3:46 |
11. | "Love Me Harder" | Martin, Kotecha, Peter Svensson, Ali Payami, Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Grande | 1:23 |
12. | "Breathin" | Grande, Salmanzadeh, Peter Svensson, Kotecha | 3:28 |
13. | "Needy" | Grande, Monét, Parx, Brown | 2:54 |
14. | "Fake Smile" | Andrew Wansel, Nathan Perez, Priscilla Renea, Kennedi Lykken, Justin Tranter, Grande, Joseph W. Frierson, Mary Lou Frierson | 3:25 |
15. | "Make Up" | Grande, Brian Malik Baptiste, Tayla Parx, Tommy Brown, Monét | 2:18 |
16. | "Right There" (featuring Big Sean) | Al Sherrod Lambert, Grande, Carmen Reece, Harmony Samuels, J Bereal, J. J-Doe Smith, Jeff Lorber, Sean Anderson | 1:39 |
17. | "You'll Never Know" | Antonio Dixon, Babyface, Khristopher Riddick-Tynes, Leon Thomas III | 1:21 |
18. | "Break Your Heart Right Back" (featuring Childish Gambino) | Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Bernard Edwards, Christopher Wallace, Diddy, Donald Glover, Kirby Dockery, Mason Betha, Nile Rodgers, Steven Jordan, Warren "Oak" Felder | 2:14 |
19. | "NASA" | Grande, Monét, Parx, Brown, Anderson | 3:05 |
20. | "Tattooed Heart" | Babyface, Riddick-Tynes, Thomas III, Dixon, Matt Squire, Grande, Sean Foreman | 3:23 |
21. | "Only 1" | Grande, Brown, Travis Sayles, Monét, Dennis Jenkins | 2:42 |
22. | "Goodnight N Go" | Brown, Anderson, Foster, Grande, Monét | 3:08 |
23. | "Get Well Soon" | Williams, Grande | 3:27 |
24. | "In My Head (Interlude)" | Wansel, Grande, Perez, Brittany "Chi" Coney, Denisia Andrews, Lindel Deon Nelson Jr., Roberts | 2:30 |
25. | "Everytime" | Grande, Salmanzadeh, Kotecha, Martin | 2:11 |
26. | "The Light Is Coming" (featuring Nicki Minaj) | Williams, Maraj, Grande | 2:10 |
27. | "Into You" | Grande, Martin, Kotecha, Kronlund, Salmanzadeh | 2:59 |
28. | "My Heart Belongs To Daddy" | Cole Porter | 1:47 |
29. | "Dangerous Woman" | Johan Carlsson, Ross Golan, Martin | 3:53 |
30. | "Break Free" | Anton Zaslavski, Martin, Kotecha | 2:31 |
31. | "No Tears Left To Cry" | Grande, Martin, Salmanzadeh, Kotecha | 3:53 |
32. | "Thank U, Next" | Grande, Monét, Parx, Vitia, Krysiuk, Brown, Foster, Anderson | 6:29 |
Total length: | 1:33:17 |
Credits and Personnel[]
- Vocals - Ariana Grande
- Bass Guitar - Eric Ingram
- Drums - Aaron Spears
- Guitar - Natural
- Keyboards - Nelson Jackson III
- Mastering Engineer - Randy Merrill
- Vocal Production - Ariana Grande
- Instrumental Production - Natural
References[]
- ↑ The Fader - Ariana Grande drops live album k bye for now
- ↑ Twitter - Ariana Grande - so .... i got a bunch of my live vocals from tour on my laptop thanks to johnny and toby 💻 about to start comping thru and picking my favorite adlibs / performance moments on this flight ... just in case u want a live album one day 🎙🌪 ☁️
- ↑ Twitter - Ariana Grande - but listen to you.ᶦ ˡᵒᵛᵉ ʸᵒᵘᵘᵘᵘᵎᵎᵎᵎ
- ↑ Twitter - Ariana Grande - mhmm
- ↑ Twitter - Ariana Grande - nothing from this most recent leg unfortunately bc of timing but
- ↑ Twitter - Ariana Grande - !
- ↑ Twitter - Ariana Grande - mhmm
- ↑ Twitter - Ariana Grande - swt live 🌑 available to pre save now arianagrande.lnk.to/swtlive