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Intro (End of the World)
"Intro (End of the World)" is a song by American singer-songwriter Ariana Grande and the opening track of her seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine (2024). She wrote and produced it with Shintaro Yasuda, Nick Lee, and Aaron Paris. The track puts emphasis on Grande's vocals over flanging guitars, soft strings, and harmonies. Its lyrics depict Grande's doubts and anxieties of an uncertain relationship. An extended and live version were released as part of the album's deluxe editions.
Most critics were generally positive for "Intro (End of the World)", commenting on its significance as the album's opening track and praising the production. The song reached number 19 on the Billboard Global 200 chart and the top ten of national charts in Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam. It charted in many other countries and received certifications in Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Ariana Grande began work on her seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine, following the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike that halted the filming of the Wicked movies, wherein she portrays Glinda. Grande conceived it as somewhat of a concept album consisting of "different heightened pieces of the same story, of the same experience". She wrote "Intro (End of the World)" with Shintaro Yasuda, Nick Lee, and Aaron Paris. According to Lee, it was envisioned to be a companion to the album's closing track, "Ordinary Things".
"Intro (End of the World)" was one of the first three songs announced for Eternal Sunshine on January 27, 2024, and became available alongside the album as its opening track by Republic Records on March 8, 2024. A live version was surprise-released as part of Eternal Sunshine's Slightly Deluxe and Also Live edition on October 31. It was accompanied by a live performance video, which was the first installment in a seven-part live series of the album. Grande and a 10-piece band performed an orchestral rendition of the track with new vocal runs from her—Billboard's Hannah Dailey said that she adds "fresh emotion". An extended version of the song was released in the album's Brighter Days Ahead deluxe edition on March 28, 2025. It was also featured in the edition's accompanying short film of the same name.
"Intro (End of the World)", at 1 minute and 32 seconds long, was recorded at Jungle City Studios in New York City. Grande produced the song with Yasuda, Lee, and Paris, the three of whom handled programming. Yasuda played keyboards, Lee played keyboards and trombone, and Paris played bass, guitar, synthesizer, and violin. Lou Carrao and Sam Holland engineered the track with assistance from Eric Eyland. It was mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach with assistance from Bryce Bordone and mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound in Edgewater.
"Intro (End of the World)" emphasizes on Grande's vocals. Beginning with static and crackling sounds from a vinyl, the song incorporates flanging guitars with doo-wop chords and understated strums, soft strings, and harmonies. It also includes a trombone filtered through an effect that makes the horns create a "washy, vibey, wavy sound", according to Lee. Grande's vocals throughout are subtle and sensual, escalating as they lead into a violin-driven chorus. She lowers her vocal register when singing the lyric, "If it all ended tomorrow, would I be the one on your mind?". In Rolling Stone, Rob Sheffield believed the track contained influences from the Beatles' album Rubber Soul (1965) due to its "psychedelic murk". Josiah Eleazar Antonio of ABS-CBN News thought the production resembles that of Disney's theme songs, while Manila Bulletin's Punch Liwanag said that the song had "neo-soul strains".
The lyrics of "Intro (End of the World)" are about the ponders of whether a lover cares for you equally as you do for them. In it, Grande doubts a tormented relationship that has slowly been fading, starting the song with a contemplative question, "How can I tell if I'm in the right relationship?". She proceeds to pose similar questions with no hesitation: "Aren't you really supposed to know that shit?/Feel it in your bones and own that shit?" Throughout the track, Grande expresses her anxieties regarding the interactions with a partner and the likelihood of the relationship coming to an end. Although content with life's unpredictability, she is dubious if she can able to recognize a long-lasting love. Several reviewers commented that "Ordinary Things" was an answer to the song's question whether Grande is with the right person.
The extended version, at 2 minutes and 41 seconds long, features two additional verses which are accompanied by spare, twinkling keys and hazy synthesizers. It expands on the lyrics about Grande's contemplations and questions of the relationship by exploring its dissolution. Billboard's Kyle Denis said that it "subtly [calls] back to the overarching theme of memory erasure" that establishes the album's storyline. Writing for Out, Taylor Henderson found it to entirely transform the song's feel and believed that the final lyric ("I wish I could un-need you, so I did") evoked the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. For Variety's Steven J. Horowitz, the version modifies the song "from a sunny opening salvo celebrating romance into a method of preservation".
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Intro (End of the World)
"Intro (End of the World)" is a song by American singer-songwriter Ariana Grande and the opening track of her seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine (2024). She wrote and produced it with Shintaro Yasuda, Nick Lee, and Aaron Paris. The track puts emphasis on Grande's vocals over flanging guitars, soft strings, and harmonies. Its lyrics depict Grande's doubts and anxieties of an uncertain relationship. An extended and live version were released as part of the album's deluxe editions.
Most critics were generally positive for "Intro (End of the World)", commenting on its significance as the album's opening track and praising the production. The song reached number 19 on the Billboard Global 200 chart and the top ten of national charts in Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam. It charted in many other countries and received certifications in Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Ariana Grande began work on her seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine, following the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike that halted the filming of the Wicked movies, wherein she portrays Glinda. Grande conceived it as somewhat of a concept album consisting of "different heightened pieces of the same story, of the same experience". She wrote "Intro (End of the World)" with Shintaro Yasuda, Nick Lee, and Aaron Paris. According to Lee, it was envisioned to be a companion to the album's closing track, "Ordinary Things".
"Intro (End of the World)" was one of the first three songs announced for Eternal Sunshine on January 27, 2024, and became available alongside the album as its opening track by Republic Records on March 8, 2024. A live version was surprise-released as part of Eternal Sunshine's Slightly Deluxe and Also Live edition on October 31. It was accompanied by a live performance video, which was the first installment in a seven-part live series of the album. Grande and a 10-piece band performed an orchestral rendition of the track with new vocal runs from her—Billboard's Hannah Dailey said that she adds "fresh emotion". An extended version of the song was released in the album's Brighter Days Ahead deluxe edition on March 28, 2025. It was also featured in the edition's accompanying short film of the same name.
"Intro (End of the World)", at 1 minute and 32 seconds long, was recorded at Jungle City Studios in New York City. Grande produced the song with Yasuda, Lee, and Paris, the three of whom handled programming. Yasuda played keyboards, Lee played keyboards and trombone, and Paris played bass, guitar, synthesizer, and violin. Lou Carrao and Sam Holland engineered the track with assistance from Eric Eyland. It was mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach with assistance from Bryce Bordone and mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound in Edgewater.
"Intro (End of the World)" emphasizes on Grande's vocals. Beginning with static and crackling sounds from a vinyl, the song incorporates flanging guitars with doo-wop chords and understated strums, soft strings, and harmonies. It also includes a trombone filtered through an effect that makes the horns create a "washy, vibey, wavy sound", according to Lee. Grande's vocals throughout are subtle and sensual, escalating as they lead into a violin-driven chorus. She lowers her vocal register when singing the lyric, "If it all ended tomorrow, would I be the one on your mind?". In Rolling Stone, Rob Sheffield believed the track contained influences from the Beatles' album Rubber Soul (1965) due to its "psychedelic murk". Josiah Eleazar Antonio of ABS-CBN News thought the production resembles that of Disney's theme songs, while Manila Bulletin's Punch Liwanag said that the song had "neo-soul strains".
The lyrics of "Intro (End of the World)" are about the ponders of whether a lover cares for you equally as you do for them. In it, Grande doubts a tormented relationship that has slowly been fading, starting the song with a contemplative question, "How can I tell if I'm in the right relationship?". She proceeds to pose similar questions with no hesitation: "Aren't you really supposed to know that shit?/Feel it in your bones and own that shit?" Throughout the track, Grande expresses her anxieties regarding the interactions with a partner and the likelihood of the relationship coming to an end. Although content with life's unpredictability, she is dubious if she can able to recognize a long-lasting love. Several reviewers commented that "Ordinary Things" was an answer to the song's question whether Grande is with the right person.
The extended version, at 2 minutes and 41 seconds long, features two additional verses which are accompanied by spare, twinkling keys and hazy synthesizers. It expands on the lyrics about Grande's contemplations and questions of the relationship by exploring its dissolution. Billboard's Kyle Denis said that it "subtly [calls] back to the overarching theme of memory erasure" that establishes the album's storyline. Writing for Out, Taylor Henderson found it to entirely transform the song's feel and believed that the final lyric ("I wish I could un-need you, so I did") evoked the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. For Variety's Steven J. Horowitz, the version modifies the song "from a sunny opening salvo celebrating romance into a method of preservation".