How My Everything Made Ariana an A-List Pop Diva | 10 Year Anniversary

[@alicepaesleme3426]

it's always crazy to remember that bang bang didn't hit #1 because that song was INESCAPABLE

[@EljohnMacaranas]

If there was a Global Chart like there is today, it definitely would have hit #1!

[@alicepaesleme3426]

@@EljohnMacaranas definitely!! i’m from brazil and bang bang was on the radio like *all* the time

[@kpopscenario1406]

Ikrrrr

[@khaiielon]

@@alicepaesleme3426 it went #1 in my house hold lol😭

[@cassieoliveira13]

​@@alicepaesleme3426 still is lmao

[@fan7708]

I hate when people try to say thank u next is what made Ariana a main pop girl, when my everything did that! She was everywhere during this era! I remember Love Me Harder was everybody’s Jam! She was the face of 2014 pop music.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Thank U Next sorta revived her for Gen Z but she was def a millennial icon because of My Everything!

[@fan7708]

@@EljohnMacaranas nah she was a Gen Z icon with my everything. My middle school went crazy for this album! Well at least the older Gen Z like those born before 2004.

[@voiofmoonlight]

​@@EljohnMacaranasIm gen Z (2001) and "me" is my first album that I listen to her. A lot of my friends know few songs in this time. Shes been everywhere. On tv, magazines and fan games

[@paarthm9681]

this is ariana's thats that me espresso

[@EljohnMacaranas]

So real, I can see Short 'n Sweet being kinda like what ME and 1989 was to Ari and Taylor. It already is smashing.

[@fan7708]

This was the coffee shop.

[@burnt.norton]

@@fan7708this was the coffee industry

[@kunpunko]

this is much bigger than espresso lol

[@haraaahmed]

aged like fine wine

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Love Me Harder and One Last Time going down as classic all-time pop hits for me

[@Charlie-jl3ur]

This album is a testament to what the pop music was like between 2004 - 2014 in terms of the way people consumed music. It’s not cohesive at all, it’s essentially a collection of potential radio hits of different genres with little to no narrative, singles heavy, primarily front loaded. But it truly works. I rank it up there with Gwen’s LAMB, Fergie’s The Dutchess, Gaga’s The Fame and Katy’s TD as the exemplar record of that kind. Not gonna lie, I somewhat miss the days when albums functioned more so as the collections of bops, hit singles and, obviously, a few fillers for a good measure lol. Nowadays in the streaming era when singles aren’t the main priority it’s completely different.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I feel like the album meta has definitely taken away the whole need to have big singles and radio hits and individual moments. It’s great bc albums are a bit more cohesive and almost like movies, but bad in the sense that we do lose a lot.

[@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024]

I’m not too sure if that was really what pop music was. 😭

[@Charlie-jl3ur]

@@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024 well, your fav Beyoncé claimed that people didn’t do albums at that time and were all about selling singles… so yeah, that’s that

[@ngminphin8818]

@@Charlie-jl3ur well i still think albums that are cohesive with each tracks able to standout as singles hit songs are the best. usually female artists that do make albums like that have their own legacy, for example Madonna, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Lauryn Hill, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, etc.

[@victorgalva23]

i really dont think much changed, especially with tiktok shortening songs. obviously itas perfevt when a great story comes as a good single, but if i had to choose i'd choose good vocals and bridges or really deep and sad songs.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Imo it’s her fearless, her Emotions

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Definitely her breakout record

[@annikaphiladelphia2476]

Her prism

[@brycenethangrant]

@@annikaphiladelphia2476 no lol

[@user-l6v2p]

@@brycenethangrantyes lol

[@user-l6v2p]

imo it's her 1989, her music box

[@klee.365]

This album has a very special spot in my heart lol, it was my introduction to arianka. It may not be my fav arianka album, but it’s the most sentimental one.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

We always remember our first for an artist!

[@bratzscene3131]

Bang Bang was actually certified Diamond recently! The only female collab to ever do so if I'm not mistaken!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Whoa! That’s actually pretty cool! Honestly, deserved bc it was p much the Lady Marmalade for the 2010s

[@cherrywineluxe]

i was just looking at ariana's posts for my everything's anniversary lol perfect timing

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I wish she’d a live performance thing

[@paarthm9681]

honestly visuals slapped, and most of the songs aged well, im very biased due to nostalgia but man this is just an awesome record, very cool stuff.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I think the visuals were adorable and it reminded me of her obsession with the cat ears and lavender and peak ponytail

[@paarthm9681]

@@EljohnMacaranaspeak 2014

[@EljohnMacaranas]

2014 was a great year for pop 😭

[@chunli6197]

its her fearless

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Honestly is!

[@tomobooy]

but better

[@neilwritesstuff]

i think this would be more like her red, in terms of variety

[@sailorsakuramew]

Ariana (and this era in general) was definitely the reason why I was so obsessed with wearing cat ears as a pre-teen/teen🫣

[@EljohnMacaranas]

My friends and I had the ears on for the concert 🙂‍↕️ she was a pioneer

[@mattduffy1462]

Why Try was when I knew i’d be a fan till forever

[@EljohnMacaranas]

The vocals and live performances perfection!

[@aliaaaafr]

That was exactly the same for me. I grew up with My Everything and why try was such a close song to me for AGES. It was my favorite song from not only her whole discography, but in general. It still is, and will always be :) 💗

[@alienlove2182]

The era I started stanning! Love her artistry and her fan community so much and so happy to have been able to see how far she’s come! 🖤

[@EljohnMacaranas]

The jump in 10 years is truly insane like so glad Max and her stuck together as collaborators

[@noneapplicable1327]

Problem was everywhere for awhile and Focus was a threat to do that again so i’m glad that it was scrapped

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Oh Focus was such a blatant sequel/self-ripoff but it had done so well regardless, still makes sense she did reset

[@lanasqueen5897]

Even cashmere cat had prod credits. the producer list was crazy

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Cashmere Cat shoulda been collabed with more instead of just remixes! Wonderful producer!

[@emanuellawtonlawton]

I think people forget just how big this era was. The day before or of break free debut (I forgot which date but I was watching lol), MTV brought back TRL for Ariana’s own episode “Total Ariana Live”. Ariana was inescapable!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I vaguely remember Total Ariana Live omg 😭

[@Sequoya]

Great record! I was in my Pandora Lady Gaga station era I thumbed up every Ari song, making it a dual station.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Ari and Gaga need to come back together again like Rain on Me was perf

[@paolo2411]

I became a fan of her in 2014 when problem was released. I remember going to the cd store with my mum to buy the album the day it was released, and I couldn’t decide whether buying the one with the grey background or the blue/purple one. It was one of the first cds I’ve ever bought, along with prism by Katy and red by Taylor! Cute times!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Awwww! Man I miss CD stores

[@kylereddell]

this album owned my soul for a good year and a half bless thanks for another great video!!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Thank you so much 💜

[@dasia2345]

This era made me a big fan so special to me

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Everything was aesthetic gold like the cat ears, the outfits, the visuals, the colors… Ari continues to be excellent at that but this era helped her find that superpower

[@DoloiR]

My Everything of Ariana Grande is a Pop Perfection

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Aged v well

[@noneapplicable1327]

always felt bad jessie j never quite caught on in the states, so talented but ariana and nicki def overshadowed

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I feel like she had a cute little moment with Domino and Price Tag!

[@RiriJamesMusic]

@@noneapplicable1327 fr! Jessie is crazy talented, she deserved more recognition than she got

[@deyoncew3311]

15:24 I always play Too Close next to I've Been Thinking About You by Mariah. They work so well together.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

YES! I was so happy they remixed Yes, And? this year together even if it felt a little slapdash

[@Blade16produtions]

The fact she samped I’m coming out on a track talking about someone being gay and cheating on her also I’m so glad you like too close i looooveeee that track

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Too Close is so good and that sample never not makes me laugh omfg

[@Blade16produtions]

@@EljohnMacaranas Fr Fr lol

[@fchryssreitimothy]

i’m so happy to see other people who also loved too close. i looped that song so much back in the day!

[@noneapplicable1327]

I agree with it being messy in its construction but the transition away from rnb to pop was pretty well done though it would take like 6 years to return to that strict rnb sound

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Positions really was Your Truly’s hotter older sister

[@paola7045]

The album that ACTUALLY semented her as one of the main pop girlies with the big leagues is Sweetener, followed by the HIT that thank u next was. It was original, it was personal, it was her own, and it was HER rather than her other songs super tailored for to be radio hits. And it still was a smashing success. It was where we actually learned her true style in music.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Man we were spoiled by that double era back to back

[@Noonesgoinganywhere-19]

My everything being one of the more overlooked albums (not eras there is a difference) while yes it was engineered to be a pop machine among other pop dominated albums but the elements of duope (idk how to pronounce) sound in pop made it standout. I vividly remember as a preteen that no way she had an album cycle + had Sam and cat during that time, i liked how much contrast it had. While yes i agree Eternal sunshine, Thank U, Next and Sweetener (positions also ig) are her most prominent works from her recent cycles, My everything as an era was done right for her, any song from the album could've been a single, Be my baby is my fav with You dont know and love me harder for me they are so fun and energetic. This is the side of ariana we haven't seen since DW had much more mature edge to it, i low-key prefer my everything over dw cause how much i am nostalgic of this era, the VIDEOS, the PERFORMANCES. This was her Fearless moment, basically her big breakthrough. My everything you will always be a legend in your own right. 🥹💜🪑👠 Arianators will hate me but i can easily say its my too 3 ari albums with sweetener/thank u, next and eternal sunshine.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

As an era it was a smash (like the singles and performances and etc), but I agree the album was pretty overlooked. Like there’s a lot of core tracks and deep cuts that definitely didn’t get love the way tracks like that do bc of streaming and the whole “albums > singles” mentality we have nowadays.

[@Noonesgoinganywhere-19]

@@EljohnMacaranas I agree with that, especially if she did focus a bit more on the tracklisting on this album I mean c'mon JALBOYH to hands on me is unhinged, that would have been more critically well received but My everything you are our favorite unhinged sophomore record that you are lolol

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Hands on Me coming right after the first time I ever listened made me pause the CD for a min 😭😭😭

[@CoconutGirl333]

Doo-wop I think that’s what you meant to say 💜

[@ThePMMpc]

what i like about this album is One Last Time and Love me Harder that's all. Era as a whole was fun

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Those songs endured!

[@kaniclark1843]

seeing those “[blank] more days” banners took me back omg i had forgotten all about it… great video!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I remember sending the tweets back and forth to my friends’ study group chat 😭 they were so mad i took Problem more seriously than finals

[@samrashahid465]

thankyou I've started to listen to her from 2020. I still don't most of the songs in this album

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Thank you for watching!!!

[@maykilvlogzreborn4429]

awesome anniversary

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I'm genuinely so happy that Ariana finally dropped those two bonus tracks, I'd have loved if she did the live performances she did for Yours Truly but she has Eternal Sunshine and Wicked to promote 😭

[@fchryssreitimothy]

this is my first era! and from then on, ariana has become my fave artist EVER

[@EljohnMacaranas]

What an era to join!

[@rovilan]

I love your videos so much ❤, great work 💖😍

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Thank you so much! 💜

[@ThePMMpc]

that's a good title for Miss Ariana at that time. A-List Pop Diva not yet a MPG

[@EljohnMacaranas]

She was pretty much there but SWT did set her into it

[@DelusionalButterfly]

Yesterday I was literaly searching if you had done a video on this album, I'm scared. 😅

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Psychic powers 💜 (I meant for this to post yesterday but had issues with Wifi)

[@OliviaConnolly-s8i]

Ariana Grande is amazing!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

World class talent!

[@user-sz1ye8gk5r]

quit is the best of the cashmere cat collaborations

[@CoconutGirl333]

Be My Baby should’ve been a single ! Justice for Be My Baby!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Would have been a cute little tour video moment while we waited for Focus

[@D1ON101]

My Everything and Short n’ Sweet are sisters

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Honestly yes!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Down to the RnB influences mixed in with hits!

[@milkandhoney3725]

Agreed too close is jus so good!!!!!!!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Too Close is a classic

[@vimyatic]

ive been a fan of her since i rediscovered her with break free in 2014 & was shocked of how she changed since nickelodeon, i knew she would be a successful popstar as we know today

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Seeing her evolve into an artist with her own style and influencing younger artists has been so cool! Like I hear her in Madison Beer and Sabrina and even Tate

[@vimyatic]

​@@EljohnMacaranas Madison Beer & Tate deserve so much more recognition theyre so talented. Sabrina is now in the spotlight and i'm so happy to see it !!

[@fchryssreitimothy]

i’m not a vocal expert but i really love her tone in this album so airy

[@EljohnMacaranas]

She hadn’t quite mastered her technique or style just so she was still experimenting emulating Mariah and her other idols which perfectly played into her figuring out who she is

[@DLLGbr]

Besides bang bang and problem all the other singles still sound fresh, break free is TIMELESS

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Break Free aged beautifully while still retaining its 2010’s sheen

[@agbnastyVevo]

I still couldn't get the fact that she really hates “why try” over the years, 'cuz rewatching mostly all of her “why try” performances from her Honeymoon Tour she was literally happy performing the song, i don't get her hatred towards the song. It's absolutely a bop that's why it's one of my fav tracks out of My Everything album

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I feel like maybe it’s the lack of writing connection she had to the song or just having to sing it forever for a short time. It’s still one of her finest tracks from early career so it’s a shame to know she dislikes it and Touch It apparently 😭

[@Mateocabrera2389]

You better include A Star is Born era in your Gaga reviews this time 😤

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Before Joker for sure

[@kylelake6351]

I love this❤

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Thank you 💜

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

Damn I can not believe it’s been 10 years it came out a month before I started my junior year of high school the whole era was big, not gonna lie I wasn’t a big fan of Ari bc of her diva drama and the Mariah Carey comparisons (I was a old soul weirdo who hated anything that was contemporary music expect for Taylor swift and Rihanna, forgive me 😂) but I did like some of the songs from the album, it’s my least favorite album from Ariana bc it lacked cohesion and felt like it was a album that was made to push her to hit making pop star level, taking away that unique sound I liked from her debut album, I also felt the era was rushed completely and that her label/management could’ve gotten more hits into the first half of 2015 like be my baby which was destined to be a hit single Favorite songs from my everything: Too close Be My baby Break free Love me harder My everything Bang bang One last time Break your heart right back Just a little bit of your heart

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I def agree the label more or less sorta rushed it, I feel like that’s partly why Ari didn’t do the live performances or give it the Yours Truly 10 year anniversary treatment (that and Wicked) but it def did the job it was meant to do!

[@furrycheetah]

Ariana Grande is the best vocalist of all time after the late singer Whitney Houston, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey. Ariana Grande is in the category of The Great.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Definitely the queen of vocals of her contemporaries!

[@furrycheetah]

Ariana Grande doesn't have song writing talent or producing music but her great voice vocals does it all the rest​@@EljohnMacaranas

[@dasia2345]

I feel like the purpose of this album was to grow her audience outside of her core fan base that had been following her since her Nickelodeon days which is probably why there was a lack of cohesion

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Honestly yeah, the album def went for broad appeal

[@dasia2345]

@@EljohnMacaranas yea they were really just throwing things at the wall to see what stuck

[@Ayan4Khan]

When will you do a video on Melanie? Take your time Eiljohn. I started listening to Ariana newer albums but have started listening to her older albums. This is an album in my opinion that helps find the right sound for Ariana.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Eventually! I’m like still running through catalog stuff!

[@diamondz56]

wsp guys

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Hey! 👋🏼

[@psychedelicspider4346]

I'm not a fan of Ariana, but I think Thank U Next, ate to this day, I play it like it's still 2019. I feel like she really nailed the trap aesthetic, but also made it hers. 7 rings, thank u next, break up with your girlfriend cause I'm bored are bops, and ghostin has a very personal undertone that's hard to overlook.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Thank U Next is def her pop opus

[@fchryssreitimothy]

dangerous woman almost had an intro called “baby loves” and isn’t raindrops the intro for sweetener?

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I just went by like the title being Intro, Raindrops does count in the sense it’s a prologue

[@amiramir-qg7xv]

even though the album definitely was a breakthrough for her and yielded many hits and put her on the map in a big way. i feel like many of the songs were so childish and still lost between pandering to her child audience from nickelodeon and wanting to be a serious pop star. it kind of limited her to a certain brand that doesn’t have a super wild appeal and took her many years to actually cement herself as not just a hit maker but an icon.

[@randomwatcher8911]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@EljohnMacaranas]

THANK YOU

[@CatNagTaylorsVersion]

Only a 7.9? It’s at least a 8.1

[@EljohnMacaranas]

A little too messy for me with tracklisting but the highs are good

[@user-sz1ye8gk5r]

id like this video more if taylor swift wasnt unnecessarily mentioned a million times

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Can’t talk about 2014 pop without mentioning Max’s other masterwork that year

[@StielOcampo]

4:46 and now one last time is the most streamed from this album on Spotify🩷

[@EljohnMacaranas]

IKTR! Taste!

[@cherrywineluxe]

FIRST

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Hey!

[@kylelake6351]

I hear a Sam Smith video in the works…

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I honestly might do one soon bc of nostalgia tbh

[@blu_ranger71]

Ariana is one of the last artists that consider myself a "stan" of. But My Everything, to me, is her worst album. It sounds like a disjointed mess but at the time it was a moment. We wouldn't have gotten Dangerous Woman and eventually Sweetener without it so I have to give it some points.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I do think this album at the very least introduced her to Max Martin who took her on as a muse even up to now with Eternal Sunshine

[@blu_ranger71]

@@EljohnMacaranas and thank God for that 😭

[@EljohnMacaranas]

@@blu_ranger71genuinely do think her and Max will probably work forever like of all his collaborators, I think he only missed Positions since meeting her

[@CatNagTaylorsVersion]

Harry’s only good writing appears on this record, that in itself makes it a historical record

[@EljohnMacaranas]

:/

[@cherrywineluxe]

@@CatNagTaylorsVersion harry has written plenty of good songs, stop the 🧢

[@fan7708]

As it was says hi

[@CatNagTaylorsVersion]

@@cherrywineluxe where, I’m struggling to find it

[@cherrywineluxe]

@@CatNagTaylorsVersion songs like falling or as it was, you really should look into his discography beforehand 💀

[@jennifersun2638]

She has a great voice but her music is very forgettable.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I’d say post Sweetener the song’s definitely feel more impactful

[@jennifersun2638]

@@EljohnMacaranas Into you is her only iconic song.

[@cherrywineluxe]

FIRST

[@EljohnMacaranas]

💜