Even the instrumentation is ghostly, soaked in reverb and with Grande’s vocals layered and echoing across each song. You desperately want something substantial to cling onto, but it’s always out of reach

Gone is the big-belter Ariana Grande. On “Petal,” her eighth studio album and first full-length release since 2024’s “Eternal Sunshine,” the pop powerhouse looks inward across 12…

Even the instrumentation is ghostly, soaked in reverb and with Grande’s vocals layered and echoing across each song. You desperately want something substantial to cling onto, but…