"Eternal Sunshine" is a song by American singer

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. It was released on March 8, 2024 through

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from her seventh studio album of the same name (2024). It is the fifth track from the album, following " Saturn Returns Interlude". The song was written and produced by Grande, Max Martin, Shintaro Yasuda, Davidior, with additional production from Ilya. The R&B and trap song, deriving its title from the American film ''

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'' (2004), features many lyrical references to the film, including Grande "wiping her mind" of memories.

Composition

"Eternal Sunshine" is three minutes and thirty seconds long. The song is described as a "skittering" and "comforting" mid-tempo R&B and

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song. Grande wrote the song herself and worked alongside Max Martin, Shintaro Yasuda, and David Park with its composition. Yasuda also worked on " Intro (End of the World)" and " The Boy Is Mine", with Park also working on the latter track. Ilya, a long time collaborator of Grande, is featured in the song's production, as well as programming and instrumentation. In an interview for the parent album, Grande mentioned that this was one of the first two songs she wrote for the album's track list, along with the opening track "Intro (End of the World)". The song transitions from " Saturn Returns Interlude", which ends with the words "wake up" being repeated, alluding to increased mental clarity, presumably from a relationship. Lyrically, Grande is coming to terms with the fate of a past relationship, listing her personal grievances to an ex, and alluding to having wiping her mind of the relationship. There are many references to the film of the same name with Grande labeling her ex as her own "eternal sunshine". The song's lyrics also mentions the

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video game console, including an 8-bit sound effect in the production.

Credits

Recording * Mixed at Mixstar Studios ( Virginia Beach) * Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City) Personnel * Ariana Grande – vocals, lyrics, composition, production * Max Martin – production, composition, drums, keyboards, bass, programming, background vocals *

Ilya Salmanzadeh Ilya Salmanzadeh (; born 19 September 1986 in Stockholm), known mononymously as ILYA, is a Swedish-Persian songwriter, producer and singer. He rose to prominence outside of Sweden after co-writing and producing Ariana Grande's " Problem" and Je ...

– production, composition, drums, keyboards, bass, programming, background vocals * Shintaro Yasuda – production, composition, keyboards, drums, programming * Davidior – production, composition, drums, programming * Sam Holland – engineering * Lou Carrao – engineering * Eric Eylands – engineering assistance * Rob Sellens – engineering assistance * Randy Merrill – mastering * Serban Ghenea – mixing * Bryce Bordone – mixing assistance

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