The lack of cohesion here could have perhaps been remedied by allowing a bit more time for the music to grow.

thank u, next finds Grande coping with tragedy.

The strongest album by an A-list American pop artist since Lemonade.

[xrr rating=2.0/5]Conventional wisdom holds that the third time is the charm, but major-label pop operates under a different code. When there’s money in the pool, risk is harder to justify, so the first time must quite necessarily be the charm. If it’s not, there’s almost never a second time, so former teen actress Ariana Grande is a rare thing: when …