This thesis analyzes the narrative of Ariana Grande’s 2024 concept album eternal sunshine in relation to the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Chapter 1 contextualizes the album and its related media, including music videos, additional album releases, a short film, and interviews with insights from Grande. Chapter 2 realizes Peaches as the narrator of the album, demonstrates how the lyrics of each track of the album connect to the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and establishes the framework for vocal timbre analysis in the rest of the paper. Chapters 3 through 5 analyze how vocal layering and vocal timbre contribute to three stages of the album’s narrative. Chapter 6 synthesizes these findings to demonstrate how Grande’s choices regarding vocal timbre and layering in eternal sunshine expand and clarify the story of Peaches, deepening the narrative past what the lyrics alone could provide.
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