Ariana Grande drops sultry, sexually charged new album, 'Positions'

'Positions' is Ariana Grande's her third album in three years. Photo: AFP Relaxnews

Ariana Grande had the twitterati abuzz Friday (Oct 30) after dropping her third album in three years, a pandemic-era meld of juicy pop and soulful R&B that sees the superstar's soaring vocals turn increasingly carnal.

After releasing the title track Positions last week along with a presidential cosplay music video - in which Grande and her all-female aides conduct White House business looking very Jackie O - the 27-year-old issued her sixth studio album days before a US election playing out during a still-raging pandemic.