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K Bye for Now (SWT Live) (2019)

Where the lyrics of K Bye for Now (SWT Live) take you, and where it was really made.

Grande announced the title on Twitter on December 22, and the album came out later that same night, right after the tour's final show in Inglewood, California.

Key places

Final show of the Sweetener World Tour (2019)

Live show Inglewood, California — The album was released that night, following the final show of the tour in Inglewood, California. The source names the city only, not the venue. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• K Bye for Now (SWT Live) is the first live album by American singer Ariana Grande
• Released December 23, 2019
• Contains the setlist from Grande's 2019 Sweetener World Tour
• Guest appearances from Big Sean, Childish Gambino, Nicki Minaj and Zedd
• All tracks produced by Grande and Natural
• A live document of the tour that supported Sweetener and Thank U, Next

Background

• The Sweetener World Tour began in March 2019
• It supported Grande's fourth and fifth studio albums, Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019)
• In November, Grande shared Instagram photos of audio files named after the cities where she performed
• On December 10, she answered a fan who asked whether a live album would come before the year ended
• The next day the album went up for pre-saving on Spotify under the tentative title SWT Live
• On December 22, Grande revealed on Twitter that the title would be K Bye for Now
• The album was released that night, following the tour's final show in Inglewood, California

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born June 26, 1993, in Boca Raton, Florida.
• Performed as a child with the Fort Lauderdale Children's Theater, playing Annie.
• Sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a Florida Panthers home game at age eight.

Career

• Began in the Broadway musical 13 (2008).
• Gained fame as Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon series Victorious (2010–2013) and its spin-off Sam & Cat (2013–2014).
• Signed with Republic Records; debut album Yours Truly (2013) debuted atop the Billboard 200.
• Albums My Everything (2014) and Dangerous Woman (2016) brought international success.
• Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019) mark her trap-influenced period; Positions followed in 2020.
• Eternal Sunshine (2024) marked her move into dance and house music; Petal (2026) followed as her eighth studio album.
• Acting work includes Don't Look Up (2021) and Glinda in Wicked (2024) and Wicked: For Good (2025).

Recognition

• Three Grammy Awards, one Brit Award, and fifteen MTV Video Music Awards.
• Ten Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles; the first solo artist to hold the top three Hot 100 spots at once (2019).

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Pitchfork critic Dani Blum gave the album 7.4 out of 10
• Blum called it both a capsule and a capstone of a nine-month, 102-show tour, held at what might be the peak of Grande's career

Records

• Debuted at number 97 on the Billboard 200
• As of June 2020, sold 4,000 copies in the United States
• Re-entered the Billboard 200 at number 79 in June 2021
• The re-entry came when CD and vinyl copies were released
• CD and vinyl versions were released on June 12, 2021 for Record Store Day
• Released to music streaming and digital platforms

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• On October 17, Grande posted a photo of herself editing vocal files on her laptop, saying she was picking favorite adlibs and performance moments from a flight.
• In November she posted Instagram photos of audio files named after the cities where she performed.
• The live version of "Thank U, Next" contains an excerpt from "Video" by India Arie.
• The album was first pre-saved under the tentative title SWT Live before the final title was revealed.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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