I'm back to being ambivalent about young vocalist
Ariana Grande after hearing new track,
Right There. Whereas there had been development from the Diva on second single,
Baby, I, this new track, which admittedly is an album track so I shouldn't have expected anything spectacular, sounds pretty much like a clone of her debut single
The Way.
With
Mariah-esque vocals (with a splash of
Aguilera), a sample (courtesy of
Rain Dance) and a guest rapper ( Big Sean); it's no wonder even Ariana herself called this
The Way Pt II (Source: someone's comment on YouTube(!))
. But just because the artist has been self-aware enough to (supposedly) note the similarities, it doesn't excuse this sloppy effort for me.
Right Here isn't offensive, though. I'm sure I'll even enjoy it on rotation for a few days. But it's disappointingly more of the same from Ariana. Something perhaps concerning just three releases into her young career.