Intro (End of the World)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Intro (End of the World)
| type = song
| artist = Ariana Grande
| album = Eternal Sunshine
| released = {{Start date|2024|03|08}}
| recorded =
| studio = Jungle City (New York City)
| genre =
| length = 1:32
2:41 (extended)
| label = Republic
| writer = * Ariana Grande
- Shintaro Yasuda
- Nick Lee
- Aaron Cheung
| producer = * Ariana Grande
- Shintaro Yasuda
- Nick Lee
- Aaron Paris
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|p7jATa6Soag&pp|"Intro (End of the World)"}}|header=Lyric visualizer|type=song}}
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"Intro (End of the World)" is a song by American singer-songwriter Ariana Grande and the opening track from her seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine (2024). She wrote and produced it with Shintaro Yasuda, Nick Lee, and Aaron Paris. The track puts emphasis on Grande's vocals over flanging guitars, soft strings, and harmonies. Its lyrics depict Grande's doubts and anxieties of an uncertain relationship. An extended and live version were released as part of the album's deluxe editions.
Most critics were generally positive for "Intro (End of the World)", commenting on its significance as the album's opening track and praising the production. Commercially, the song reached number 19 on the Billboard Global 200 chart and the top ten of national charts in Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam. It charted in Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, New Zealand, Portugal, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as receiving certifications in Canada and New Zealand.
Background and release
Ariana Grande began work on her seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine, following the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike that halted the filming of the Wicked movies, wherein she portrays Glinda. Grande conceived it as somewhat of a concept album consisting of "different heightened pieces of the same story, of the same experience".{{Cite web |last=Zhan |first=Jennifer |date=March 12, 2024 |title=No Thoughts, Just Eternal Sunshine |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/ariana-grande-ag7-album-release-date-details.html |url-access=limited |access-date=April 12, 2025 |website=Vulture}} She wrote "Intro (End of the World)" with Shintaro Yasuda, Nick Lee, and Aaron Paris. According to Lee, it was envisioned to be a companion to the album's closing track, "Ordinary Things".
"Intro (End of the World)" was one of the first three songs announced for Eternal Sunshine on January 27, 2024, and became available alongside the album as its opening track by Republic Records on March 8, 2024.{{Cite magazine |last=Peters |first=Mitchell |date=January 27, 2024 |title=Ariana Grande Begins Teasing Eternal Sunshine Tracklist, Reveals New Alternate Cover |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/ariana-grande-teases-eternal-sunshine-tracklist-alternate-album-cover-1235590908/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209004741/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/ariana-grande-teases-eternal-sunshine-tracklist-alternate-album-cover-1235590908/ |archive-date=February 9, 2024 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite web |last=Grande |first=Ariana |author-link=Ariana Grande |date=March 8, 2024 |title=Eternal Sunshine |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/eternal-sunshine/1725877944 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321180409/https://music.apple.com/us/album/eternal-sunshine/1725877944 |archive-date=March 21, 2024 |access-date=April 15, 2024 |publisher=Apple Music (US) }}{{Cite web |last=Sirosky |first=Mary |date=March 8, 2024 |title=Ariana Grande Drops New LP Eternal Sunshine: Stream |url=https://consequence.net/2024/03/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-stream/ |access-date=April 13, 2024 |website=Consequence |archive-date=March 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308130950/https://consequence.net/2024/03/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-stream/ |url-status=live }} A live version was surprise-released as part of Eternal Sunshine{{'s}} Slightly Deluxe and Also Live edition on October 31. It was accompanied by a live performance video, which was the first installment in a seven-part live series of the album. Grande and a 10-piece band performed an orchestral rendition of the track with new vocal runs from her—Billboard{{'s}} Hannah Dailey said that she adds "fresh emotion".{{Cite magazine |last=Paul |first=Larisha |date=October 1, 2024 |title=Ariana Grande Launches {{'}}Eternal Sunshine{{'}} Live Performance Series with 'Intro (End of the World)' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-deluxe-album-1235120343/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007095428/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-deluxe-album-1235120343/ |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |access-date=October 4, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}{{Cite magazine |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=October 1, 2024 |title=Ariana Grande Surprise Drops {{'}}Eternal Sunshine{{'}} Deluxe Featuring 7 Live Performances & Videos |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-deluxe-live-versions-1235789640/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007102933/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-deluxe-live-versions-1235789640/ |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |access-date=October 4, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} An extended version of the song was released in the album's Brighter Days Ahead deluxe edition on March 28, 2025. It was also featured in the edition's accompanying short film of the same name.{{Cite web |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |date=March 28, 2025 |title=Ariana Grande Welcomes {{'}}Brighter Days Ahead{{'}} with {{'}}Eternal Sunshine{{'}} Deluxe Album: Stream It Now |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-deluxe-brighter-days-ahead-1235933370/ |access-date=March 28, 2025 |website=Billboard}}{{Cite web |last=Kazemi |first=Alex |date=March 28, 2025 |title=Ariana Grande's {{'}}Brighter Days Ahead{{'}} Short Film Is a Course in Surviving Your Saturn Return |url=https://vmagazine.com/article/ariana-grandes-better-days-ahead-short-film-is-a-course-in-surviving-your-saturn-return/ |access-date=March 29, 2025 |website=V}}
Composition
"Intro (End of the World)", at 1 minute and 32 seconds long, was recorded at Jungle City Studios in New York City. Grande produced the song with Yasuda, Lee, and Paris, the three of whom handled programming. Yasuda played keyboards, Lee played keyboards and trombone, and Paris played bass, guitar, synthesizer, and violin. Lou Carrao and Sam Holland engineered the track with assistance from Eric Eyland. It was mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach with assistance from Bryce Bordone and mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound in Edgewater.
"Intro (End of the World)" emphasizes on Grande's vocals.{{Cite web |last=Jeanfrancois |first=Moses |date=March 11, 2024 |title=Album Review: Ariana Grande – Eternal Sunshine |url=https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312084303/https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine/ |archive-date=March 12, 2024 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |website=Beats Per Minute}} Beginning with static and crackling sounds from a vinyl,{{Cite magazine |last=Denis |first=Kyle |date=March 8, 2024 |title=Ariana Grande's Eternal Sunshine: All 13 Tracks Ranked |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-songs-ranked/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308125523/https://www.billboard.com/lists/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-songs-ranked/ |archive-date=March 8, 2024 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite magazine |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=March 8, 2024 |title=Everything We Learned About Ariana Grande's Divorce (and New Love) on Eternal Sunshine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ariana-grande-enternal-sunshine-breakup-lyric-breakdown-1234983373/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404132303/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ariana-grande-enternal-sunshine-breakup-lyric-breakdown-1234983373/ |archive-date=April 4, 2024 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} the song incorporates flanging guitars with doo-wop chords and understated strums,{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=March 8, 2024 |title=Premature Evaluation: Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2254930/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine/reviews/premature-evaluation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403065008/https://www.stereogum.com/2254930/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine/reviews/premature-evaluation/ |archive-date=April 3, 2024 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |website=Stereogum}}{{Cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |last2=Hé |first2=Kristen S. |date=March 15, 2024 |title=Every Ariana Grande Song, Ranked: Critic's Picks |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/ariana-grande-songs-ranked-best-songs/ |access-date=March 31, 2025 |website=Billboard |archive-date=April 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401054830/https://www.billboard.com/lists/ariana-grande-songs-ranked-best-songs/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Tafoya |first=Harry |date=March 11, 2024 |title=Ariana Grande: Eternal Sunshine |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311041548/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine/ |archive-date=March 11, 2024 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |website=Pitchfork}} soft strings, and harmonies.{{Cite web |last=Allaire |first=Christian |date=March 8, 2024 |title=29 Thoughts I Had Listening to Ariana Grande's Eternal Sunshine |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/eternal-sunshine-ariana-grande-29-thoughts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325074737/https://www.vogue.com/article/eternal-sunshine-ariana-grande-29-thoughts |archive-date=March 25, 2024 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |website=Vogue}} It also includes a trombone filtered through an effect that makes the horns create a "washy, vibey, wavy sound", according to Lee.{{Cite web |last=Ahlgrim |first=Callie |date=March 13, 2024 |title=How Producer Nick Lee Helped Ariana Grande Make the Most Personal Song on Her New Album |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-album-producer-nick-lee-interview-2024-3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601154915/https://www.businessinsider.com/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-album-producer-nick-lee-interview-2024-3 |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |website=Business Insider}} Grande's vocals throughout are subtle and sensual, escalating as they lead into a violin-driven chorus. She lowers her vocal register when singing the lyric, "If it all ended tomorrow, would I be the one on your mind?".{{Cite news |last=Zoladz |first=Lindsay |date=March 8, 2024 |title=Ariana Grande Spins Heartbreak into Gold on Eternal Sunshine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/08/arts/music/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-review.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308170557/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/08/arts/music/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-review.html |archive-date=March 8, 2024 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}} In Rolling Stone, Rob Sheffield believed the track contained influences from the Beatles' album Rubber Soul (1965) due to its "psychedelic murk".{{Cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |date=March 13, 2024 |title=How a Beatles Classic Helped Inspire Ariana Grande's Eternal Sunshine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-beatles-rubber-soul-1234985859/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404002730/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-beatles-rubber-soul-1234985859/ |archive-date=April 4, 2024 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Josiah Eleazar Antonio of ABS-CBN News thought the production resembles that of Disney's theme songs,{{Cite news |last=Antonio |first=Josiah |date=April 8, 2024 |title=ALBUM REVIEW: A Month Later, Ariana Grande Captures Heartbreak, Healing in Eternal Sunshine |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/4/8/a-month-later-ariana-grande-captures-heartbreak-healing-in-eternal-sunshine-1910 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408141413/https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/4/8/a-month-later-ariana-grande-captures-heartbreak-healing-in-eternal-sunshine-1910 |archive-date=April 8, 2024 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |publisher=ABS-CBN News}} while Manila Bulletin{{'s}} Punch Liwanag said that the song had "neo-soul strains".{{Cite web |last=Liwanag |first=Punch |date=March 31, 2025 |title=AUDIOJUNKIE: Ariana Grande, Viva Music: In the Zone |url=https://mb.com.ph/2025/3/30/audiojunkie-ariana-grande-viva-music-in-the-zone-1 |access-date=April 13, 2025 |website=Manila Bulletin}}
The lyrics of "Intro (End of the World)" are about the ponders of whether a lover cares for you equally as you do for them. In it, Grande doubts a tormented relationship that has slowly been fading, starting the song with a contemplative question, "How can I tell if I'm in the right relationship?".{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Emma |date=March 11, 2024 |title=Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312084232/https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine/ |archive-date=March 12, 2024 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |website=Clash}} She proceeds to pose similar questions with no hesitation: "Aren't you really supposed to know that shit?/Feel it in your bones and own that shit?" Throughout the track, Grande expresses her anxieties regarding the interactions with a partner and the likelihood of the relationship coming to an end. Although content with life's unpredictability, she is dubious if she can able to recognize a long-lasting love.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Helen |date=March 8, 2024 |title=Clues and Confessions Abound on Ariana Grande's Eternal Sunshine – Review |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-ethan-slater-b2508570.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308094422/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-ethan-slater-b2508570.html |archive-date=March 8, 2024 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |website=The Independent}} Several reviewers commented that "Ordinary Things" was an answer to the song's question whether Grande is with the right person.{{efn|Attributed to Kristen S. Hé of Billboard, Callie Ahlgrim of Business Insider,{{Cite web |last=Ahlgrim |first=Callie |date=March 8, 2024 |title=Ariana Grande's Eternal Sunshine Isn't Her Best Album, but It's a Solid Collection of Bops |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-album-review-tracklist-breakdown-2024-3 |access-date=April 16, 2024 |website=Business Insider |archive-date=March 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323101317/https://www.businessinsider.com/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-album-review-tracklist-breakdown-2024-3 |url-status=live }} Hanif Abdurraqib of The New Yorker,{{Cite magazine |last=Abdurraqib |first=Hanif |date=March 13, 2024 |title=Ariana Grande Takes Romantic Inventory on Eternal Sunshine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/listening-booth/ariana-grande-takes-romantic-inventory-on-eternal-sunshine |access-date=April 16, 2024 |magazine=The New Yorker |issn=0028-792X |archive-date=April 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410071233/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/listening-booth/ariana-grande-takes-romantic-inventory-on-eternal-sunshine |url-status=live }} and Justin Curto of Vulture{{Cite web |last=Curto |first=Justin |date=March 8, 2024 |title=All 57 of Ariana Grande's Collaborations, Ranked |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/every-ariana-grande-collaboration-ranked.html |access-date=April 22, 2024 |website=Vulture |archive-date=June 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623104042/https://www.vulture.com/article/every-ariana-grande-collaboration-ranked.html |url-status=live }}}}
The extended version, at 2 minutes and 41 seconds long, features two additional verses which are accompanied by spare, twinkling keys and hazy synthesizers.{{Cite web |last=Grande |first=Ariana |author-link=Ariana Grande |date=March 28, 2025 |title=Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/eternal-sunshine-deluxe-brighter-days-ahead/1800579610 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 28, 2025 |publisher=Apple Music (US) }}{{Cite web |last=Denis |first=Kyle |date=March 28, 2025 |title=Ariana Grande's {{'}}Eternal Sunshine: Brighter Days Ahead{{'}} Deluxe: All 6 Songs Ranked |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-brighter-days-songs-ranked/dandelion/ |access-date=March 28, 2025 |website=Billboard}} It expands on the lyrics about Grande's contemplations and questions of the relationship by exploring its dissolution.{{Cite web |last=Rexrode |first=Martina |date=March 28, 2025 |title=Every New Song On Ariana Grande's Eternal Sunshine Deluxe Album, Ranked |url=https://screenrant.com/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-better-days-deluxe-new-songs-ranked-list/ |access-date=March 29, 2025 |website=Screen Rant}} Billboard{{'s}} Kyle Denis said that it "subtly [calls] back to the overarching theme of memory erasure" that establishes the album's storyline. Writing for Out, Taylor Henderson found it to entirely transform the song's feel and believed that the final lyric ("I wish I could un-need you, so I did") evoked the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.out.com/gay-music/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-deluxe-brighter-days-ahead-review#rebelltitem5|title=Ariana Grande's {{'}}Brighter Days Ahead{{'}}: Track by Track Review|last=Henderson|first=Taylor|magazine=Out|date=March 28, 2025|access-date=March 30, 2025}} For Variety{{'s}} Steven J. Horowitz, the version modifies the song "from a sunny opening salvo celebrating romance into a method of preservation".{{Cite web |last=Horowitz |first=Steven J. |date=March 28, 2025 |title=Ariana Grande Revisits the Pain and Joy of Love Lost and Found on {{'}}Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead{{'}}: Album Review |url=https://variety.com/2025/music/album-reviews/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-deluxe-album-review-1236350678/ |access-date=March 28, 2025 |website=Variety}}
Critical reception
Most critics were generally positive towards "Intro (End of the World)". There were comments about the song's significance as the opening track of Eternal Sunshine. Moses Jeanfrancois of Beats Per Minute and Denis deemed it an effective opener for the album. Tomás Mier of Rolling Stone said that the song sets much of the lyrical themes of Eternal Sunshine of "healing-from-a-breakup". Brittany Spanos from the same publication believed that it was where Grande "gets the most intense feelings of heartbreak" on the album.{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=March 8, 2023 |title=Ariana Grande Is Gorgeously Exposed on Eternal Sunshine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-review-1234983313/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308092533/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-review-1234983313/ |archive-date=March 8, 2024 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} In a mixed review, Callie Ahlgrim from Business Insider thought the track "sneakily foreshadows" the themes of Eternal Sunshine but wrote that it would not work as a standalone song.
The song's production was a subject of praise. Mier and Teen Vogue{{'s}} editors Aiyana Ishmael and Honestine Fraser wrote that it was "dreamy".{{Cite web |last1=Ishmael |first1=Aiyana |last2=Fraser |first2=Honestine |last3=McNab |first3=Kaitlyn |last4=Dodson |first4=P. Claire |date=March 8, 2024 |title=Ariana Grande's Eternal Sunshine, Reviewed by the Teen Vogue Group Chat |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-group-chat-album-review |access-date=April 13, 2024 |website=Teen Vogue |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329080051/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/ariana-grande-eternal-sunshine-group-chat-album-review |url-status=live }} In a ranking of Eternal Sunshine, Denis listed the song as tenth and said that it contained a "sense of imminent doom that warrants" a "flashy" title of "End of the World" and a vocal performance "equal parts cavalier and utterly distraught". Sputnikmusic{{'s}} staff picked the track as an example of one of the album's "subtle musical flourishes",{{Cite web |date=March 9, 2024 |title=Review: Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/88304/Ariana-Grande-Eternal-Sunshine/ |access-date=April 13, 2024 |website=Sputnikmusic |archive-date=April 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422161201/https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/88304/Ariana-Grande-Eternal-Sunshine/ |url-status=live }} while Christian Allaire of Vogue said the production "kind of sounds the way a warm hug on a cold winter's day feels". Praising the lyrics, Billboard{{'s}} Andrew Unterberger and Kristen S. Hé placed the track as 36th on the publication's ranking of Grande's 171 songs, writing that it was "a complete portrait of who Ariana Grande is now" and that "she's never sounded more at peace".
Reactions for the extended version were generally favorable. Horowitz wrote that it was much finer to be a "completed thought than a truncated idea". Placing the version fifth on his track-by-track ranking of the deluxe edition, Denis thought Grande made the song a tad sweeter with it. Martina Rexrode from Screen Rant believed that the version's purpose on the deluxe edition was perfectly handled and essential for its content, though she preferred the original part which was attributed to it being last on her track-by-track ranking.
Commercial performance
Following its initial release in 2024, "Intro (End of the World)" entered at number 24 on the Billboard Global 200 chart. In the Philippines (PH), the track reached two national charts: PH Songs (peaking at 4) and the PH Hot 100 (43), where it placed 35th on the chart's year-end issue of 2024. The song reached the top ten in other Southeast Asian countries—Singapore (at 5) and Malaysia (6)—and charted in New Zealand (peaking at 31), Canada (37), Portugal (55), Australia (71), and France (101). In the United States, the track debuted and peaked at number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it helped made Grande the female artist with the third most chart entries at 85, tying with Beyoncé.{{Cite magazine |last=Zellner |first=Xander |date=March 19, 2024 |title=Ariana Grande Charts 12 Songs on Hot 100 from New Album Eternal Sunshine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/ariana-grande-12-songs-hot-100-eternal-sunshine-1235636091/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327211415/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/ariana-grande-12-songs-hot-100-eternal-sunshine-1235636091/ |archive-date=March 27, 2024 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} On non-national charts, the song reached Malaysia's Top 20 Most Streamed International Singles (at 5), Greece's Top 100 Digital Singles International (35), and the United Kingdom's Official Audio Streaming Chart (42).
In April 2025, the track reached a new peak of number 19 on the Global 200 and entered in the national charts of Vietnam (peaking at 9), Thailand (18), the United Kingdom (26), and Ireland (33). In the PH, it re-entered the PH Hot 100 at a new peak of number eight and debuted at that spot on the Official PH Chart. The song once more charted in Malaysia's Top 20 Most Streamed International Singles, as well as in the national charts of Singapore and the United States. It has received platinum and gold certifications in Canada and New Zealand, respectively.
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Eternal Sunshine.{{cite AV media notes |title=Eternal Sunshine |type=liner notes |others=Ariana Grande |year=2024 |publisher=Republic Records}}
- Ariana Grande – lead vocals, songwriting, production, background vocals
- Shintaro Yasuda – songwriting, production, programming, keyboards
- Nick Lee – songwriting, production, programming, keyboards, trombone
- Aaron Paris – songwriting, production, programming, bass, guitar, synthesizer, violin
- Sam Holland – engineering
- Lou Carrao – engineering
- Eric Eyland – engineering assistance
- Serban Ghenea – mixing
- Bryce Bordone – mixing assistance
- Randy Merrill – mastering
Charts
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Ariana Grande|title=Intro (End of the World)|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2024|certyear=2024|access-date=December 17, 2024|source=radioscope|refname="RMNZ"}}
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Notes
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References
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