K Bye for Now (SWT Live)

K Bye for Now (SWT Live) (stylized in all lowercase) is the first live album by American singer Ariana Grande. The album features Grande's setlist from her Sweetener World Tour in 2019. The album was released on December 23, 2019 and features guest appearances from Big Sean, Childish Gambino, Nicki Minaj and Zedd. Grande has production credits on every track on the live album, marking the first time she has produced her own project.

K Bye for Now (SWT Live)
Live album by
Ariana Grande
ReleasedDecember 23, 2019
RecordedMarch–October 2019
Length93:17
LabelRepublic
Producer
Ariana Grande chronology
Thank U, Next
(2019)		 K Bye for Now (SWT Live)
(2019)		 Positions
(2020)

Background

Grande embarked on the Sweetener World Tour starting in March 2019 to support her albums Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019). On October 17, 2019, Grande tweeted a photo of her editing vocal files on her laptop and wrote "about to start coming thru and picking my favorite adlibs / performance moments on this flight ... just in case u want a live album one day". In November 2019, Grande continued to tease the album by sharing more photos onto Instagram of audio files named after different cities she performed in.[1] On December 1, 2019, Grande shared an update on the production of the album.[2]

On December 10, 2019, Grande responded affirmatively to a fan that had asked if a live album would arrive before the year's end. On December 11, 2019, the album was put up for pre-saving on Spotify under the tentative[3] title SWT Live and Grande shared the track listing on her Instagram.[4][5] On December 22, 2019, Grande revealed on Twitter that the album would be titled K Bye for Now and would be released later that night following her final show of the Sweetener World Tour in Inglewood, California.[6]

Commercial performance

K Bye for Now (SWT Live) debuted at number 97 on the US Billboard 200 with an incomplete tracking week. As of June 2020, the live album has sold 4,000 copies in the country.[7] The album was only made available through digital download and streaming.

Track listing

Track listing adapted from Tidal. All tracks are noted as "live" and produced by Grande and Natural.[8]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Raindrops (An Angel Cried)"Bob Gaudio0:43
2."God Is a Woman"
3:33
3."Bad Idea"
3:32
4."Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored"
3:43
5."R.E.M"
2:57
6."Be Alright"
2:54
7."Sweetener"
  • Grande
  • Williams
2:54
8."Successful"
  • Grande
  • Williams
2:05
9."Side to Side" (featuring Nicki Minaj)
4:20
10."7 Rings"
3:46
11."Love Me Harder"
1:23
12."Breathin"
  • Grande
  • Kotecha
  • Svensson
  • Salmanzadeh
3:28
13."Needy"
  • Grande
  • Brown
  • McCants
  • Parx
2:54
14."Fake Smile"
3:25
15."Make Up"
  • Grande
  • Brown
  • McCants
  • Parx
  • Brian Baptiste
2:18
16."Right There" (featuring Big Sean)
1:39
17."You'll Never Know"
1:21
18."Break Your Heart Right Back" (featuring Childish Gambino)
2:14
19."NASA"
  • Grande
  • Brown
  • McCants
  • Parx
  • C. Anderson
3:05
20."Tattooed Heart"
3:23
21."Only 1"
  • Grande
  • Brown
  • McCants
  • Travis Sayles
  • Dennis Jenkins
2:42
22."Goodnight n Go"
3:08
23."Get Well Soon"
  • Grande
  • Williams
3:27
24."In My Head" (interlude)
  • Grande
  • Wansel
  • Perez
  • Brittany Coney
  • Denisia Andrews
  • Lindel Deon Nelson Jr.
  • Jameel Roberts
2:30
25."Everytime"
  • Grande
  • Salmanzadeh
  • Martin
  • Kotecha
2:11
26."The Light Is Coming" (featuring Nicki Minaj)
  • Grande
  • Williams
  • Maraj
2:10
27."Into You"
  • Grande
  • Salmanzadeh
  • Martin
  • Kotecha
  • Kronlund
2:59
28."My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (interlude)Cole Porter1:47
29."Dangerous Woman"
3:53
30."Break Free"
2:31
31."No Tears Left to Cry"
  • Grande
  • Salmanzadeh
  • Martin
  • Kotecha
3:53
32."Thank U, Next"
  • Grande
  • Brown
  • McCants
  • Parx
  • C. Anderson
  • Foster
  • Krysiuk
  • Vitia
6:29
Total length:93:17

Notes

Personnel

Personnel adapted from Tidal[9]

Production
  • Ariana Grande - vocals, lyrics, composer, production (all tracks), vocal production (all tracks), vocal arranger (tracks 2,3,4,7,8,10,12,13,19,23,25,37,32), mixing, engineering
  • Natural - production (all tracks), musical director, mixing, engineering
  • Randy Merril - Mastering Engineer
  • Tommy Brown - Composer
  • Mr Franks - Composer
  • Max Martin - Composer
  • Victoria Monet - Composer
  • Savan Kotecha - Composer
  • Illya Salmanzadeh - Composer
  • Pop Wansel - Composer
  • Malik Baptiste - Composer
  • Babyface - Composer
  • The Rascals - Composer
  • Pharell Williams - Composer
  • Cole Potter - Composer
  • Charles Anderson - Composer
  • Nicholas Audino - Composer
  • Anton Zaslavskli - Composer

Musicians
  • Aaron Spears - Drums
  • Eric Ingram - Bass
  • Nelsen Jackson - Keyboard

Charts
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)[10] 24
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 57
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 93
US Billboard 200[13] 97

References
  1. Will Richards (11 November 2019). "Ariana Grande teases 'Sweetener' live album". NME. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  2. Sajae Elder (1 December 2019). "Ariana shares updates about live album". The Fader. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  3. Ariana Grande [@ArianaGrande] (December 11, 2019). "Ariana Grande on Twitter: "i want it (and the title) to be a lil surprise ... keep me on here long enough tho"" (Tweet). Retrieved December 12, 2019 – via Twitter.
  4. Sodomsky, Sam (December 11, 2019). "Ariana Grande Announces New Live Album | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. An exact release date has not yet been confirmed, but you can pre-save the collection on Spotify here.
  5. Rowley, Glen (December 11, 2019). "Ariana Grande Teases 'Sweetener Tour' Live Album Release on Social Media | Billboard". Billboard.
  6. Hussey, Allison; Monroe, Jazz (December 23, 2019). "Ariana Grande Releases New Live Album k bye for now". Pitchfork.
  7. "Ariana Grande's Sales & Streams: Ask Billboard". Billboard. 2020-06-26. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  8. "Credits / k bye for now (swt live) / Ariana Grande — TIDAL". Tidal. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  9. "k bye for now (swt live)".
  10. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. December 30, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  11. "Dutchcharts.nl – Ariana Grande – K Bye for Now (SWT Live)" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  12. "Swisscharts.com – Ariana Grande – K Bye for Now (SWT Live)". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  13. "Ariana Grande Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2019.


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