Ariana Grande‘s deluxe "Eternal Sunshine" album may promise that brighter days are ahead, but a new teaser for the superstar’s accompanying short film is, on the contrary, distinctly dark and moody.
In a black-and-white Casablanca-esque clip posted Thursday, a fuzzy string lullaby plays over the sound of seconds ticking by on a stopwatch, which a man holds open on a wooden table.
Inside the lid of the watch is a photo of Grande when she was young, at the time missing her front teeth.
The Old Hollywood-inspired teaser then cuts to a wide shot of a gentleman in a trench coat and top hat strolling through a street lined with brick European buildings.
The clip comes eight days ahead of Grande’s "Brighter Days Ahead" short film, which will serve as a companion piece to her "Eternal Sunshine" deluxe album, also dropping March 28.
The "Wicked" star co-directed the visual with longtime collaborator Christian Breslauer, who helmed the music videos for "Eternal Sunshine" singles “Yes, And?,” “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” and “The Boy Is Mine.”
Grande has slowly been rolling out details about the new projects since first announcing the long-awaited "Eternal Sunshine" deluxe release date March 10.
Earlier this week, she unveiled the project’s tracklist featuring six new songs: “Intro (End of the World) Extended,” “Twilight Zone,” “Warm,” “Dandelion,” “Past Life,” and “Hampstead.”
She also previously dropped a teaser video for the short film in which a robotic voice says, “Welcome back, Peaches,” seemingly confirming that Grande will reprise her character from the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind-inspired “We Can’t Be Friends” video in Brighter Days Ahead.
Watch Grande’s new short film teaser below.
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