Singer Ariana Grande’s latest album Petal has been branded “an old fashioned triumph” by reviewers. The 33-year-old American singer released her eighth studio album on Friday, featuring songs reportedly about her break-up with fellow Wicked actor Ethan Slater. The Times gave Petal four out of five stars, praising the record for its “distinctly aquatic quality”. The review read: “It is all rather weightless and nonspecific and, while maintaining a spirit of innocence, focuses on adult emotions. The magazine said of the album: “A shimmering, cascading beauty unfurls on Kiss Me, the opener on Ariana Grande‘s new album, Petal, before a strange chittering, like the oncoming of intrusive thoughts, causes it to crash out.