And Ariana Grande

Eve Barlow, freelance writer: A show of solidarity and level prowess that demonstrates the life lesson we’re hoping a pandemic has served us: that we’re only going to get through this together. “Rain on Me” is successful because of its directness and its simplicity. The lyrics are open to multiple interpretations — a metaphor of being caught in a storm, a possible nod to struggles with sobriety — but at the heart of the matter is survival. It exists as a memory of what has been and what will be again — of silliness, of ecstasy, of oneness.