Los Angeles, April 29 : Actress-singer Ariana Grande, who was earlier trolled during the â??Wicked: For Goodâ?? press tour, has announced the title and release date of her eighth studio album.

The album is titled, â??Petalâ??, and is executive produced and co-written by Grande and Ilya. The song will hit the airwaves on July 31, reports â??Varietyâ??.

In the announcement, Grande describes the album as, â??Something that is full of life and growing through the cracks of something cold and hard and challengingâ??.

As per â??Varietyâ??, Ilya (whose full name is Ilya Salmanzadeh) is a Swedish-Persian producer who worked extensively with hitmaker Max Martin, co-produced and co-wrote much of Grandeâ??s 2024 album â??Eternal Sunshineâ?? and has clocked hits with Taylor Swift and Sam Smith, among many others. The album will be released under the label of Republic Records.

The album has been long expected, as Grande has been teasing it with photos of herself in the studio and announced a summer tour launching in June.

The announcement comes on the heels of her three years of work around the film â??Wickedâ?? and its sequel, as well as â??Eternal Sunshineâ?? and its 2025 deluxe edition. While the tour was pegged to â??Eternal Sunshineâ?? when it was announced last year, it seems likely the new album will be a highlight of it. Ariana said that the tour could be her last â??for a long timeâ??.

She said on Amy Poehlerâ??s â??Good Hangâ?? podcast, â??The last 10 or 15 years will look very different to the ones that are coming up. I donâ??t want to say anything definitive. I do know that Iâ??m very excited to do this small tour, but I think it might not happen again for a long, long, long, long, long time. Iâ??m going to give it my all and itâ??s going to be beautifulâ??.

/IANS