"It's a little feral," the artist shared in an Instagram video detailing the record set for release on July 31 In 2023, Ariana Grande gathered her team at Republic Records to preview Eternal Sunshine , the album she created when the Hollywood strikes brought production on Wicked to an abrupt stop. She cried while presenting the record , which she described as vulnerable and toying with the expectations often projected onto her. In a new Instagram video , Grande calls the group back into the same studio. “Surprise,” she said as she presented them with Petal , her upcoming eighth studio album out July 31. Vulnerable was a fitting adjective for Eternal Sunshine, which found Grande in an introspective mindset as she unpacked her emotional state as well as her perception of love. When she detailed Petal , she landed on a sharper descriptor: “It’s a little feral.” Grande went on to explain that the record emerged from a part of herself that laid dormant for a while.…