"Thank U, Next" (stylized as "thank u, next") by Ariana Grande is featured on Just Dance+ and Just Dance VR.
Appearance of the Dancer[]
The coach is a female high school student named Grace. She has blue wavy hair, tied in a high ponytail with a yellow hairband. She also has a thick lock of wavy hair that is brushed to the left, which is adorned with pink and yellow butterfly hairpins. She has blue eyebrows, black eyeliner with faint pink eyeshadow, and pink lips. Tied around her neck is a black neckerchief.
She wears a pink and blue split-colored bra, with the cups shaped like a broken heart. Each piece of the heart covers her breast, with the lower portions connected down to the proximity of her navel. The edges of the heart are covered with thick white fluff, and three pink straps connect between both halves. Over her bra is a pink long-sleeved translucent open jacket with thick lapels, where in throughout much of the routine has them exposing her shoulders. She also wears a magenta plaid skirt, black over-the-knee stockings and a pair of hot pink high heels with yellow butterflies. She has a white faded outline and a greenish teal glove.
Background[]
The background starts off with a section of lockers from Just Dance High School[3] with the song title written on it. The camera then transitions to a hallway in the verse, which is the one from Good 4 U. In the pre-chorus the background changes to be darker with graffiti on the walls flashing to the beat.
In the chorus, there are three scenes that represent high school classes: one yellow, one teal-greenish, and one pink, with the coach swiping in between each one. Each room has a colored silhouette of a past male Just Dance coach: the coach of Happy is in the yellow room, the coach of Sorry is in the teal room, and the coach of Blame is in the pink room. In the yellow room, a picture of Teenage Dream is hanged on the wall. There is also a hanged photo of This Is How We Do in the pink room. In the post-chorus, the silhouettes disappear through particles, and the lights in the classroom are off. After each chorus, the routine transitions back to the hallway.
In the outro, the routine transitions to the hallway again, and the camera zooms into a section of lockers, but now one of them is open. The open locker contains three books, pink and purple headphones, posters, school supplies, magnets, sticky notes, and the following Easter eggs: the crop top of P1/P3 of Level Up, stickers of the avatars of Land Of 1000 Dances and Happy Farm, a picture of the coaches of Baby One More Time, and photos of Grace and Ari (C4) posing affectionately.
Gold Moves[]
There are 2 Gold Moves in this routine:
Gold Move 1: Put your hands in your chest with your legs close, then separate them apart and wiggle your shoulders.
Gold Move 2: Put both of your hands on your hips.
Appearances in Playlists[]
Thank U, Next is featured in the following playlists:
Just Dance 2023 Edition[]
Trivia[]
General[]
- Thank U, Next is the thirteenth song by Ariana Grande in the main series.
- Including Put Your Hearts Up (Just Dance Kids 2014), it is her fourteenth song in the franchise.
- It is also her first song to be a Just Dance+ exclusive.
- Counting Just Dance Unlimited, this is her second song to be an exclusive.
- The official clean version is used in-game, in which "f**kin’" and "s**t" are censored.
- The "’s" from the line "That s**t’s amazing" erroneously appears after the word "that" instead of after the censor.
- The song was referenced in the temporary Just Dance Now playlist "Thank You, Dance", whose first version was released on November 26, 2020 (almost three years before Thank U, Next was released on Just Dance+).
- The lyric of the song "‘cause her name is Ari" inspires the name of the coach from Good 4 U.[3]
Routine[]
- Among all Just Dance+-exclusive maps, Thank U, Next was the first one to be initially kept secret despite making an appearance in the season announcement trailer.
- Counting Just Dance Unlimited, it was the tenth map to have gone partially or completely unannounced in its season trailer, after New World (World Cup Champion Version), White Noise, all new songs in Season 4: It’s Showtime, All The Stars, Rainbow Beats and Levitating.
- Although the announcement for Season 1: Lover Coaster referred to the song as a "new surprise song", the song was revealed in the home page seasonal pop-up on the day the season started.
- On April 27, 2023, on the promotional Twitter video for the new Just Dance+ releases of that week, the songs by Ariana Grande that were among those releases were all referred to as "secret surprise songs", referencing the original secret announcement of Thank U, Next.[4]
- Into You was called "Secret Surprise 2: Secret Boogaloo", referencing the Electric Boogaloo meme.
- On April 27, 2023, on the promotional Twitter video for the new Just Dance+ releases of that week, the songs by Ariana Grande that were among those releases were all referred to as "secret surprise songs", referencing the original secret announcement of Thank U, Next.[4]
- Among all Just Dance+-exclusive maps released for Season 1: Lover Coaster, thank u, next is the only routine to not have a teaser gameplay released.
- Grace’s name is likely a play on the word "Gracias" which is a Spanish word meaning "Thanks".
- Grace and the background take inspiration from the song’s music video.
- Grace’s outfit also takes inspiration from the film Mean Girls.
- The latter fact was also referenced in a tweet by Just Dance’s official account that reads "that’s right girlies, on THURSDAYS we wear pink x"[5], referencing the quote "On Wednesdays we wear pink!" from the film.
- Grace’s outfit also takes inspiration from the film Mean Girls.
- The following Easter eggs can be spotted inside Grace’s locker:
- One sticky note reads "2009" (the release year of the first Just Dance game) and "11.30" (likely a reference to the music video for the song, which was released on November 30, 2018).
- One of her document folders has stickers based on Megastars and the coach of Monsters of Jazz.
- David S. Grunwell’s The Fall of Heaven is mentioned on the front page of a book.
- The Next Ship, which references the routine in the park map that served as a teaser of Season 1: Lover Coaster, has a sign that is inspired from the official lyric video for the song.
- On Season 1: Lover Coaster’s promotional art, Grace is depicted with smooth indigo hair instead of wavy blue hair.
- Grace returns as P1 in Vampire.
Gallery[]
Game Files[]
(Just Dance VR)
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In-Game Screenshots[]
Promotional Images[]
![Wallpaper 1[6]](/wiki/File:Thankunext_wallpaper.jpg "Thankunext wallpaper.jpg (147 KB)")
![Wallpaper 2[6]](/wiki/File:Thankunext_wallpaper2.jpg "Thankunext wallpaper2.jpg (166 KB)")
![Wallpaper 3[6]](/wiki/File:Thankunext_wallpaper3.jpg "Thankunext wallpaper3.jpg (146 KB)")
Behind the Scenes[]
(Pictogram development)
Videos[]
Official Music Video[]
Gameplays[]
Extraction[]
References[]
- ↑ File:ThankUNext jd2023 lalo choreo proof.png
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:ThankUNext jd2023 dalynn xuxu perf proof.png
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.tiktok.com/@arianakatana/video/7208953423671299374
- ↑ https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1651632436516724754
- ↑ https://mobile.twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1633875311950696452
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17921341018722144/
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