Ariana Grande rejected attempts to make "Popular" sound more hip-hop
Let’s, maybe, I don’t know, hip-hop it up a little bit. Ariana said, ‘Absolutely not, don’t do it. I want to be Glinda, not Ariana Grande playing Glinda,'” Schwartz tells The Times. In fact, Grande was so protective of Glinda she didn’t even want to add what became a show-stopping dance break finale to the number.
Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Granda as Glinda in ‘Wicked’ Although Grande turned down a modern take on the song ...
Ariana Grande even scared herself when she first heard her violent line delivery of one "Popular" lyric in "Wicked." In a ...
Ariana Grande, her boyfriend Ethan Slater and Ariana's family took her grandmother Marjorie, who turned 99 in October, to see ...
It’s a subtle but spirited change from the original musical, in which Glinda isn’t cut off and says, “They were popular” ...
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The Wicked movie’s version of ‘Popular’ almost sounded very different. Then Ariana Grande stepped inI want to be Glinda, not Ariana Grande playing Glinda.’” Schwartz said, “That was something she was very insistent on ...
The director Jon M. Chu narrates the musical scene, also featuring Cynthia Erivo, where Grande performs the song “Popular.” ...
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