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- Her commitment and connection to the character is apparent
- She wrote the song “The Girl in the Bubble” for the second Wicked film which addresses Glinda's need to set aside her hunger for popularity in order to be part of a greater movement
- She wrote the song “The Girl in the Bubble” for the second Wicked film which addresses Glinda's need to set aside her hunger for popularity in order to be part of a greater movement
February 10, 2026 at 11:38 PM
- Her commitment and connection to the character is apparent
- She wrote the song “The Girl in the Bubble” for the second Wicked film which addresses Glinda's need to set aside her hunger for popularity in order to be part of a greater movement
- She wrote the song “The Girl in the Bubble” for the second Wicked film which addresses Glinda's need to set aside her hunger for popularity in order to be part of a greater movement
Ariana portrays the Glinda character as someone anyone can relate to, rather than just a shallow and bubbly figure of positivity - nailing the emotional arc of “snob to rebel”.
February 10, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Ariana portrays the Glinda character as someone anyone can relate to, rather than just a shallow and bubbly figure of positivity - nailing the emotional arc of “snob to rebel”.
- She expressed wanting to make the role feel “grounded rather than idealized", and the difficulty behind that portrayal of the character
- Grande says that she learned so much from playing Glinda and it helped her heal parts of herself as a person and artist.
- Grande says that she learned so much from playing Glinda and it helped her heal parts of herself as a person and artist.
February 10, 2026 at 11:05 PM
- She expressed wanting to make the role feel “grounded rather than idealized", and the difficulty behind that portrayal of the character
- Grande says that she learned so much from playing Glinda and it helped her heal parts of herself as a person and artist.
- Grande says that she learned so much from playing Glinda and it helped her heal parts of herself as a person and artist.
- She trained every single day for 6 months before her first Glinda audition, partly by taking voice and acting lessons every day
(Glinda’s singing is operatic which is much different from the pop style she’s used to, so she worked to make her voice feel authentically like the character’s)
(Glinda’s singing is operatic which is much different from the pop style she’s used to, so she worked to make her voice feel authentically like the character’s)
February 10, 2026 at 11:05 PM
- She trained every single day for 6 months before her first Glinda audition, partly by taking voice and acting lessons every day
(Glinda’s singing is operatic which is much different from the pop style she’s used to, so she worked to make her voice feel authentically like the character’s)
(Glinda’s singing is operatic which is much different from the pop style she’s used to, so she worked to make her voice feel authentically like the character’s)