Why Ariana Grande didn’t want a hip-hop version of Popular in Wicked movie

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Published Dec 3, 2024

Subscribe and turn on notifications???? : https://buff.ly/3F6ZiLt | Here’s why Ariana Grande turned down a “hip-hop” version of Popular for the Wicked movie.

According to Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz, Ariana wanted to stay as true to the original as possible.

Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Schwartz said, “In the spirit of being open to new things for the movie, my music team and I thought, let’s refresh the rhythm. 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.’”

However, many fans may have noticed the new vocal ending of Popular, which Schwartz said Ariana was “a little hesitant about”.

He said, “But I told her that if I had thought of it for the original show, this is how it would have been. Once she was reassured that this new bit of music was coming out of character, she was on board.”

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