Ariana Grande Says Her Higher-Pitched Voice forWicked'Might Stay': 'Certain Things Maybe Won't Melt Away'

Mar. 15, 2025

Ariana Grande inWicked(2024).Photo:Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures

Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures

Ariana Grande’s transformation inWickedstill has a lasting effect on her.In a new interview withVariety, the 31-year-old actress and singer, who plays Galinda/Glinda in the musical fantasy film oppositeCynthia Erivo’s Elphaba, reflected on how her role “required a lot of vocal work for” her — and as a result, Glinda’s voice “might stay.““Certain things maybe won’t melt away. Some will, but I’m really grateful for the pieces that will stay with us forever. What a beautiful thing to be left with, and to feel the ghost of every day,” Grande continued, before addressing another parting gift from her role.“I’m still looking for my eyebrows,” she quipped in the interview, published Thursday, Jan. 2. “I’ll let you know if I find them — I hope I don’t.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.Ariana Grande inWicked(2024).Giles Keyte/Universal PicturesThe two-timeGrammy Awardwinner also told the outlet of herself and Erivo, 37, “Maybe people underestimate how long we spent finding and disappearing into these women.““So when certain inflections or mannerisms take time to melt away, sometimes people poke fun,” she said of their work on theJon M. Chu-directed film. “But we had a job to do, and we had things to get lost in — because that’s what the piece required.“And Grande was more than happy to put in the work required, both physical and otherwise, to play Glinda, which she haslong called a “dream role.““I had been chasing [producer] Marc Platt down for about 10 years, wondering when this movie was going to happen, when I would have the opportunity to audition,” she said with a laugh in a clip from theWickeddigital home release, available now.The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande inWicked(2024).Universal Pictures"As soon as I heard that maybe in a few months they might start seeing people, I was like, ‘Great! Now’s the time I’m starting,’ " Grande added.The"7 Rings"hitmaker also admitted that she “had a little portion of my closet that was all just little pink tops and stuff, just in case” she landed the role of a lifetime.“I was like, ‘Whatunderwear would Glinda weartoday?’ " Grande joked.Wickedis now available to purchase or rent on digital, withpreorders also availablefor the film’s release on 4K, Blu-ray and DVD, out Feb. 4.

Ariana Grande’s transformation inWickedstill has a lasting effect on her.

In a new interview withVariety, the 31-year-old actress and singer, who plays Galinda/Glinda in the musical fantasy film oppositeCynthia Erivo’s Elphaba, reflected on how her role “required a lot of vocal work for” her — and as a result, Glinda’s voice “might stay.”

“Certain things maybe won’t melt away. Some will, but I’m really grateful for the pieces that will stay with us forever. What a beautiful thing to be left with, and to feel the ghost of every day,” Grande continued, before addressing another parting gift from her role.

“I’m still looking for my eyebrows,” she quipped in the interview, published Thursday, Jan. 2. “I’ll let you know if I find them — I hope I don’t.”

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Ariana Grande inWicked(2024).Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures

The two-timeGrammy Awardwinner also told the outlet of herself and Erivo, 37, “Maybe people underestimate how long we spent finding and disappearing into these women.”

“So when certain inflections or mannerisms take time to melt away, sometimes people poke fun,” she said of their work on theJon M. Chu-directed film. “But we had a job to do, and we had things to get lost in — because that’s what the piece required.”

And Grande was more than happy to put in the work required, both physical and otherwise, to play Glinda, which she haslong called a “dream role.”

“I had been chasing [producer] Marc Platt down for about 10 years, wondering when this movie was going to happen, when I would have the opportunity to audition,” she said with a laugh in a clip from theWickeddigital home release, available now.

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande inWicked(2024).Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures

“As soon as I heard that maybe in a few months they might start seeing people, I was like, ‘Great! Now’s the time I’m starting,’ " Grande added.

The"7 Rings"hitmaker also admitted that she “had a little portion of my closet that was all just little pink tops and stuff, just in case” she landed the role of a lifetime.

“I was like, ‘Whatunderwear would Glinda weartoday?’ " Grande joked.

Wickedis now available to purchase or rent on digital, withpreorders also availablefor the film’s release on 4K, Blu-ray and DVD, out Feb. 4.

source: people.com