Glinda (Ariana Grande) showing Elphaba's witch hat in Wicked
Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Wicked!Ariana Grande-Butera refused one big change to Wicked's"Popular," according to composer and original musical writer Stephen Schwartz, who also revealed what was changed for the song in the film adaptation. The story of Wicked features Grande-Butera's Galinda befriending Elphaba at Shiz University, prior to the pair becoming Glinda the Good Witch and the Wicked Witch of the West respectively.
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.' ✕ Remove Ads What Grande-Butera's Refusal To Alter Wicked's Music Meant For The Movie Keeping The Songs Faithful Strengthened The Film Close Grande-Butera's refusal to do a remixed version of"Popular" emphasizes how the cast of Wicked kept the movie faithful to the Broadway show. The other songs throughout the film, from"The Wizard and I" to"Defying Gravity," are also very close to, if not the same as, the original renditions onstage.
Posts ✕ Remove Ads The songs in Wicked are considered Broadway classics, making their presentation extremely important when developing a big-screen adaptation. By keeping the music as is, with only a few minor changes to show off the talent of its core actors, the movie shows how much respect it has for the original composition.
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