{"id":118791,"date":"2024-11-14T00:01:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T00:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/11\/14\/hear-ariana-grande-sing-glindas-big-number-popular-from-wicked\/"},"modified":"2024-11-14T00:01:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T00:01:15","slug":"hear-ariana-grande-sing-glindas-big-number-popular-from-wicked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/11\/14\/hear-ariana-grande-sing-glindas-big-number-popular-from-wicked\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear Ariana Grande sing Glinda’s big number ‘Popular’ from ‘Wicked’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ariana Grande<\/strong>\u00a0is here to help you be “Popular.<\/strong><\/a>“<\/p>\n

The pop star’s version of the, well, popular song from the Wicked<\/em>\u00a0musical, which will appear in the forthcoming film adaptation, arrived online Wednesday, Nov. 13.<\/p>\n

Kristin Chenoweth<\/strong> first made the song famous when originating the role of Glinda, which Ariana is now playing, on Broadway in 2003.<\/p>\n

The song is about Glinda deciding to help her unpopular roommate, Elphaba\u00a0\u2014 originated by Idina Menzel<\/strong> on the stage and played by\u00a0Cynthia Erivo<\/strong> in the movie \u2014 become more popular.<\/p>\n

Wicked<\/em>\u00a0fans were also treated to Erivo’s version of the song\u00a0“The Wizard and I<\/strong><\/a>”\u00a0the same day.<\/p>\n

In the song, Elphaba sings about meeting the Wizard and having her whole life change as she teams up with him to form “Oz’s favorite team.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wicked<\/em> flies into theaters on Nov. 22.; the soundtrack is released the same day.<\/p>\n