The Wicked movie’s version of ‘Popular’ almost sounded very different. Then Ariana Grande stepped in
The IndependentSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. While some have hit out at the movie’s “washed out” appearance, it has generally been received positively, breaking box office records in the process. Let’s, maybe, I don’t know, hip-hop it up a little bit,” Stephen Schwartz, composer and lyricist for the original Broadway show, told the Los Angeles Times. I want to be Glinda, not Ariana Grande playing Glinda.’” Schwartz said, “That was something she was very insistent on.” Grande was not having a hip-hop version of ‘Popular’ Explaining that the singer suggested tweaks throughout her involvement in the film, he described her contributions as “inventive”. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free “She does little inventive things within it, but I think they are strongly character-based,” he said.
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