Ariana Grande wanted. The wicked Film adaptation to stay as true as possible to the original Broadway musical.
In a recent interview with Los Angeles Times, Wicked Musician and lyricist Stephen Schwartz revealed during the recording of the film version. popularthe 7 circles The hitmaker flat out rejected Jon M Cho’s attempt to add some ‘Ariana flair’ to the directorial.
“In the spirit of being open to new things for the film, my music team and I thought, let’s freshen up the beat, let’s, maybe, hip-hop it a little bit,” Schwartz shared.
However, the pop icon opposed the idea, with Grande, 31, firmly saying, “Absolutely not. Don’t do that. I want to be Glinda, Ariana.” Not playing Grande Glinda.”
Although Schwartz failed to add a hip-hop twist. popularhe managed to introduce a new element to the song by collaborating with Grande.
“I had this idea for a new vocal ending,” the composer continued. “Ariana was a little hesitant about it, but I told her that if I had thought of it for the original show, it would have happened.”
“Once she was convinced that this new piece of music was coming out of character, she was on board,” Schwartz finally concluded. Bang bang Singer
Based on the Broadway musical and the 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, Wicked Released in theaters on November 22.