Ariana Grande: 'Wicked helped me find my spark with music'

Ariana Grande says the movie Wicked made her feel reborn in music after a long period of being largely disconnected from her creativity.

Ariana Grande in a new interview on the podcast Shut Up Evan - Photo: Screenshot

Sharing in the latest episode of Shut Up Evan Podcast released on October 22, Ariana Grande admitted that she once intended to pause music production to focus on acting, but the role of Glinda Upland in the movie Wicked changed everything.

"I felt a real spark, a reconnection that I didn't realize I missed," Ariana Grande said on the podcast hosted by Evan Ross Katz.

"Maybe I just missed music. I really wanted to do it, and felt like I couldn't stop writing. It was an inspiring moment," she shared.

During the filming of Wicked, Ariana quietly completed Eternal Sunshine, a studio album released in March 2024, which was highly appreciated by experts and was nominated for the 2025 Grammy in the category of Best Pop Vocal Album - Photo: Rolling Stones

Wicked is an adaptation of the famous Broadway musical, divided into two parts with the first part premiering in November 2024 and the second part (Wicked: For Good) scheduled to premiere in November 2025 - Photo: Universal Pictures

She said that despite the tight filming schedule, she still found joy in creating between two worlds : "I told the crew that it was okay, I would finish the album before or after filming. I didn't want to lose that inspiration."

Before taking on the role of Glinda, Ariana Grande was honest with herself that she might take a break from music.

In the podcast, she shared: "I thought I had closed my own music program. But when I lived with the character Glinda, I felt healed, reminded of why I fell in love with this art in the first place."

Ariana Grande said this project has completely changed the way she looks at music, no longer as a commercial obligation but back to the original joy and sincerity: "I don't write because I have to release a product. I write because I'm happy."

From a movie role, Wicked has become a milestone that helps Ariana Grande find herself again, an artist who has gradually overcome the halo to return to the most basic thing: love of music.

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