Ariana Grande Belts Out ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’ To Prove She’s Still A Singer

It’s been much than 2 years since Ariana Grande released a caller album, and her fans are getting antsy. In a caller TikTok video, Ariana responded straight to the fans wondering wherefore she doesn’t sing anymore. successful the video, she belts retired a flawless rendition of “Somewhere Over The Rainbow.” She besides pointed retired successful the video caption that the crushed she hasn’t released thing caller lately is due to the fact that she’s been VERY engaged filming the Wicked movie, which volition beryllium released successful 2 parts connected Christmas Day successful 2024 and 2025.

wanted to sing you a small thing but don’t privation to sing thing that is not “Ozian” astatine the infinitesimal :) keeping to my small bubble for present … done with tons of love.

♬ archetypal dependable – arianagrande

“Wanted to sing you a small thing but don’t privation to sing thing that is not “Ozian” astatine the moment,” Ariana wrote, referring to her opus prime from The Wizard of Oz. “Keeping my small bubble for now…done with tons of love.” She besides pointed retired successful her TikTok that she’s been “filming 2 philharmonic movies each time each day” and noted that she filmed the video “mid getting ready” portion “hiding” her character’s hair.

In Nov. 2021, it was announced that Ariana would beryllium playing Glinda in Wicked, with Cynthia Erivo taking connected the relation of Elphaba. Plus, successful summation to moving on Wicked, Ariana inactive runs her quality brand, r.e.m. beauty, arsenic well. Ariana has fixed a spot of a glimpse into behind-the-scenes of filming Wicked, but has mostly lone shared shots of herself and Cynthia successful rehearsals. With the movie being divided into 2 parts, there’s a batch to beryllium filmed, and the formed has been hard astatine work.

Ariana Grande performing. (Todd Williamson/January Images/Shutterstock)

Of the determination to divided the movie successful two, writer Stephen A. Schwartz explained that the iconic opus “Defying Gravity” is what led to the decision. “We recovered it precise hard to get past “Defying Gravity” without a break,” helium a said successful a instrumentality newsletter, per Variety, successful June 2022. “The opus is written specifically to bring a curtain down, and immoderate country to travel it without a interruption conscionable seemed hugely anti-climactic.” He added that “even arsenic a precise agelong azygous movie, it required america cutting oregon omitting things that we wanted to see and that we deliberation fans of the amusement and communicative volition appreciate.”

Other confirmed formed members for Wicked are Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Yeoh.

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