Grande’s new interview comes over a month after the first Wicked hit theaters Nov. 22, 2024, quickly becoming the top-grossing movie adaptation of a Broadway musical ever. Its sequel, Wicked: For Good, will arrive almost exactly a year later in the fall of 2025.

We gave it a rave review, and can now say we are extremely excited for the second part, Wicked: For Good ... the role of Glinda, we can see her going to extreme lengths to step into the part, even asking herself what kind of underwear the Witch would ...

Jon M. Chu’s fantasy musical film ‘Wicked’ effectively transports the audience to the magical land of Oz through vivid imagery, established cultural norms, and eccentric linguistic preferences. This feat in world-building is best accomplished through Shiz University,

The emotional press tour for Wicked continues on to awards season as the film hits its digital release. And listen, at this point complaining about Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s displays of sisterhood is tired from anyone who hasn’t shot two films back to back and sung the musical’s iconic songs live.

Ariana Grande must be into manifesting, because the lengths she went to in order to nab the role of Glinda in Wicked could only be described as such. I mean, how else are you going to categorize the fact that she stocked up on exclusively pink clothing—down to her own ding dang underroos—in the months leading up to even auditioning for the part?

"I think we all kind of knew why I was going in, and it was for Glinda," Grande says in a PEOPLE-exclusive clip from the 'Wicked' digital home release