Glinda the Good Witch has seemingly appeared out of thin air in a new Ariana Grande interview. Grande, who plays the sparkling sorceress in the upcoming ”Wicked” movie musical , came under scrutiny this week after a viral interview clip showed her changing her speaking voice mid-dialogue. At the beginning of the clip , taken from the June 17 episode of Penn Badgley’s “Podcrushed” podcast, the “Positions” singer initially talks in a low voice to Badgley — who also recently starred in her “The Boy Is Mine” music video .
When she turns to co-host Sophie Ansari, her pitch rises dramatically. Netizens quickly pointed out the switch, with one X user writing that “this voice change is sending me 😭😭 regular Ariana was coming out for a second,” and another, “oh GLINDA FREE MY GIRL.” Grande has since offered an explanation — or, several.
“Habit (speaking like this for two years) and also vocal health :) 🍵,” she commented on the viral TikTok clip. “i intentionally change my vocal placement (high / low) often depending on how much singing i’m doing 😭i’ve always done this BYE.” The singer previously discussed the rigor of her vocal training for “Wicked” on the “Zach Sang Show ” : “I trained every day.
.. to transform my voice, even — like, my singing voice — everything about me, I had to deconstruct to prove to them I could handle taking on this other person.
” This isn’t the first time fans have noticed Grande slipping.