Ariana Grande has hit out at the double standards she's faced after being criticised for her changing voice. The 'Thank U, Next' hitmaker was mocked last month when she spoke in a lower octave before switching back to a higher pitch during an appearance on Penn Badgley's 'Podcrushed', but she's insisted a man wouldn't face such ridicule if they had gone method for a role. Speaking about her role as Glinda in 'Wicked', she told Evan Ross Katz on his 'Shut Up Evan' podcast: “I did just spend a long time playing a character every single day and training my voice to do different things.
"The voice is in the body, it’s an instrument, and muscle memory is a real thing. That’s a normal thing for people who, it’s their job to transform. “You see male actors — sure, people make jokes here and there as well about everybody who experiences something like this — but it’s always after the fact that they’re like, ‘Oh, wow, how dedicated to his craft.
What an amazing transformation! He’s a brilliant performer!' “And God forbid I sneeze like Glinda. “I had a job to do. People change and habits happen.
It’s a strange thing to be under such a microscope.” Evan, who has been friends with Ariana for several years, agreed and told listeners "both" tones are her real voice and it all depends on circumstances such as how intense her vocal regime is and what she is working on as to how she sounds at the time. And the presenter argued many people don't understand what go.