{"id":292253,"date":"2025-11-19T02:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T02:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/292253\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T02:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T02:05:11","slug":"wickeds-for-good-pairs-well-with-thank-u-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/292253\/","title":{"rendered":"Wicked’s “For Good” pairs well with “Thank U Next”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maybe some people were skeptical when Ariana Grande was cast in the Wicked movies<\/a> all the way back in 2021. It would have been somewhat fair: At the time, she was certainly best known for her pop music, which tended to lean a lot more toward R&B and trap and saying yuh a lot, which is typically not a type of singing associated with musical theater. Of course, she did (somewhat infamously) alter her entire speaking voice when she took on the role and has since been nominated for an Oscar, but, still: What if the Wicked<\/a> Ariana Grande still sounded like the Thank U, Next Ariana Grande<\/a>?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Well, singer and content creator Tetza indulged this very thought experiment, and the results were surprisingly solid. About a week ago, the singer posted a video on Instagram and TikTok titled \u201cHow people thought Ariana would sing in Wicked\u201d which took the lyrics and melody from \u201cFor Good,\u201d the emotional final duet between Elphaba and Glinda, and put it over the beat from \u201cThank U, Next.\u201d The two fit together surprisingly well, and was apparently such a hit that she went on to record a full version of the song.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In fairness, this isn\u2019t the first time Tetza has dabbled with these two piles of music. About a year ago,<\/a> she played the same game with \u201cPopular\u201d from Wicked and the beat from \u201c34+35\u201d from Grande\u2019s album Positions. This past January<\/a>, Tetza made another mashup of \u201cWhat Is This Feeling?\u201d and Grande\u2019s hit \u201c7 Rings.\u201d They\u2019re both pretty good, but it\u2019s certainly the \u201cFor Good\/Thank U, Next\u201d clip that syncs best. You can check that out below.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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