Ariana Grande responded to critiques about a viral interview clip of her voice changing drastically, saying the switch was out of « habit. »
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.
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.
