Any song can become a Broadway showstopper in the hands of Ariana Grande<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Wicked: For Good<\/a> star has frequently proven her ability to sing just about anything, from a\u00a0bop about her best friend’s (murder) house<\/a>\u00a0to an operatic version of “Once Upon a Dream<\/a>.” In 2013, when she was barely 20, Grande joined then-Late Night\u00a0Host Jimmy Fallon<\/a>\u00a0at the piano for musical game: turning rap hits into show tunes.<\/p>\n First, Grande crooned Jay-Z’s “99 Problems” like it was made for the theatre, belted Cypress Hill’s “Insane in the Brain” with ease, and turned Macklemore’s “Thrift Shop” into a bouncy bop. It’s all so effortless, it almost makes you wonder why Grande hasn’t starred in a jukebox hip-hop musical in the 12 years since this performance.<\/p>\n RELATED:\u00a0Everything to Know About Wicked: For Good – Sequel Release Date, Trailer, Details<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n If you can tear your eyes away from Grande for a moment, you’ll notice Fallon sporting a shiny long blond wig as he sits at the piano. At around the 1:39 mark, he dramatically tosses his hair, and you can almost imagine him whispering “Toss toss” as he does it. We’re not saying Wicked’s G(a)linda Upland<\/a> stole her signature move<\/a> from Fallon, nor are we saying Fallon stole it from the Broadway show. What we are saying is that maybe Fallon’s alter ego could be G(a)linda’s next new makeover project.<\/p>\n Ariana Grande sings on a piano that Jimmy Fallon in a blonde wig plays.<\/p>\n This is certainly not the first time Grande has shown off her famous pipes and genre-bending skills on The Tonight Show. In 2015, she sang “Mary Had a Little Lamb” as Britney Spears for the “Wheel of Musical Impressions<\/a>,” and she transformed Drake’s “God’s Plan” into a ’90s diva ballad in a 2018 “Musical Genre Challenge<\/a>.”<\/p>\n On Saturday Night Live, she’s demonstrated her incredible knack for impressions, musical and non-musical. Her Celine Dion<\/a> is to die for, her Jennifer Lawrence<\/a> is freakishly uncanny, and her Jennifer Coolidge<\/a> will make you want a hot dog real bad. Grande’s ep featured three of Season 50’s most watched sketches<\/a>, including “Castrati<\/a>” with Andy Samberg and Maya Rudolph.<\/p>\nAriana Grande transformed “Insane in the Membrane” into a show tune on her second Jimmy Fallon appearance<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Revisit Ariana Grande’s musical and comedy skills ahead of Wicked: For Good\u00a0<\/h2>\n