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For Ariana Grande, the process of making the film adaptation of Wicked<\/em> made her feel so inspired that she “had to” write an album<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Grande said that filming the movie gave her a “genuine spark” of “reconnection and inspiration” with her music<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Grande recorded her 2024 album Eternal Sunshine<\/em> while shooting Wicked<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Wicked<\/em> changed Ariana Grande<\/a> for good \u2014 and inspired her to continue making albums.<\/p>\n “I felt like a genuine spark, like a reconnection and inspiration and something I mean, maybe I missed it,” Grande, 32, said of filming Wicked<\/em> in a new interview with Evan Ross Katz on the Shut Up Evan<\/em><\/a> podcast, published on Friday, Oct. 24.<\/p>\n Maybe it’s as simple as I missed it,” she continued. “But I do feel like you have to miss things in order to learn how to become better, you know what I mean? And I think I learned so much. And then also I genuinely wanted to do it. I just felt like I couldn’t not. It was an inspired moment and I had to write an album and I had to do it.”<\/p>\n Grande went on to reveal that the Wicked<\/em> production team warned her of the reshoot schedule in January \u2014 but she did not let the demands of making the film deter her creative passion.<\/p>\n “I said, great, that’s fine. I’ll finish it before then, or I’ll finish it after,” Grande said of her rigorous recording and filming schedule.<\/p>\n Eternal Sunshine<\/em> saw Grande work with acclaimed producers Max Martin, Ilya, and more. The album was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2025 Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n Grande stars in the film adaptations of Wicked<\/em> as Galinda “Glinda” Upland. When she mentioned pausing filming amid the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, Katz chimed in and asked her about returning to set after such a long hiatus, and if she had to “find” herself in the role again.<\/p>\n “No, it was there. There was nothing to find. It was so strange, I was like ‘Oh I wonder if this will feel weird.’ And as soon as I got there it was like, done. She was right there, it was wonderful, thank god,” Grande said of stepping back into Glinda’s shoes.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
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