{"id":2140642,"date":"2025-11-07T09:11:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T09:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2140642"},"modified":"2025-11-07T09:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T09:11:13","slug":"hear-ariana-grande-cynthia-erivo-perform-new-wicked-for-good-songs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hear-ariana-grande-cynthia-erivo-perform-new-wicked-for-good-songs-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo Perform New &#8216;Wicked: For Good&#8217; Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;The Girl in the Bubble&#8221; and &#8220;No Place Like Home&#8221; were written specifically for the musical&#8217;s second half<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe witches are back. Ahead of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-news\/wicked-for-good-trailer-ariana-grande-cynthia-erivo-1235354956\/\">the release<\/a> of <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/wicked\/\" id=\"auto-tag_wicked\" data-tag=\"wicked\">Wicked<\/a>: For Good<\/em>, Universal Pictures has teased the film\u2019s brand <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/wicked-for-good-director-ariana-grande-cynthia-eviro-songs-1235424674\/\">new songs<\/a>, \u201cThe Girl in the Bubble\u201d and \u201cNo Place Like Home.\u201d The full versions will be released as part of the film\u2019s soundtrack on Nov. 21. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/ariana-grande\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ariana-grande\" data-tag=\"ariana-grande\">Ariana Grande<\/a> performs \u201cThe Girl in the Bubble,\u201d a reflective ballad that sees her character Glinda questioning what\u2019s below the surface. \u201cThere goes that beautiful girl with a beautiful life,\u201d she belts. \u201cSuch a beautiful life built on lies.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wicked: For Good | The Girl in the Bubble\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JErJqP0pF6w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/cynthia-erivo\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cynthia-erivo\" data-tag=\"cynthia-erivo\">Cynthia Erivo<\/a> performs \u201cNo Place Like Home,\u201d an anthemic ballad where her character Elphaba wonders why she still feels such a kinship with Oz. \u201cWhy do I love this place that\u2019s never loved me?\u201d she sings. \u201cBut there\u2019s no place like home.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wicked: For Good | No Place Like Home\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yqFYyTUPW0E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cThe Girl in the Bubble\u201d and \u201cNo Place Like Home\u201d were written by composer Stephen Schwartz specifically for <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/wicked-for-good\/\" id=\"auto-tag_wicked-for-good\" data-tag=\"wicked-for-good\">Wicked: For Good<\/a><\/em> and are not part of the stage show. Because they are original songs for the movie it is likely both will be eligible to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Song (unlike the other songs from the films). <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDirector <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/jon-m-chu\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jon-m-chu\" data-tag=\"jon-m-chu\">Jon M. Chu<\/a> recently assured moviegoers with a particular attachment to the original soundtrack that the filmmaking team wouldn\u2019t have added them if they weren\u2019t essential. \u201cEven after we recorded them, even after we put them in the movie,\u201d he told\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/wicked-for-good-director-jon-m-chu-teases-new-songs-love-triangle-11803091\">EW<\/a>, \u201cwe kicked the tires on them to make sure that we had to put them in this movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHe added, \u201cGlinda is the one that has to ultimately pop her own bubble. She has to leave her privilege to actually see other people\u2019s struggles and fight for justice and equality. Both of these songs are about how to do that, and it\u2019s questions that I\u2019ve always wanted to hear from them in the stage show, but never got to. We get to take our time and explore those questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<em>Wicked: For Good<\/em>\u00a0hits theaters on Nov. 21, 2025. Along with Grande and Erivo,\u00a0the film stars Jonathan Bailey as Prince Fiyero, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, and Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard. The rest of the cast includes Marissa Bode, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, and Bronwyn James.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Girl in the Bubble&#8221; and &#8220;No Place Like Home&#8221; were written specifically for the musical&#8217;s second half The witches are back. Ahead of the release of Wicked: For Good, Universal Pictures has teased the film\u2019s brand new songs, \u201cThe Girl in the Bubble\u201d and \u201cNo Place Like Home.\u201d The full versions will be released [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2140643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[24076,40246,353108,357874,368121],"class_list":["post-2140642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-ariana-grande","tag-cynthia-erivo","tag-jon-m-chu","tag-wicked","tag-wicked-for-good"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Hear-Ariana-Grande-Cynthia-Erivo-Perform-New-Wicked-For-Good.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2140642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2140644,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140642\/revisions\/2140644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2140643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2140642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2140642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2140642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}