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Ariana Grande Reacts to Fans Who Criticized Her 'Wicked' Casting
Save your tears, Ariana Grande fans.
The Wicked histrion gave penetration into what she wants the adjacent decennary of her vocation to look similar and hinted that it volition astir apt beryllium rather antithetic from what fans person grown accustomed to from her implicit the past 10 years.
"I’m going to accidental thing truthful scary," the vocalist said connected the Nov. 6 occurrence of costar Bowen Yang's Las Culturistas podcast. "It’s going to scare the implicit s--t retired of my fans and everyone. I emotion them, and they volition woody and we volition beryllium present forever."
"I’m ever going to marque music. I’m ever going to spell connected stage. I’m ever going to bash popular stuff, I pinky promise," the Grammy victor continued, "but I don’t deliberation doing it astatine the complaint that I’ve been doing for the past 10 years is wherever I spot the adjacent 10 years."
The 31-year-old—who got her commencement connected Broadway astatine the property of 15—explained that philharmonic theatre is her "heart" and moving on Wicked reminded her of however overmuch she loves it.
"I deliberation I emotion acting; I emotion philharmonic theater," Ariana shared. "Reconnecting with this portion of myself who started successful philharmonic theatre and who loves drama and it heals maine to bash that, uncovering roles to usage these parts of myself and enactment them successful small homes and characters and bits and voices and songs."
The "One Last Time" singer—who has released 7 workplace albums since 2013—added, "It truly does [feed me] successful a antithetic mode than songwriting and penning astir my ain pain, due to the fact that it's conscionable benignant of similar perpetually reliving that 1 happening you wrote the opus about."
Instead of pouring her bosom retired done songwriting, Ariana said that uncovering ways to inject herself into antithetic roles sounds much appealing to her astatine this juncture of her career.
"Finding a quality and putting the pieces determination and uncovering small homes for them determination and past them coming backmost and feeding you and teaching you caller things done performing the enactment of being Glinda... it truly feeds you," she said. "I would emotion to [that] successful immoderate roles we spot acceptable oregon I tin bash a bully occupation oregon grant the material."
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The Nickelodeon alum added, "I would truly emotion to, due to the fact that it's a batch amended for me, but I bash deliberation so."
After an affectional speech with cohosts Matt Rogers and Bowen, the "thank u, next" instrumentalist made definite to accent that her fans tin inactive expect a assortment of projects from her successful the future.
"Art besides is what feeds me—in immoderate capableness it is," Ariana explained. "I'll ever beryllium doing and creating six antithetic things astatine once. I don't spot that going anywhere, I conscionable spot it shifting and looking a small different."
Keep speechmaking for much of Ariana's improvement implicit the years.
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Glam Girl
Ariana Grande dazzled successful a salmon pinkish formal astatine the 2010 MTV Movie Awards. This look made her vibrant reddish hairsbreadth pop!
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Darling Diva
The Sam & Cat star stunned successful a charming achromatic mini-dress astatine the 2011 Grammy Awards. She paired her simple, yet striking outfit with sparkly golden heels and dainty jewelry pieces.
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Hot, Hot, Hot
Looking similar a modern-day Jessica Rabbit with her blinding Dolce & Gabbana reddish dress, Ariana shimmered astatine the 2013 American Music Awards.
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Vintage Vibes
Serving fans retro charm successful her customized Kenley Collins dress, the Scream Queens histrion looked perfectly polished astatine the 2013 Style Awards.
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Ray of Sunshine
The "Dangerous Woman" vocalist made a splash astatine the 2014 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. Matching the orangish carpet, Grande wore a vibrant mini-dress and pairs it with achromatic pumps and a whimsical clutch.
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Dashing successful Black
Ariana oozed with aged Hollywood glamour astatine the 2014 American Music Awards. She opted for a floor-length achromatic lace gown from MT Costello.
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White-Hot
Wearing a achromatic gown with metallic lamé mesh astatine the 2015 Grammy Awards, Ariana shined arsenic agleam arsenic the flashing lights connected the reddish carpet.
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Effortlessly Elegant
Beaming successful a floral beaded, peplum mini-dress astatine the 2015 American Music Awards, Ariana stunned successful this statement-making portion from Giambattista Valli.
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Vision successful White
Ariana made a bold manner prime wearing an all-white ensemble astatine KISS FM successful 2015. While astir are frightened to get an outfit similar that dirty, the Nickelodeon alum wasn't acrophobic to instrumentality that risk!
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Penchant for Pantsuits
Ditching the accustomed formal astatine the 2016 American Music Awards, the "Problem" creator opted for a sexy corset apical and elegant achromatic pants.
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Oversized Overalls
Ariana rocked a funky caller outfit astatine the 2016 Hairspray Live! property junket. She sizzled successful oversized overalls, a bralette and a bedazzled choker necklace.
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Royal Blues
Ariana brought the vigor to the 2016 Billboard Music Awards successful Las Vegas. Her Atelier Versace formal highlighted her playful broadside with its unsocial cut-out plan and agleam colors.
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God Is a Woman
Ariana took fans to religion with her Sistine Chapel-inspired formal astatine the 2018 Met Gala. Megan McCluskey designed the gown successful keeping with event's taxable of "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination."
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Cotton Candy Dream
Ariana looked similar a fabric candy imagination successful her pastel pinkish ensemble astatine the 2018 iHeartRadio Wango Tango event. Giving america '90s nostalgia, she rocked platinum sneakers, matching ankle socks and an oversized sweater that states, "girls girls girls."
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Lavender "Loofah"
The "7 Rings" vocalist looked regal and elegant successful her customized Christian Siriano dress, which she perfectly dubbed the "loofah of the year" lewk. Of course, she tied her outfit unneurotic by wearing her signature thigh-high boots.
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SIlver Siren
Not lone did the popular prima turned heads with 2 outfit changes astatine the 2020 Grammys reddish carpet, but her platinum blonde pony was each anyone could speech astir astatine the time.
Curly Sue
Ariana said thank u, next to her signature precocious pony with a selfie that showed disconnected her earthy curls successful 2020.
13 Going connected 30
The "Positions" vocalist channeled Jennifer Garner's 13 Going connected 30 character successful 2021.
Blonde Beauty
The Wicked actress debuted a melodramatic blonde look successful October 2022.
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Wickedly Good
Ariana channeled Glinda the Good Witch successful a pinkish Giambattista Valli gown astatine the 2024 Oscars.
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Goddess of the Garden
For the 2024 Met Gala, which had a "Garden of Time" formal codification to observe the "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" exhibit, Ariana wore an ethereal achromatic gown from Loewe featuring a parent of pearl bodice—a motion to her birthstone—and agelong chiffon skirt.
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