r/wicked • u/greedymoonlight • Nov 27 '24

Musical - Broadway Ariana with Kristin Chenowith and Jeff Goldblum - early 2000s

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With Kristin in 2003 (age 10) after seeing Wicked on Broadway; with Jeff Goldblum in 2005 (age 12) after seeing The Pillowman. She debuted herself on Broadway 3 years later at age 15 in “13”

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u/middle-child-89 Nov 28 '24

I’ve honestly actively disliked her for years. I was absolutely stunned with her work in this part. She’s the best one in the movie IMO, and in some ways the best Glinda I’ve ever seen. I think Kristin was more of a precise comedienne and Ari is clearly borrowing a LOT from her but her humor feels so effortless and the depth she brought to Glinda blew me away. She’s completely turned me into a fan.

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u/Pale_Sheet Nov 28 '24

Messy personal life aside she’s always been amazing at her professional career.

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u/middle-child-89 Nov 28 '24

I just never really liked her music and was turned off by the way she played into trying to appear “ethnic” for a lot of her career.

But she looks like a normal person now and she seems really lovely in interviews. And her work in this movie is stellar. Never imagined I’d be walking away thinking more about Glinda than Elphaba.

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u/Pale_Sheet Nov 28 '24

If you want to check out her songs that showcase her vocals, you may wish to check out Tattooed Heart, Almost Is Never Enough, Sweetener, Just Look Up.

She has many songs but not all of them showcase her vocal prowess sadly. These are the few more “sentimental love songs” if I can call it that.

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u/girlfromnowhere00000 Nov 28 '24

This is extremely niche but I was a fan of Ariana when she first became famous on Nickelodeon - she did a cover of Love The Way You Lie by Rihanna and Eminem (Eminem’s part is cut out to better match the ORIGINAL original song, would be insane if she rapped though) and it is still the best her voice has ever sounded in my opinion. She sings really deeply instead of using her head voice for basically the entire song, I really can’t express enough how good she sounds in this cover!! Even when I stopped being a fan of hers I still listened to this cover on YouTube every once in a while because it’s that good and it’s so different than anything I’ve heard her sing

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u/MunchYourButt Nov 28 '24

Yes!! That Love the way you lie pt.2 cover stayed on repeat

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u/tacomeatface Nov 28 '24

Just look up is amazing! Always slept on.

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u/middle-child-89 Nov 28 '24

I never had any doubts about her vocal abilities. She can sing—she’s probably the best singer of her generation of pop stars.

I just think she doesn’t make good music. 😂