No One Mourns the Wicked - Ariana Isolated Vocals (High note)

[@milkteii]

"Goodness knows, ...She died alone." This line combined with the look of regret & barely contained grief on her face broke me 😭

[@zoot_yam]

duuuuuuude yes watching her have to pretend like that as she burned a satirical effigy of her best friend and regret or even just think about what might have happened if she went with elphaba was so poignant.

[@sillysausage326]

She’s singing about herself.

[@tvz.editzz]

​@@sillysausage326 isn't she talking abt elphaba? She thinks that her best friend (cough cough.. lover) died alone a horrible death :"(

[@fez906]

@@tvz.editzzthe duality of no one mourns the wicked is that glinda deep down knows that elphaba is not wicked, and that she thinks she’s the wicked one because her best friend and her lover died and it’s her fault. Now she’s left all alone

[@SuperG-cl3dw]

Pretty sure that in between those two lines she sings "Im all alone". I don't think many people were able to hear it in theaters but when I listened back to the song and heard it boy did I almost shed a tear.

[@yazdanysoto5690]

"Goodness knows, ...alone, she died alone!" So much sentiment, It breaks my heart.

[@denised9075]

Yes, I can't stop listening to this line over and over and over.

[@crystalvulpix20]

i wish my theatre had english subtitles, because I was really struggling to understand what she was singing at times and missed this completely

[@LoneWulf278]

Mine too. 😢

[@filipechavesz]

😮

[@wuzittooya]

@@crystalvulpix20same!

[@marianperez96]

CLEAR AF!!!! Her vocals have never been this clean this superb!! She’s definitely in her prime!!! Look at that clarity in her voice!!!

[@norberto05121964]

It sounds clearer because opera voices demand clairity. Her pop clairity probably won’t change too much, because opera training kinda counteracts pop training and vice versa

[@lisadelguidice9771]

Yesssss! She was an amazing singer before but she definitely put in WORK!!! Especially with her pronunciation

[@magicmayhem929]

She for sure put in some work, I recently learned that she was about to cancel her Sweetener tour at the rumor of Wicked auditions, because she would need to immediately get a vocal coach. I'm sure once they were open to casting she dropped what she was doing and went all-in!

[@jeibal02]

Her vocals have always been

[@lj5585]

When she paired with Andrea Bocelli to sing E Piu Ti Penso, he took the soprano part and she, alto. Would love to see together again only this time with her as soprano.!! Incredible.

[@thedudeabides2531]

Wow! I didn’t realize it would sound even better without the music.

[@KAZAM707]

True it really does sound better

[@subwaydaddy]

welcome to listening to ariana grande

[@YellowGiraffeGal]

The mix on the original soundtrack release is pretty bad unfortunately. Many amazing moments are quite lost in te mix of instruments and effects.

[@VictoriaWhitlock]

I knew it would because it sounded kinda off in the movie theatre to me

[@luna-mo3ol]

​@@YellowGiraffeGalI don't think the mix sounds bad at all?

[@matthewpargeter-villarreal3538]

That last note is (I believe) an E6. That is legit operatic coloratura soprano territory. She most certainly did her homework and understood the assignment

[@herpdederp12]

I heard this playing at my job before I saw the movie and those operatic notes were simply RINGING OUTTTTTT. It's actually gorgeous and insane and almost more insane how quickly people will write her off.

[@user-os2rp5mg5b]

I really have to give her credit on that. I enjoy her pop music but she did an amazing job creating an incredible sound for a cinematic experience of the Broadway show.

[@pj-fx7gx]

I remember when Linda Ronstadt did that back in 1980 for “Pirates of Penzance”. I’m just as impressed with Ariana as I was with Linda. Any artist whose vocals improve so noticeably as they mature gets a 👍🏻 from me. Folks think it’s easy but singing is very complex

[@Oberon90]

But all the coloratura soprani I‘ve worked with have no breathy tone and Ariana has it in every part of her voice. She did a great job anyway.

[@LamHoang-dp6ui]

@@Oberon90 Ariana is a pop singer, and she's very used to sing airy vocals + whistle tone, so it was probably because her muscle memories. You probably know that when you sing that high in your register, muscle memories will affect how you sound significantly. Or, maybe, she just did that on purpose because it sounds more soothing to the ear than a fully compressed head voice, and she didn't need to project her voice like theater singers. I like how she didn't try to be exactly like an opera singer though. She did her own version of the song with airy vocals, runs, riffs and whistle note. It sounded like Glinda, and it also sounded like Ariana.

[@user-ym9ek3bc8o]

Ariana, a soprano, spent an entire year training her voice to be more operatic than pop. She truly meant it when she said she never wanted anything as badly as this role. She has dreamt of it since the age of 10. “Dream a dream, and what you see will be….” ~Limahl, Neverending Story

[@JessaHawke]

I give her a 7/10. Some parts are kinda rough

[@AmandaAllen-c2q]

Well said, I could not have said it better myself.

[@KajiVocals]

There is nothing operatic about this though?

[@SoundClaw09]

@@KajiVocals Um… it seems really opera to me!

[@KajiVocals]

@@SoundClaw09 Then you perhaps know nothing about opera. Listen to Maria Callas or Joan Sutherland or Rosa Ponselle.

[@kevvvex]

Her vibrato is insaneeeeeee

[@tourmii]

I think I’m the only one on earth who strongly dislikes vibrato

[@Ri57490]

​@@tourmiiyou must be. Vibrato is everything

[@ichinihq]

@@tourmiinope

[@shesh2651]

@@tourmiiI’m with you there

[@javiera.8124]

​@@tourmiinarcissistic much. "I am the only one" 😂 yeah, sis, say it many times until you believe so

[@refillpan]

so mind blowing that people can just sing like that 😭

[@Misscoochstar]

What’s more mind blowing is people acting like this wasn’t gorgeous lmfao

[@wickedsnailz7218]

With a lot of training

[@SuperiorRobyn]

She can't just "sing like that" she's been training since she was a small child. Everyone would sound amazing if they trained since they were small children, just saying.

[@candacewesley4794]

@@SuperiorRobynno, some people just don’t have it. If you keep pressing a note on a piano and a person can’t match it there’s nothing you can really do.

[@carina_huang]

this is what i think i sound like in the shower

[@JBananas-pk5ls]

I dislike that no one is really talking about her singing! Everyone comments on how she’s funny and acted well, which she did! But she also sounded magical!!!!

[@johnnyb598]

THIS! 👆👆

[@mariajosecabrera1784]

yeah but also she is Ariana grande, is more than obvious that she would sound magically

[@rai452]

Probably because people were surprised by her comedic timing and acting, whereas everyone knows she can sing.

[@JBananas-pk5ls]

@@rai452 True! But a lot of us haven’t heard her sing operatic! Not saying it’s surprising that she can hit those notes, but it is a pretty magical experience hearing her sing like that!

[@FreelancerJessMC]

Will you agree with me, Ari at times outsing the green singer. Like in theater you want Elphaba to have the highest voice and most powerful, but Ari sings greater. They are both good though. I just miss the power of Elphaba.

[@jordanmain9994]

My sis was BREATHING

[@korij-u9q]

SIS WAS WORKING REAL HARD😭😭😭

[@Thismeekpotato]

I can’t stop laughing at this now. 😂😂 That’s our girl. - Shes always had sharp inhales when they should be smooth, through the nose. But this just kinda adds to her heartbreak

[@blake-i-guess]

@@Thismeekpotatocan you sing those notes? they purposefully left them in it’s part of her lines

[@Thismeekpotato]

@@blake-i-guess We agree… are you alright?

[@sameerpervez1165]

​@@Thismeekpotato I feel here it was a choice, because it sounds like she is almost about to cry. Because this doesn't really happen in any other song.

[@ruthsamson1189]

the saddest line for me is "It just shows when you're wicked, you're left only on your own" the way she sings it just....ugh it's so emotional, with the context too :'((

[@아기라-f9f]

Ikr!! I feel like this lyrics could also be for glinda so it makes it even more emotional

[@helderinto]

Yes, she made her choices and is "happy" but inside she knows she was also left alone and wicked 😭

[@TonySimonetti]

This is the line that got me too. My favorite moment in the film tbh

[@junekurosaki]

The opera coaching really paid out, beautiful

[@quimbz]

The way she sang "it just shows when you're wicked you're left only on your own" sounds so satisfying. Plus the sadness in her voice.

[@TonySimonetti]

That line is my favorite part of the film

[@shansworld712]

Literally so good

[@foxtatertot]

1:02 "Goodness knows, the Wicked die alone" is just HEAVENLY and filled with emotion. You can really hear Glinda's anguish and mourning in the way that Ariana performs this whole song. Oh my gosh, her vocals are so amazing.

[@Orlando20201]

100000%!!!! And I remember her exact facial expressions

[@-elmarine1248]

I love that you can hear Glinda but at the same time also hearing Ariana 😭💗

[@davonfryar-frazier435]

Well, Ariana is Glinda, lol

[@CATWALKERDX]

Are u dumb?😊

[@kamota8523]

Local discovers acting

[@shypluto]

wow you discovered acting

[@ItsNicckster]

*it’s crazy hearing ari sing in this style after being used to her pop side*

[@miloc6507]

It's wild having a music background and not being able to noottt hear she needs some real classical training. 😭 she is all over the place and it's 80% contemporary still breathy singing. She did great tho but it's hard when you're a realistic music lover. I appreciate this video because I kept hearing this stuff when watching n this solidifies it😅

[@ItsNicckster]

@ i don’t know what you mean by racist music lover? lol. it’s completely different than what she normally sings so yeah she did good.

[@miloc6507]

@ItsNicckster bruh lol realistic* lord that's wild 🤣

[@Misscoochstar]

@@miloc6507LMAO 😭😭

[@guinnmyahslaysstaymad]

@@miloc6507she is getting classical training since she got the role,it takes times to be a pro and Ariana is obviously a pop singer so expect her to be even better in the next movie

[@user-kt2cr5qi3h]

She put all her energy, her entire heart, and more into this project and it very clearly shows. Whether or not you like her as a person, you can NEVER deny her talent and passion. She's the vocalist of this generation and no one else comes close.

[@TonyDingus]

Ariana is out of this world

[@Ifitaintgg]

True

[@Anonymous-ng7ji]

Yeah because she’s currently in Oz

[@pierdolomentos]

No, she is not. She just prepared well and did her job. She is a normal human with possibilities opened through money, connections and talent. That’s it… not from another world.

[@bst_plyr9149]

@@pierdolomentoscalm down

[@inventions178]

@@pierdolomentos So yes, she is out of this world. She is not on your level at all.

[@a.gonzalez4441]

I hope she does this as an intro at the Oscar’s or wherever she performs it. 100 percent acapella Live in silence it will be breathtaking moment that would be talked about for decades!

[@JohnSmith-xg9wx]

I'm delusional and think I sound just like this when I sing this song 😂😂😂💀.

[@dylankai21]

me

[@lolitalemons5457]

😭😭 me toooo 🤣

[@sarahmitchell4455]

LMFAO

[@onedollarbleach6891]

REALLLL 🤣🤣🤣 you can’t tell me I’m not Mr. Glendale the good 🙄😴

[@BextacyLife]

Omg same my neighbours hate me hahah

[@kaila_sparksflystan]

OPERIANA PERIODDDD

[@dearjoe_]

IM CRYING 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TimoteoDeBaum]

😂💀💀

[@silkspectre7979]

this is barely opera, she is not bad, but this is not opera

[@xhappyponyxwasmyoldname1395]

@@silkspectre7979 Opera singer here- opera is more so a genre of entertainment than it is a singing style. You wouldn't sing a Rossini aria in the same vocal styling as you would a Purcell, for example. The same logic would apply to musical theatre. People may have an idea that comes to their heads when they hear "musical theatre singing," but Carousel would sound quite bizarre sung with the vocal techniques used in Rent, and vice versa. Wicked is wonderful because it intentionally features roles that span in range and style more than many other musical theatre shows do. Glinda, originally played by opera singer Kristin Chenoweth, was written to be and has always been performed in what some in the vocal world call "legit singing." That is, essentially, a more classical style associated with opera- with purer vowels, a diaphragmatically supported head voice, and less of the chesty or sometimes nasally buzz associated with belting techniques. All that yapping through with, I see no reason why not to refer to her singing here as opera except for the fact that Wicked isn't an opera (that in itself is arguable, but that's a separate conversation topic from this). Perhaps you associate opera with a taller, darker tone with heavy vibrato, but that's simply not Ariana's voice type. She's probably a light lyric soprano, so she's always going to have a softer, lighter, brighter sound as she soars through her upper register.

[@PensadorProfundo42]

@@xhappyponyxwasmyoldname1395 the BREATHINESS in the tone is just terrible from an operatic pov, but fine from a pop singing stance. That much air in any opera context would mean no one, not even on the first row, would hear her as she would be drowned by the orchestra. But yes, she sounds nice, her tone is very pretty.

[@tiredofthebull7669]

0:55 I love this part of this song it’s sooo fucking good omg

[@angelofromdragcandy]

It just scratches an itch in my brain! It’s my favorite part of the song. It’s so sad but so beautiful!

[@technotycoons]

It's the best part!!!

[@siunmadness5009]

It fucking amazing

[@samimajid9909]

my fav part.... so heartbreaking yet so beautiful!

[@mikaelj90]

Thanks for isolating these. I knew she could hit high notes, but what an operatic voice!

[@KajiVocals]

Not operatic.

[@ralphcarino5672]

@@KajiVocals how do you think she did

[@shaugnmarc]

@@KajiVocals Then what do you call this? Huh?? Answer me... LMFAO You people don't even know what the definition of opera is.

[@KajiVocals]

@@shaugnmarc A legit musical theatre role. And that is ridiculous. My job literally is in opera. Find better attacks, this one backfired.

[@3li.mp339]

@@KajiVocals no one cares what ur job is ur just envious.

[@cauesantos2675]

0:40 this is so clean, OMFG ARIANA IS PERFECT IN EVERYTHING

[@Theivorytreeart]

It’s a studio recording

[@crazyasiandyo]

@@Theivorytreeartthe vast majority of the vocals were recorded live on set! Simon Heyes is a Live Sound Mixer who helped make this happen. Also the cast including Ari and Cynthia were very keen on wanting to sing the musical live.

[@hzsid8733]

​@@crazyasiandyoin the movie, yes they used live recordings. But in streaming apps, where they uploaded the soundtracks, those are studio recordings.

[@KajiVocals]

It’s airy.

[@kodomochan32]

@@KajiVocalsThe “airy” effect adds to the despair that Glinda feels. I’ve heard of Kristin Chenoweth’s version and can’t feel the sadness at all, although her version was the less airy one. Both versions are great and distinct!

[@M_JW]

Holy fricking crap that last note is UNBELIEVABLE! Honestly the most insane part of that is she’s hit higher notes before

[@BrokenFingerParadise]

Her voice was so powerful in this film, it's interesting to listen to this song and her lines especially after seeing the film. She sort of skirts around ever calling Elphaba directly wicked and says a lot of vague platitudes like "oh isn't it good to know good will conquer evil" She only really says sympathetic things in regards to her. Very mournful.

[@kaila_sparksflystan]

i love this fandom so much in moments like these

[@jimmywu888]

you really wonder how many other people could have played this role as completely as ariana with the quality of these vocals, pretty much no one else on earth

[@zyoeru]

Literally anyone who plays this role every night as part of their job. 😂

[@leonardocruz4641]

The minute Ariana appeared in the movie and delivered tgese vocals, I was invested. She nailed it so hard! I simply love her Glinda ❤

[@cloudsurfer73]

I wish she sang more honestly! I can’t get enough of this! Encore!

[@Veebee85]

Ari embodied Glinda. She gave this role everything and it showed throughout the entire film. Her singing . Her acting. She absolutely ATE!!!!

[@PistachioDean]

I was SO keen to hear her singing operatically and she KILLED it 👏🏻

[@jodavitow]

That octave lower subharmonic hit SO HARD on that high E

[@LoreleiMission]

So cool

[@nini67323]

i can't believe people doubt her for this role, she sounds amazing

[@BextacyLife]

This is phenomenal. She was absolutely fantastic.

[@emmahenrysoprano1253]

Ariana ends this song on a high E. To put that in perspective, that's a half step higher than the infamous final note in "Phantom." Seriously, my jaw was on the floor during the ending.

[@user-kk2fb3dw8h]

It’s the same note as the note in phantom.

[@hisokamorow1816]

for an ariana discography comparison, it's one semitone higher than the standard giaw high note

[@h.f6364]

@@hisokamorow1816 and its the high note she hits in into you but like 5 seconds longer

[@emmahenrysoprano1253]

@hisokamorow1816 a lot of those notes tend to be throwaway at the end of phrases. To hear it sustained is a totally different technique.

[@RicardoGarcia-lh6kd]

It's the same note, both amazing

[@mizzviolet]

this is so INSANE. I am so astounded by her talent

[@Sararizzles]

Honestly her voice is the most gorgeous sound Ive ever heard. Whether its some of her own pain or just the pain shes channeled for the role, you can hear and feel it in this song and its a beautifully haunting piece

[@DisneyClasica91]

So fucking clean. Singing live in the studio. Hats more than off.

[@Biskmut]

I really admire her commitment to making this the best version of Wicked it could have possibly been. Even as a pop icon, she allowed herself to become a working part of the vision, and not the focal point, if that makes sense. From her acting to her vocals you can tell she loves the original version, and probably grew up watching theater bootlegs like a lot of us. Even her opt-ups are choices Broadway Glindas do as special little treats on good nights. I am blown away and have a whole new appreciation for her as an artist.

[@alfredmeneses5496]

I’ve heard some people say that she was doing a good Kristin impression, but my rebuttal to those comments is that it’s not that Ari was trying to sound like Kristin’s Galinda, but she understands she’s not singing pop music and that to sing a particular role like this requires a different vocal technique. People are so used to Ari’s pop style of singing that her taking a role that’s synonymous with Kristin, people are going to automatically say she’s just trying to do a Kristin voice. But really just she’s a really good singer who just understands the assignment and technique required for Galinda.

[@JessaHawke]

Having watched many Galindas on stage.. she is doing a great Kristen Chenoweth impression

[@randimahoney3289]

@@JessaHawkeI agree that she does try to impersonate Kristen in some parts. Like in popular she kind of goes back and forth between sounding like herself and sounding like she’s trying to emulate Kristen’s more nasally sound

[@becoming_kara]

I’m sure kristen coached her for the role. They are friends.

[@bethebong]

Shes the queen of impressions lol ❤

[@pl8435]

Let us be glad Let us be grateful Let us rejoicify that goodness could subdue The wicked workings of you-know-who Isn't it nice to know That good will conquer evil? The truth we all believe'll by and by Outlive a lie For you and - And Goodness knows The Wicked's lives are lonely Goodness knows The Wicked die alone It just shows when you're Wicked You're left only On your own Goodness knows She died alone Woe to those (Woe to those) Who spurn what Goodnesses They are shown No one mourns the Wicked Good news! No one mourns the Wicked! Good news! No one mourns the Wicked! Wicked! Wicked!

[@jewelxiat]

Awful fucking song /positive 😭 The lyrics make me want to ugly cry. So fucking heart-wrenching. I'm in love 😭😭😭

[@CGagnon5]

No one mourns the wicked. No, one mourns the wicked. Ariana’s performance here is perfect.

[@ashstephx]

The opera singing is truly unmatched

[@arc7375]

You must not be a fan of actual opera then. This doesn’t compare. It’s nowhere as good.

[@ashstephx]

@ I said it's unmatched

[@xhappyponyxwasmyoldname1395]

@@arc7375 I'm an opera singer and I don't see the need to make a negative comment or gatekeep. If this person enjoyed or was perhaps even moved by Ariana's performance, wouldn't that be a good thing? Ought not we welcome more people into the art via whichever avenue may be most accessible to them? There's no reason why the "fine arts" have to be kept on this pretentious, classist pedestal with a big fat sign saying "plebeians: don't touch." If you really cared about the validity of their comment, you might suggest who they should listen to next, a la: "if you enjoyed her performance, I'd recommend checking out x in y! They're fantastic, one of my favorites." Instead, you chose to make a pass of personal superiority and failed to elaborate on your point. Also, from a technical standpoint, Miss Grande killed it, so perhaps you just hate her more than you love opera?

[@Slay.On.Me.R.E]

​@arc7375 you must not be a real music fan if you don't let other opinions exist

[@jalaaaah]

@@xhappyponyxwasmyoldname1395 ​​⁠ i don’t think they were trying to rain on the person’s parade, i think they were simply just adding their own opinion, and also were probably taken aback by the word “unmatched”.. i love ariana & i know little of operatic history but i _do_ know, this isn’t the most superb operatic performance ever. i think both opinions may come off as extreme but they are entitled to those. and it sucks that people can’t simply state their opinion without it being labeled as “hating”.

[@JeremyMYG]

I’m sure we all knew she would kill this role, but this level of effort and commitment and execution shows how seriously she took the training and delivery. 10/10. She deserves every bit of recognition.

[@nicholasKMAmusic]

Theres a semitone on the final note its like her voice split, Lalah Hathaway is known for this tequnique, fascinating

[@melissagray8138]

I felt so proud of her when I saw the film! She did such an incredible job and I know she worked her tail off rehearing, training, and learning! It was absolutely beautiful! 🩷

[@alyakim12]

Her vocals truly give me chills !

[@MaryJane0224]

MY JAW IS ON THE FLOOR.

[@charnellc6666]

Smh. Its so good i cried. I get why they keep crying in every interview. This music is so hard so sing and it will make you cry.

[@thunderverna]

I've only been to the opera twice and the first time it was Rusalka, which is kind of the little mermaid and I didn't even realize that I was sobbing until the person next to me offered me a tissue. Opera is VERY emotion laden ❤ When I first heard Ari sing in 2014 or so she was hitting some powerful highs but nothing like this. AMAZING 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

[@AndySaenz924]

WOW, what an amazing voice she’s got! The range, the power, the full round tone!

[@hehe8012]

her singing hits my ears so satisfyingly

[@dylankai21]

SHE ATEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@FirstnameLastname-nq3oj]

So incredible. It’s been stuck in my head since I saw it

[@AJ-kz1rg]

1:22 she sounds so good

[@bobehanson]

she is amazing, I was worried about her in the show, but she is just amazing, and this isolated vocal really proves that, so clear and diction is spot on

[@claroca7619]

She’s sounded clean and operatic 😮 her highest notes are also sounding clean!

[@Aceofwolves]

Ate the food...ate the crumbs...ate the plate...ate the WHOLE restaurant

[@MariaCamilaArredondoVargas]

when she says: you're left only on your own, that breaks my heart in pieces, man

[@TheMegaKiki]

She sounds like an angel ❤

[@Findingsuitcase]

I can’t get enough of her!! I never got into her pop albums but this I can get to. She sounds like a Disney princess ❤️

[@vsibirsky]

I love this! Take away all but her beautiful expressive voice and you hear her soul.

[@AndySaenz924]

She has the voice of an ANGEL! It’s absolutely BEAUTIFUL. I wish she would release an opera album! It would sound AMAZING!

[@new0033]

Wow. She's perfect! The end. Truly the voice of an Angel

[@thebabyismine]

ARIANA U CRIMINAL, THIS IS FIRE

[@joao28747]

Omg I was craving for this!

[@onetallpheeesh]

The way SHE BECAME GLINDA. She was born to play this role. So much passion and joy in her again. This is who Ariana Grande really is.

[@xavierfox13]

Give her every award known to man!! Ari and Cynthia deserve every fucking award !!! This movie has changed me ‘ thank you

[@LaurenSheehan]

This is truly masterful skill.

[@smileypresent]

The voice of an angel; she is an angel 💚

[@maxq96]

Even though the song is called "No one mourns the wicked," I feel like this is, in a way, a tribute to Alphaba's memory. Rather than forgetting her, everyone sings about her with intense emotion. I feel like this is Glinda's way of mourning and honoring her friend, especially when she poses the question about being born wicked or having wickedness thrust upon you. She doesn't answer the question. She gives context and humanizes Alphaba. She tells her story so we can determine for ourselves what it means to be wicked.

[@javypotter1994]

Oh she absolutely trained for this we’ve been used to her pop voice and now it feels she’s now classically trained in Opera I love that for her..my speakers almost blew out on that last note 🤩

[@Onechance_ngl]

She’s an angel, I’m convinced.

[@iamreborn3463]

Angels do not use the Lords name in vain and she does it constantly

[@ZOOZOO-x9i]

@@iamreborn3463 sorry but loads of other celebrities & others do it aswell... what ur point ?

[@sheismymom]

she worked so hard

[@larissaalvescordeiro8372]

This is the masterpiece of century, this opening scene had me with chills the entire time, surreal

[@Karen-yt9lt]

i didn’t know i needed this , this saved me

[@jordanmiller2516]

That girl can SING!!!

[@maryg1013]

Beautiful. Both Ariana and Cynthia gave us ear candy with their voices

[@thislovesposessingme]

1:06 amazing note

[@amsbrooks]

I’m getting more obsessed with this everyday!

[@MaximilianoSanchez-gd5sg]

this song is so emotional as she mainly sings high notes(meaning in this sense she is still mourning elphaba) And she even hides in a high notes “I’m all alone” The song itself has many meanings, and her vocals in this really show one of those meanings.”Know one mourns the wicked”

[@Lost._puppyUwU]

That second verse in opera just tickles me the right way

[@DoingItOurselvesOfficial]

From an operatic technique perspective, she was singing from the wrong place, a little nasal and less from the diaphragm. I also noticed she wasn’t creating the correct vowel sounds with her mouth at points, which would have helped her a lot. Her vocal coach probably didn’t have a background in opera. But damn it’s still incredible. I wish she could have met my old ex opera singer singing teacher. She practically sang instead of speaking, but I don’t even know if she is still alive.

[@alinaivanov5536]

she’s also so breathy and hoarse

[@CJosephine13]

Most likely that is how the director/whoever was guiding her vocally on set directed her to sing this way, also technically she isn’t singing opera, but her voice sounds very operatic

[@GetWellSoonR.E.M.]

I personally call it “p-opera”. Pop imitating operatic singing. It’s always done that way in any contemporary setting (including broadway) since contemporary singers don’t have to project the voice the way an opera singer without amplification would have too. They just sing with taller vowels like an opera singer would, but without as much support and not as much space and vocal cord closure to amplify the sound the same way a classically trained opera singer would. Given the genre, Ariana did just fine. Even being able to vocalize this high is a feat in and of itself, even if it’s not fully classical technique.

[@CJosephine13]

@ yes exactly. I couldn’t have said it better myself!

[@onionbubs386]

Thank you for explaining why it sounds so off. I have no experience in singing professionally and I couldn't articulate what I disliked about her version besides "too breathy".

[@bobbravo503]

While I am not an Ariana fan, she was absolutely spectacular. The singing , very impressive. I am always Leary of pop stars singing broadway. But she absolutely killed it!. Very Impressive. I truly enjoyed the movie and her performance. A new fan.

[@subwaydaddy]

i’m so happy more people who aren’t ariana fans get to understand why we love her and stand behind her so much as an artist, despite her personal drama.

[@VioletStone100]

@@subwaydaddyI think she did great in the movie and really embodied Glinda, but I still wouldn’t stand behind her as an artist. She has done too much which I personally do not stand behind, and not really explained or addressed her actions.

[@subwaydaddy]

@@VioletStone100all her past drama has been debunked so i’m confused?

[@susjf8644]

​@@VioletStone100says who? Six Page? Ok....🙄🤔

[@dxllxx]

THIS IS SO PRETTY

[@reng935]

Jesus! Talk about gorgeous vocals

[@MorganFaitheHarrell]

This movie is everything

[@patricialeonita5367]

0:54 I’m tearing up fr

[@stevenhayes8763]

I'm not a huge fan, but she nailed it and has a 5 octave range.

[@Vidgirl88VODArchive-sh1nj]

From the moment I heard she was cast I knew she was the perfect choice. Hairspray Live was the first time I heard her sing naturally without all the electronic processing modern music production adds to vocals. I knew that girl really had a gift.

[@bmags4188]

when she says “when you’re wicked” I LEVITATE

[@juhlios236]

SHE IS A GODDESS! With this she became an absolute DIVA!

[@rachuichan9707]

We need more of these !!!!

[@shownuscareme6473]

OH GODRIANA

[@arriek.1375]

ariana really using tf out her flute register, YES ARI! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@mandymoreno1629]

That is insane!! Like crystal glass her voice is perfection. Super impressed with Ari right now 👏🏽

[@SkarGig]

gives me chills such a good preformance it feels like sitting live at the theater

[@onedollarbleach6891]

1:09 is so underrated, I love how soft it is sung. It really builds anticipation for the big notes in the ending 🤧

[@Chrisalphamale]

Ariana grande is my favorite soprano

[@PhantomPhoenix1]

If they ever remade Phantom (which they should) she is capable of playing Christine. I was extremely surprised she could sing like this!

[@rflrch20]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OH MY GOD