Ariana Grande arrives in Australia ahead of the premiere of her highly anticipated film adaptation of the musical Wicked.
The We Can’t Be Friends hitmaker, 31, will travel to Sydney alongside her Wicked co-stars Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey and Jeff Goldblum, Marissa Bode, Ethan Slater and director Jon M. Chu for the premiere .
The trip to Australia will be the first stop on their world tour for the upcoming release, which will open at Sydney’s State Theater on November 3 before hitting cinemas on November 22.
‘Hello Australia! We have something exciting to share,” Erivo began in a video on social media.
‘We’re heading to Australia to present our new movie, Wicked!’ Grande added, before Goldblum and Chu appeared.
‘Hello Sydney! We are delighted that Australia will be the first stop on our world tour. “We can’t wait for you to experience the magic of Wicked on the big screen,” Chu said.
“We have a few more surprise guests joining us in Australia, so stay tuned.”
Ariana Grande arrives in Australia ahead of the premiere of her highly anticipated film adaptation of the musical Wicked.
The exciting announcement comes after Grande finally addressed ongoing criticism surrounding her ‘voice change’ and suggested she wouldn’t have received such backlash if she were a man.
Earlier this year, the singer surprised her fans by speaking in two distinctly different voices during an appearance on Penn Badgley’s podcast, Podcrushed, in June while delving into her childhood and experiences working for Nickelodeon.
One clip in particular caused a stir on social media, as it showed Grande adopting a lower, huskier voice in an unguarded moment, before suddenly raising her voice considerably higher.
Grande, 31, will travel to Sydney along with her co-stars Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey and Jeff Goldblum, Marissa Bode, Ethan Slater and director Jon M. Chu for the premiere.
The trip to Australia will be the first stop on their world tour for the upcoming release, which will open at Sydney’s State Theater on November 3 before hitting cinemas on November 22. Pictured: Wicked director Jon M. Chu, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Jeff Goldblum.
Addressing the furor in an interview with Vanity Fair, Grande said: “There’s a part of the world that’s not familiar with what it takes to transform your voice, whether it’s singing or adopting a different dialect for a role or doing a voiceover. character for something.
‘When it’s a male actor who does it, he’s acclaimed. There are definitely jokes made too, but it’s always after receiving praise: ‘Oh wow, I was so lost in the role,’ and that’s just part of the job, really,” Grande said.
“The history of a woman in this industry is as old as time,” she added. “You’re treated differently and you’re under a microscope in a way that some people aren’t.”
At the time, Grande responded to the criticism, stating that part of the problem was that she had gotten used to speaking in her loudest voice for Wicked, in which she plays Glinda.
‘Habit (speaking like this for two years) and also vocal health,’ he explained in his TikTok comment.
“I intentionally change my voice placement (high/low) often depending on how much I sing,” she continued, adding an emoji with tears streaming down her face.
“I’ve always done this BYE,” he added to abruptly end the speculation.
While Grande did not specifically mention it, several fans speculated that she returned to her higher voice to avoid using cold voice, a slightly hoarse vocal tone that occurs when people speak in low, relaxed tones, as many people believe that the voice cold can damage. A person’s vocal cords or singing voice.
In Jon M. Chu’s upcoming two-part film adaptation of the hit 2003 Broadway musical, the two stars appear as unlikely friends: Grande as Glinda, the good witch, while Erivo plays Elphaba Thropp, the evil witch of the west.
Elphaba is a young woman, misunderstood for her unusual green skin, who has not yet discovered her true power, while Glinda is a popular young woman, golden with privilege and ambition, who has not yet discovered her true heart.
Following the release of the first part in November, the second film is scheduled for release in Australia on November 21, 2025.
Following the release of the first part in November, the second film is scheduled for release in Australia on November 21, 2025.
