Popular is one of the most famous numbers fromWicked, sung by Galinda (the future Good Witch) when she decides to give Elphaba (the future Wicked Witch of the West) a makeover to help her fit in at Shiz University.
The effervescent number is packed with punchy little lyrical turns penned by musical theater legend Stephen Schwartz though one of the first seems to have caused some serious confusion: Ill teach you the proper ploys/When you talk to boys/Little ways to flirt and flounce.
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Just to be absolutely certain, we dug up onDiscogsscans of the lyric booklet from the originalWickedcast recording CD from 2003, which definitely lists the lyrics as proper ploys not that wed ever have any reason to doubt Grande herself!
Ariana Grande at the Los Angeles premiere ‘Wicked.‘Amy Sussman/Getty Images
Wicked(part one) is slated to hit theaters on Nov. 22, withpart two arrivingon Nov. 21, 2025 (soundtracks for both halvesof the film will be released concurrently).Grande stars as Galinda, opposite Cynthia Erivoas Elphaba.
The movie was directed by Jon M. Chu and also stars Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Bowen Yang, and Peter Dinklage.
