Ariana Grande change positions for you!

The pop star, 31, appeared on the Wednesday, November 6, episode of the Bodybuilders podcast with her Wicked costar Bowen Yang – a show that he co-hosts with the actor Matt Rogers.

During the conversation, Grande revealed that playing the role of Good Witch Glinda in the Universal film adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical made her want to move from pop music to musical theater.

“It’s my heart,” she says of theater.

Before the “yes and?” the singer got her big break as Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon sitcom Victoriousshe was a theater child 13: The musical.

“I’m going to say something so scary — it’s going to scare my fans and everyone, but I love them, and they’ll get through this, and we’ll be here forever,” Grande continued on Wednesday’s show . podcast episode. “I’m still going to make music, I’m still going to go on stage, I’m still going to do pop stuff, I promise. But I don’t think doing it at the pace I’ve been doing it for the last 10 years is what I see for the next 10 years.

For Grande, Broadway would allow her to return to her roots.

“Reconnecting with that part of myself that started in musical theater and loves comedy, and it’s healing for me to do that – finding roles to use those parts of myself and putting them in little houses, characters, pieces, voices and songs,” she says. “Whatever makes sense, whatever roles we think are appropriate, or areas where I could really do a good job or honor the material, I would really love to do that.” I think it’s much better for me. I get emotional.

The “Thank U, Next” singer also spoke to Yang, 34, and Rogers, also 34, about his recent collaboration with the music icon. Stevie Nicks when she hosted Saturday evening live on October 12.

“She had written me a letter a few years ago,” Grande said of the Fleetwood Mac singer, 76 years old. “So we had spoken once before but we had never met.”

Yang, a SNL The actor himself added, “Ari and I were already on the floor, like we were laughing and being stupid, and then they brought Stevie in, and I knew right away to back off.”

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According to Yang, Nicks grabbed Grande’s hand and said, “I loved your video for ‘We Can’t Be Friends.’ »

Grande recalled this moment as follows: “surrealist.”

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