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Ariana Grandeis grateful to have a mentor likeKristin Chenoweth!
Chenoweth is joining the “Thank U, Next"singer on this season ofThe Voiceas an advisor for her team during Battle Rounds. Chenoweth shared a peek at Monday’s episode, in which Grande shares some advice with one of her contestants that theWickedalum once bestowed upon her.
“I learned everything I know from watching this woman,” Grande, 28, says in the clip. “When we were doingHairspray Live, you would pitch a joke, or like, a melody change here and there, and ask, ‘Does this add value?’ As a performer, to me, that changed my life entirely.”
She continues, “Now, when I’m writing songs, or performing songs, if I’m gonna do a run, I want to make sure that it adds value and that it has intention. That changed my entire life. I’ve never looked at anything the same way again. I swear to god. I’m literally eating my breakfast, like, ‘Does this add value?’ "
Tweeting the videoon Monday afternoon, Chenoweth, 53, wrote that she “didn’t even know” Grande remembered the advice.
Last week, Chenoweth and Granderecalled how they first metbackstage at a performance ofWickedon Broadway when the “Positions” singer was 10 years old.
“I just feel so privileged to share this moment teaching people and sharing some of what I’ve learned with someone who I have learned the most from in my career,” Grande said in a video posted to the show’s social media.
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Chenoweth echoed a similar sentiment, telling viewers she was “honored and happy to see [Grande] succeed and become the teacher.”
Chenoweth originated the role of Glinda whenWickedfirst premiered on Broadway in October 2003. Grande has long been open about her love for the musical, even performing several songs from the show over the years.
In 2018, she sang avery impressive renditionof “The Wizard and I” in front of many of the musical’s biggest fans for its 15-year anniversary celebration,A Very Wicked Halloween.
“One of my dream roles is to play Elphaba,” Grande once gushed in an episode ofCarpool Karaoke: The Series, in which she sang “What Is This Feeling” withSeth MacFarlane. “I would do it tomorrow. I’d cancel my whole s—. That’s my dream.”
source: people.com
