Long before she got the part of Glinda, it’s clear that Ariana Grande has been a true Wicked devotee. I’m going to become deeply, truly good and make a safe space for people,’” Grande tells Empire in our world-exclusive Wicked: For Good issue. I’m so grateful for that song, because she deserves it as a character.”It’s safe to say things won’t be easy for Glinda – or for Elphaba, who gets her own new song too – in For Good. “It’s traumatic event after traumatic event after traumatic event,” as Grande puts it, “and they’re all shaping her and propelling her into her actual goodness, that has quietly been there all along, but she wasn’t ready for it yet.” Get ready for Glinda 2.0. “Even in the first film you get to see those layers slowly peeling away, but in this film, it’s rapid and urgent,” Grande promises.