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Ariana Grande chats with THR on the carpet for the Academy Governors Awards and says she feels "so grateful" and "really relieved" to know 'Wicked: For Good' is coming to theaters soon. Plus, she opens up about her original song "The Girl in the Bubble" and teases working on the upcoming fourth film in the 'Meet the Parents' franchise.

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00:00So it's finally Wicked for Good time.
00:02It's finally, yes.
00:03How are you feeling about it finally about to come out?
00:05I feel so grateful. I feel really relieved.
00:08I think there's a lot of peace that's coming with it.
00:12Just to finally know that people are going to get to know Glenda's full story
00:15and know who I've loved all along.
00:19I've had to love her and humanize her to play her and, you know, to spend that time with her.
00:24So I feel like, I feel very grateful that people are going to get to know her the way that I do, I think, you know?
00:29It's exciting.
00:30And for people to see all of these incredible transformations that all the characters go through
00:34and everyone's arcs completed, it's thrilling, yeah.
00:38And John, too, does his best work here in this. It's really special.
00:43And you've got this original song. How is it to kind of enter new territory there with that?
00:48Well, it was very nerve-wracking at first.
00:50It was daunting, but I was so relieved and grateful when I discovered that it was like this beautiful narrative piece
00:57and you get to spend this moment with her when she becomes her, you know, it's the beginning of the next chapter.
01:04And it's truly like where she's deciding to embark on the journey towards goodness, real truthful goodness, you know?
01:10So I was very grateful that it was like this beautiful narrative piece that I feel like she deserves as a character, you know?
01:19And, yeah, to be able to sing an original Stephen Schwartz song is the honor of, yeah, pretty good.
01:25It's the honor of a lifetime. It really is.
01:28And all of you have been so tight-knit and so protective and so close together for these three years.
01:32Why has that been so important for you guys to really, you know, band together and be such a strong team?
01:36Well, I don't know that it was a decision. I think it's just something that really organically happened.
01:41And, yeah, it was a real privilege. Yeah.
01:46And meet the Fockers now. You just rapped, too.
01:49Yes, yes, yes.
01:49How was this to go full comedy?
01:51It was really delightful. I mean, I love the script. John Hamburg is incredible.
01:56I love Ben Stiller. I love Mr. De Niro. I love the entire cast.
01:59And the younger generation of Fockers now with Skylar Gisando and Beanie Feldstein and Eduardo, we have our...
02:06It was just a really beautiful time.
02:09And, yeah, you get a little bit of everything.
02:11It's very funny, but it also has a lot of heart.
02:14So, yeah, it's beautiful. It's fun.
02:16I can't wait for you to see it and to be able to share more about it.
02:19I do have to be kind of tight-lipped for now, but it's exciting.
02:29I do have to be kind of tight-lipped for now.
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