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Ariana Grande is calling out double standards when it comes to criticism surrounding her voice. The singer, who is set to star in Jon M Chu's 'Wicked' movie musical as Glinda alongside Cynthia Erivo has been called out online for changing her voice for the film with many noting she continues to speak in her "Glinda voice." Now in an interview with Vanity Fair, Grande reflected on the conversation surrounding her voice change for the role.
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00:00Ariana Grande is calling out double standards when it comes to criticism surrounding her voice.
00:06The singer, who's set to star in John M. Chu's Wicked movie musical as Glinda, alongside Cynthia Erivo,
00:11has been called out online for changing her voice for the film, with many noting she still continues to speak in her Glinda voice.
00:19After she appeared on Penn Badgley's Pod Crushed, the singer addressed the mockery on TikTok over her different speaking voices.
00:25She wrote at the time,
00:30Now, in an interview with Vanity Fair, Grande reflected on the conversation surrounding her voice change for the role.
00:40There is a part of the world that isn't familiar with what it takes to transform your voice,
00:44whether it's singing or taking on a different dialect for a role, or doing a character voice for something.
00:50Grande also called out the double standard that exists when a male actor can alter his voice for a role.
00:54When it's a male actor that does it, it's acclaimed.
00:57There are definitely jokes that are made as well, but it's always after being led with praise.
01:02Oh wow, he was so lost in the role, and that's just a part of the job, really.
01:06She added,
01:06Austin Butler was another star who notably got attention for his voice change for his Oscar-nominated performance as Elvis Presley in Elvis.
01:21He said at the time,
01:22I often liken it to when somebody lives in another country for a long time,
01:26and I had three years where that was my only focus in life,
01:29so I'm sure that there's just pieces of my DNA that will always be linked in that way.
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