Glinda Is Too ‘Vanilla’ for a Hip-Hop Spin on ‘Popular’
Ariana Grande is explaining what really happened with that scrapped hip-hop version of “Popular,” which composer Stephen Schwartz had intended to put in Jon M. Chu’s Wicked films before the pop star pushed back on the idea. In a cover story interview with Variety published Thursday (Jan. 2), Grande recalled first hearing the original rehearsal











