Ariana Grande Gets an Onslaught of Reactions After “Popular” Clip was Released [Video]

Fans finally got their first glimpse of Ariana Grande singing in Wicked after months of the production keeping things under wraps, bringing in both praise and debate about her performance.

While the stars of the film have kept busy attending premieres globally and doing extensive press over the last few weeks, the official Wicked social media account shared a clip this week of Grande as her beloved character Glinda singing “Popular.” The video was a singalong style with the lyrics on the screen, and it turns out the official account got the words wrong. Instead of “I’ll teach you the proper ploys/ when you talk to boys,” the lyrics were written as “I’ll teach you the proper poise/ when you talk to boys.” Grande kindly corrected them in the comments.

But the lyric debacle wasn’t the only thing that received a lot of chatter. Grande’s performance from the short clip in general already drew in criticism — despite the movie …