If you're like me, you watched NBC's A Very Wicked Halloween special and cried your damn eyes out, wishing you could get in a time machine back to 2003!!!
The hour-long special revisited hits from the musical, from "Popular" to "Defying Gravity" — and then Wicked stan Ariana Grande took the stage for an ICONIC performance of "The Wizard and I":
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LIKE, SHE WAS SO GOOD!!!!!!
Tag yourself, I'm this fan!!!!!
The whole thing had me IN MY FEELINGS, because it's wild to think that back in 2003, when I was geeking out over Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth and making "For Good" lyrics my AIM away message — Ariana Grande was also just a regular ole' theater kid doing the same damn thing.
And now it has come FULL DAMN CIRCLE!
Like, here is a video of young Ariana SLAYING THE HELL out of "The Wizard and I" way back in the day:
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Here are some old tweets about her Wicked ~obsession~:
Team Glinda (though I sometimes root for Elphie) xx . RT @ClubAriana @ArianaGrande are you Team Elphaba or Team Glinda:)? I'm team Glenda
Loved seeing Wicked again... amazing production! Made me realize again how badly I want 2 play Glinda at some point in my life! #DreamRole
Speaking of going green....I'm at Wicked right now and I have to say...it's still incredible! I forgot how much I love this show! :-.)
What's your favorite song from Wicked?I want to sing all of these in my room as soon as I get home! Hmmmm. :)
And here she friggin' is backstage with her grandma and Kristin Chenoweth:
This photo might be from 15 years ago, but do any of these witches look familiar? @arianagrande @kchenoweth #Wicked15 #Wicked https://t.co/cOFfxb2aw0
Like, this is just SO MAJOR:
How cool is it that @ArianaGrande saw @WICKED_Musical when she was just 9 years old and is now singing The Wizard and I on @NBC! Her future truly is unlimited. #wicked15
Congrats, Ariana. Elphie would be proud.
Ariana was already in wicked did y’all forget?