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
00:04voice.
00:06The singer, who is set to star in John M. Chu's Wicked movie musical as Glinda alongside
00:10Cynthia Erivo, has been called out online for changing her voice for the film, with
00:15many 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
00:23on TikTok over her different speaking voices.
00:26She wrote at the time,
00:27I intentionally change my vocal placement, high or low, often depending on how much singing
00:32I'm doing.
00:33I've always done this.
00:34Bye."
00:35Now, in an interview with Vanity Fair, Grande reflected on the conversation surrounding
00:38her voice change for the role.
00:40There is a part of the world that isn't familiar with what it takes to transform your
00:44voice, whether it's singing, or taking on a different dialect for a role, or doing
00:48a character voice for something.
00:50Grande also called out the double standard that exists when a male actor can alter his
00:53voice for a role.
00:55When 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
01:01praise.
01:02Oh wow, he was so lost in the role, and that's just a part of the job, really."
01:06She added,
01:07Tale as old as time being a woman in this industry, you are treated differently, and
01:10you are under a microscope in a way that some people aren't.
01:14Austin Butler was another star who notably got attention for his voice change for his
01:18Oscar-nominated performance as Elvis Presley in Elvis.
01:22He said at the time,
01:23I often liken it to when somebody lives in another country for a long time, and I had
01:27three years where that was my only focus in life, so I'm sure that there's just pieces
01:31of my DNA that will always be linked in that way."
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