The partnership between Wicked and the Olympics marks a full-circle moment, as both Erivo and Grande attended the Summer Games in 2024 as part of their mammoth press cycle for the first film. Universal Pictures also arranged for the real-life Emerald City train from the movies to stop through Paris in honor of the event.

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande came to a fan's rescue when someone dropped a drink on the fan during a 'Wicked' meet-and-greet event.

Despite being busy taking in the lyrics to “Defying Gravity” and holding space for that, we found time to do a deep-dive on Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s very sweet friendship—which largely consists of hyping each other up,

South African content creator Tricia Mpisi recalled an unforgettable, embarrassing moment. Fortunately, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo helped her.