{"id":562,"date":"2024-11-18T16:22:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T16:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/?p=407267"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"debunked-is-ariana-grande-quitting-music-now-shes-in-wicked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2024\/11\/18\/debunked-is-ariana-grande-quitting-music-now-shes-in-wicked\/","title":{"rendered":"Debunked: Is Ariana Grande quitting music now she’s in Wicked?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ariana Grande<\/a> is everywhere right now thanks to the new Wicked<\/a> film. She plays Glinda in the hit musical, a role she’s dreamt of playing<\/a> ever since she was a little girl.<\/p>\n

However, the 31-year-old is most known for her music, with seven studio albums and so many best-selling tracks including 7 Rings, Side to Side and One Last Time.<\/p>\n

Now that she’s killing it in Hollywood, everyone is wondering the same thing. Is she quitting music<\/a> for good?<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DCeqFCCPkp6\/?img_index=1<\/p>\n

So, is Ariana Grande quitting music?<\/h2>\n

No, Ariana isn’t quitting music, but she is making acting her priority for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

She shared that on the La Culturaistas<\/a> podcast earlier this month, saying: “I\u2019m gonna say something so scary \u2013 it\u2019s gonna scare the absolute s**t out of my fans and everyone, but I love them, and they\u2019ll deal, and we\u2019ll be here forever.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always going to do \u2018pop stuff,\u2019 pinky promise, but I don\u2019t think doing it at the rate I\u2019ve been doing it for the past 10 years is where I see myself for the next 10. I love acting, I love musical theater. Musical theatre is my heart.”<\/p>\n

Ariana repeated the same thing to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show<\/a>, adding: “I’m very scared to freak my fans out when I talk about this just because music and being on stage will always be a big part of my life.”<\/p>\n

“I will always be there. We\u2019ll always have that together, but I just, I really do love acting,” she continued before revealing she would love to get more big TV or film<\/a> roles in the future.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DCaSUOOP5jq\/<\/p>\n

Ariana was actually an actress first<\/h2>\n

It might seem surprising that the singer is happy to put her entire music career on hold, but if you know anything about Ariana, it’s not actually that shocking at all.<\/p>\n

She started her entire career as an actress, rising to fame after starring as Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon series Victorious, which aired from 2010 to 2013.<\/p>\n

Ariana then appeared in its spin-off series Sam & Cat from 2013 to 2014 and released her debut album Yours Truly at the same time.<\/p>\n

As soon as she was cast in Victorious, the teen star told her managers that she wanted to release an R&B album, but acting has always been in her heart too.<\/p>\n

So, you won’t be seeing any new songs or albums from Ariana any time soon, but it looks like Wicked is just the start of a long and successful film career.<\/p>\n

For more like this and for the latest memes, quizzes, updates and general pop culture chaos \u2013\u00a0like The Tab on Facebook<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Featured image by: Ariana Grande\/YouTube and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\/YouTube<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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