For Good Will Give Its Witches Some Wholly New Tunes

It was solely a month in the past that Wicked began taking the world by storm, and never that lengthy since we discovered its second half would now go by Wicked: For Good. Common’s not able to reveal something from the sequel, however that hasn’t stopped co-lead Cynthia Erivo from hyping up a number of the subsequent movie’s adjustments, notably within the music.

At a latest look on Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast, Erivo talked about her strategy to enjoying Elphaba, who finally turns into the well-known Depraved Witch. One factor she talked about was working carefully with the play and movie’s composer, Stephen Schwartz, to develop a model new music for her character. With out giving something away, she teased “even the title will transfer you. I don’t know in the event you’re prepared for it. Once we filmed it, the forged and crew have been crying. […] I hope audiences are prepared—it’s a music that speaks to the center of who Elphaba is.”

You may’ve forgotten, however Schwartz mentioned in 2022 there’d be a pair of latest songs for Depraved’s second half “to fulfill the [storytelling’s] calls for.” The primary film’s music adjustments primarily involved the characters or setting to account for it not being a stage musical, however these songs have been in any other case the identical. Giving Elphaba and Glinda some new tunes retains issues contemporary for film and OG followers, and makes Depraved: For Good really feel like much more like an occasion. And it’ll additionally make these new songs attractive to belt out when the movie finally will get its personal sing-along version.

However Depraved: For Good wants to return out first—and it’ll achieve this on November 21, 2025. When you have been ready to look at the primary movie at residence, excellent news: it’s hitting digital on New Yr’s Eve.

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