"Wicked: For Good"'s 2 New Songs: Everything to Know About the Original Tracks Sung by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande Jordana ComiterNovember 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM 0 Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba in 'Wicked: For Good.' Wicked: For Good, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, premiered in theaters on Nov.
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Jordana ComiterNovember 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba in 'Wicked: For Good.' -
Wicked: For Good, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, premiered in theaters on Nov. 21
The film tells the story of Act Two of the Broadway production, and includes the addition of two new songs
Erivo's Elphaba sings original song "No Place Like Home," while Grande's Glinda sings exclusive movie track "The Girl in the Bubble"
Wicked: For Good has given fans two new songs to "dance through life" to.
Starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as Elphaba and Glinda, Wicked: For Good is the second part of the film adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical. At the heart of the story is an exploration into good versus evil, though fans of the stage production know that it's soundtrack — which won the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album — is what brings it to life.
Although Wicked: For Good follows the story line of Act Two of the Broadway musical, several changes were made by director Jon M. Chu when bringing it from stage to screen, including the addition of two new tracks written by musical composer Stephen Schwartz: "No Place Like Home," sung by Erivo's Elphaba, and "The Girl in the Bubble," sung by Grande's Glinda.
A few weeks before the film's release, Erivo and Grande previewed the original tracks during Wicked: One Wonderful Night, a two-hour NBC musical special. Now that Wicked: For Good has officially hit theaters, the tracks are out in the world and ready to become your next new obsession.
Here's everything to know about the two new original tracks featured in Wicked: For Good.
Warning: Wicked: For Good spoilers ahead.
"No Place Like Home": Sung by Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba
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Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba in 'Wicked: For Good.'What is "No Place Like Home" About?
After Elphaba's nanny Dulcibear returns and questions her desire to save Oz rather than escape, the bittersweet ballad hears her articulate her love for the town, even in the face of the discrimination and cruelty she's experienced growing up there.
During the NBC Wicked: One Wonderful Night special, Grande introduced the track, explaining that it's about "Elphaba's dedication to protecting Oz, even as she faces rejection from everyone around her."
In a December 2024 interview with Variety, Erivo shared that she worked closely with Schwartz to create the original song, which she said is "so special to me."
"When we filmed it, the entire crew was in tears," she continued. "I hope audiences are ready — it's a song that speaks to the heart of who Elphaba is."
When does Elphaba sing "No Place Like Home"?
A clear homage to Dorothy's iconic line from The Wizard of Oz, "No Place Like Home" is sung by Elpbaba in the first half of Wicked: For Good, after she discovers a group of animals escaping Oz via a secret tunnel under the Yellow Brick Road.
What are the lyrics to "No Place Like Home"?
"Why do I love this placeThat's never loved me?A place that seems to be devolvingAnd even wanting to?But Oz is more than just a placeIt's a promise, an ideaAnd I want to help make it come trueWhy should a land have so much meaningWhen dark times befall it?It's only land, made of dirt and rock and loamIt's just a place that's familiarAnd 'home's' just what we call itBut there's no place like homeDon't we all knowThere's no place like home?When you feel you can't fight anymoreJust tell yoursеlfThere's no place likе homeWhen you feel it's not worth fighting forCompel yourselfBecause there's no place like homeWhen you want to leaveDiscouraged and resignedThat's what they want you to doBut think how you will grieveFor all you leave behindOz belongs to you too
Those who would take it from youSpout a lie to sell yourselfYou go their way or goIt's them we'll be defeatingIf we keep on repeating'There's no place like home'There's no place like homeThere's no place like homeIf we just keep fighting for itWe will win back and restore itThere's no place like home"
"The Girl in the Bubble": Sung by Ariana Grande as Glinda
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Ariana Grande as Glinda in 'Wicked: For Good.'What is "The Girl in the Bubble" about?
The heartfelt ballad places Glinda in a moment of deep self-reflection, as she grapples with her privilege and torn feelings between her loyalty to the citizens of Oz and to Elphaba, who has been branded the Wicked Witch of the West.
When Erivo introduced the sneak peek of the song during the NBC special, she described it as a "poignant solo" that "captures the moment where Glinda decides not to just call herself Good, but to truly become Glinda the Good."
The song marks a defining turning point for the character, signaling Glinda's evolution from her image-obsessed popular persona — one who lived in a "bubble" both literally and figuratively — into the woke and genuinely "Good" leader she grows to be.
It is also a clear callback to her earlier confrontation with Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey) after their engagement, when she admits that she couldn't resist the popularity granted to her as a propaganda tool for Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh) and the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum).
When does Glinda sing "The Girl in the Bubble"?
Glinda sings "The Girl in the Bubble" toward the second half of Wicked: For Good, after an angry mob of people gather outside the beautiful chambers of Emerald City in a hunt for Elphaba, prompting her to contemplate the part she has played in everything that's happened.
What are the lyrics to "The Girl in the Bubble"?
"LookThere's that beautiful girlWith the beautiful lifeSuch a beautiful lifeBuilt on lies'Cause all that's requiredTo live in a dreamIs endlessly closing your eyesShe spins such beautiful storiesTo sing her to sleepFull of magic and glory and loveShe's the girl in the bubbleThe bright shiny bubbleBlissfully floating aboveAh, but the truth has a wayOf seeping on inBeneath the surface and sheenAnd blind as you try to beEventuallyIt's hard to unsee what you've seen
And so that beautiful girlWith the beautiful lifeHas a quеstion that haunts her somehowIf she comеs down from the skyGives the real world a tryWho in the world is she now?And though so much of her wishesThat she could float onAnd the beautiful lies, ah, never stopFor the girl in the bubbleThe pink shiny bubbleIt's time for her bubble to popFor the popular girlHigh in the bubbleIsn't it high timeFor her bubble to pop?"
Additional Musical Changes in Wicked: For Good
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Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero in 'Wicked: For Good.'
In addition to two new songs, there were a few other changes to beloved tunes from the soundtrack, including Glinda singing "Fiyero" at the beginning of "No Good Deed" instead of Elphaba.
Meanwhile, "Thank Goodness" is split into two songs, with the start of the track becoming "Every Day More Wicked."
As for Nessarose's (Marissa Bode) "Wicked Witch of the East" track, there are some meaningful changes that connect to the silver heels she inherited from her mother. In the musical, she sings that she is "longing to kick up my heels" — lyrics that were scrapped in the movie's version. Instead, she sings a new verse:
"That night at the Ozdust / Boq danced with me there / And it felt like he loved me then / That night when I felt I was floating on air / I want to feel that again," Nessarose sings.
The desire to feel like she is "floating on air" is what prompts Elphaba to cast a spell on Nessarose's shoes, rather than her sister "pleading for a disability to be fixed," Chu told PEOPLE ahead of the premiere.
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