Ariana Grande is grateful to have a mentor like Kristin Chenoweth!
Chenoweth is joining the “Thank U, Next” singer on this season of The Voice as an advisor for her team during Battle Rounds. Chenoweth shared a peak at Monday’s episode, in which Grande shares some advice with one of her contestants that the Wicked alum once bestowed upon her.
“I learned everything I know from watching this woman,” Grande, 28, says in the clip. “When we were doing Hairspray Live, you would pitch a joke, or like, a melody change here and there, and ask, ‘Does this add value?’ As a performer, to me, that changed my life entirely.”
She continues, “Now, when I’m writing songs, or performing songs, if I’m gonna do a run, I want to make sure that it adds value and that it has intention. That changed my entire life. I’ve never looked at anything the same way again. I swear to god. I’m literally eating my breakfast, like, ‘Does this add value?’ ”
Last week, Chenoweth and Grande recalled how they first met backstage at a performance of Wicked on Broadway when the “Positions” singer was 10 years old.
“I just feel so privileged to share this moment teaching people and sharing some of what I’ve learned with someone who I have learned the most from in my career,” Grande said in a video posted to the show’s social media.
