However, the sharp humor of Populars lyrics are also laced with an ominous foreshadowing.

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Jonathan Bailey standing before Glinda as Fiyero in Wicked’s Dancing Through Life sequence

Dr. Dillamond (Peter Dinklage) in Wicked

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Glenda y Elphaba from Wicked and the Golden Globes

Jeff Goldblum as The Wizard looks dismayed in Wicked

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Elphaba tenderly touches Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero’s face in Wicked

Elphaba during Defying Gravity in Wicked in front of a broken window.

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Elphaba singing the Wizard and I in Wicked

Ariana Grande as Glinda singing “Popular” in a pink dress in Wicked

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Ariana Grande Butera as Glinda singing in Munchkinland in Wicked

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Glinda and Elphaba looking at each other intensely in Wicked

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Elphaba and Glinda singing during the one short day song in wicked

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