(Warning: Spoilers from "Wicked: For Good" below...)
The "Wicked: For Good" soundtrack is finally here, and with it comes the official cast recordings of two songs that are brand new to the musical.
"No Place Like Home," sung by Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, and "The Girl in the Bubble," by Ariana Grande's Glinda, were written specifically for "Wicked's" sequel film — an addition director Jon M. Chu calls "really natural."
"We needed it in the story and how we wanted to really dive into each character," he says in an interview with TODAY.com.
Both songs were written by the original composer and lyricist for "Wicked," Stephen Schwartz, and both are ballads. In "No Place Like Home," Elphaba tries to get the animals to change their minds about fleeing Oz. Then later in the film, "The Girl in

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