The Wicked: For Good release date is just five months away now, and I keep getting more excited to see the second act of the beloved musical realized on the big screen. (It’s seriously going to be tough for another one of the 2025 movie releases to top the feeling of seeing this!) But then director Jon M. Chu called out two songs to look forward to from Cynthia Erivo, and now I can barely contain my joy over the upcoming film.
When it comes to the Wicked musical, it’s true that the biggest hits are already behind us now that we’ve seen the first movie. We’ll never get to see “Popular” or “Defying Gravity” be performed for the first time by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo again. However, Chu is getting me hyped as he name-dropped two songs from For Good while chatting with Vanity Fair:
‘No Good Deed’ is just a fucking banger. I don’t even know how to use safe words for that. Cynthia on that thing is just ridiculous. And ‘As Long as You’re Mine’—it’s just gorgeous.
the showstopping “Dancing Through Life” number.
When we left the characters at the end of the first Wicked movie, Elphaba had chosen a life of rebellion as a witch, while Glinda found a way in with Oz. We know that Glinda and Fiyero will get married early in For Good, but I’m so excited to see this love triangle continue to play out with the new movie. Check out the Wicked: For Good trailer below:
The trailer debuted in theaters for a special re-release of the first Wicked before dropping online as well. It features some of the “No Good Deed” early on when Elphaba’s singing spells!
The second act of the Wicked production has fewer songs, eight as opposed to the first act’s eleven. However, we know original composer Stephen Schwartz has written two more to pack the movie with more music.
Plus, Chu said they are “necessary in this movie to help tell the story.” Oh, and that’s all without mentioning the song the movie is named after, “For Good”. I cry every time I listen to it, and I’m going to bawl when Cynthia and Ariana perform it. Yeah, I’m counting down the days until this movie comes out on November 21.