Welcome to "The MMTG SHOW." Ladies and gentlemen, we've arrived in Australia this time.

Why are we in Australia? Well, can you see?  "Wicked." You're the cutest.

[JAEJAE received a friend request from Ariana Grande.] [Somewhere in Seoul, 2024]
I've heard the news.

You've heard the news, right? [Seungheon / Ariana Grande's doppelganger]
I heard you're going somewhere nice.

I'm heading to the Southern Hemisphere. [(JAEJAE departs for Australia with groundbreaking news.)]

[Ariana Grande / Koreana Grande] [Signature song from "Wicked" / "Defying Gravity"]

[Breaks into song] This is "Wicked." Are you upset... Have you been angry lately?

You're going to see Ariana Grande without me. Without me. [(Seungheon, who sadly can't join.)]

[The famous Ariana doppelganger, Seungheon] [Seungheon wasn't like this in high school, but endless practice turned him into Ariana's doppelganger.]

Actually, to Seungheon, who knows almost all the songs from "Wicked," what exactly is the work "Wicked"?

To summarize briefly, it's the backstory before "The Wizard of Oz." [Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West from "The Wizard of Oz"]
You see, the Wicked Witch of the West

wasn't a bad kid from the start. If Dr. Oh Eun-young had provided a solution

things might have been different. ["Wicked" in one sentence]
Why did this character have no choice

[Becoming a witch...]
but to become a wicked witch? The witch named Elphaba and

[Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West] the good witch Glinda.

Glinda. [Ariana Grande as Glinda, the Good Witch] And the friendship that blossoms between them.

Friendship. [(The friendship of the two witches' characters)] Love. Love. [(Love is also in "Wicked")]

A scary shadow. What's the scary shadow? Oz. [(Even the ominous shadow of Oz)]

Scary shadow. So, what's your favorite song from "Wicked"? [(A tough question for a superfan)]
I can't pick just one.

But "Defying Gravity" is so iconic. [(Sudden excitement)] [(Sudden excitement)]

["Defying Gravity" from "Wicked"] When I saw that vibration, I felt it immediately.

It's happening. (In the original musical) at the very end [Musical version] Exactly.

It's like Boom! but they twisted it. Exactly. [Upgraded movie version] Exactly!

Because it's a musical film, the music is the main focus. [(Thus begins Seungheon's passionate demonstration)]

[(Cynthia Erivo's singing style)] Good. Perfect. Great. As a fan of "Wicked,"

what are you most excited about with the movie adaptation? Well, the stage effects that had limitations in the musical...

They say they planted nine million tulips by hand. Even Shim Soo-bong would be amazed.

Shim Soo-bong. "One Million Roses" [(Even Shim Soo-bong would be shocked by nine million flowers.)]
- Making a million flowers bloom.
- Blooming.

There's that 16-ton train. - The one in Emerald City.
- Emerald City. They moved the train for two days.

[(Surprised)]
They must have spent an insane amount of money. Part 1 is releasing this November

And Part 2 is coming out next year. [(Surprised)]
They're splitting it into Part 1 and 2?

Yes, into 1 and 2. Right. They call "Oh My God" as "Oh my god."

In Korean musicals, "Oh my gosh!" That's how they actually say it. [Final Advice]
Try to surprise Cynthia when you meet her.

Okay, got it. As soon as I meet her [(Immediately chants a spell)] [Final Advice 2]
As for Ariana...

[(Suddenly sentimental)] She likes things like this. [(Somehow feeling sorry)] [(Just mimicking)]

Exactly. [(Sentimental version)] (For Ariana) You have to relax your jaw muscles.

Say "Ee-oh!" Ee-oh? "Ee-oh!" Like Eeyore from "Winnie the Pooh?"

Always Ee-oh. Ee-oh. She's always here to Eeyore things together.

Let's go together for Part 2. I'll go make acquaintances this time. [(Sentimental)]

I miss you so much. It's hard to endure. Bye. JAEJAE.

[(JAEJAE heads to Australia...)] [(Practicing songs intensely as soon as she lands in Australia)]

The room service staff asked me if I was going to a Halloween party. The staff asked me where the party was.

Everyone is so surprised. [(Fan service by JAEJAE)] [(Encore)] [(Satisfied)]
Thank you.

Everyone, this time, it's a highly confidential interview that even our filming team can't join, so we can't set up our usual angles.

Please watch to see how we handle this. [(The "Wicked" team preparing for the interview) / (Confirming the name)]
Is it JAEJAE?

[Jeff wants to make sure of the name.] / Jeff Goldblum / The Wizard [Jeff himself]
Not Jeff, it's JAEJAE!

[Fascinated] / Ariana Grande / The real Ariana Grande / Glinda [Jonathan Bailey / That guy from "BRIDGERTON" / Fiyero]
We'll go with J for JAEJAE!

[Let's enjoy ourselves.] [Cynthia Erivo / Elphaba] Let's go. Hello, everyone.

Hello! Excited! You're on the most popular show. [Intrigued] Beautiful!

[First musical interview for the "Wicked" team.] Thank you for having us. This... after a long wait and

Korea will be the first, very first country to watch the film. You know what? Really?

Yeah, really. - Congratulations.
- When does it open in Korea? [North America release date is November 22nd]
November 20th.

[Korean audiences get to see it before anyone else.] [Cynthia and Ariana celebrating]

[Excited]
Yeah, in Korea. Goosebumps. [Meeting someone like this for the first time.]

You are the cutest. So much. [Jeff wants to join in.]
I've always known one word in Korean.

Is this correct? [Curious]
Hope it's right. Yeoboseyo. ["Yeoboseyo" is how you answer the phone.]

Yeoboseyo! [Proud]
Yeoboseyo. Yeoboseyo, JAEJAE.

Yeoboseyo. [In a musical tone]
Yeoboseyo, it's me. [Singing "A Glass of Soju" in front of Ariana Grande]
Yeoboseyo, it's me

in a famous Korean song. [The four get more into the musical interview.] So the title of our first talk session is

[Musical Interview 1]
What is this feeling? [A signature song from "Wicked"]

[(They sing together)] [(Expressing her signature)] (Impressed) Great vocals. [(Original lyrics) / (JAEJAE's positive version)]

Fantastic. Fantastic, Cynthia. Thank you very much. Two months ago, I saw Jonathan's interview on "Good Morning America."

You said something like this: "Everyone who was working on it is a die-hard fan." The music, I think, was a knockout moment, seeing it for the first time.

It taught us to love and to laugh. What did you learn from seeing "Wicked" the first time?

Oh, the first time I saw it on stage? Well, I saw it, um, you know, in its

first Broadway production with Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth. I cried. I didn't know anything about it

then, but anyway... You cried? Oh yes. I cried like a baby. I was wailing at the end of it.

I didn't know they were going to be best friends? [(Someone who understands that feeling)]
Oh, you did, right.

Tears were springing from my eyes. Jeff, during your first talk with Jon Chu, director Jon Chu,

you were also so emotional that you almost cried. You always cry? I always cry. We all always cry.

[(Confirm emotional "Wicked" team)] We're an emotional family. (Adding more) This is a glass

filled with tears. A tears glass? [(Demonstrating)] Could you please give me one?

Okay. (Definitely) I'll give it to you. Plenty to go around.

Don't worry. And everyone knows that Ariana has a true passion for Glinda. [(Ariana always wanted to play Glinda.)]

And you were 10 years old when you saw the original cast perform "Wicked" on Broadway with your mom and

You even joined the auction to get a ticket to take a photo with the cast backstage.

And here's the photo. [(10-year-old Ariana)] [(Adorable young Ariana)]

Life, it's really full of surprises. It's a very full-circle moment, and we've all loved these characters for the whole 21 years

that this show has been around. So it's really beautiful to have the opportunity to bring our own selves to these roles.

And also to cry together and fill up Jeff's cup together and — I know. 
— pass around the tour.

I'm curious about 2013, you sang on a song called "Popular Song." Oh, yes!

Which sampled "Popular" from "Wicked." [2013 / MIKA "Popular Song" feat. Ariana Grande]

[2024 / Ariana Grande "Popular"] Was that inspired by your love for "Wicked?"

No, actually, it's Mika's song. And he invited me to be a part of it.

So that was just a really funny coincidence. But Oz has been sneaking up on all of us in many ways.

We've all been intertwined with Oz for a long time. It's been reaching for us.

It's amazing then to meet people who had, you know, a similar love for something, and then, you know, you get to make it together.

Destiny. I've never been in a movie that started with everybody going, "Oh, this, I've got to—we've got to do this movie"

we're so thrilled to be in this movie. You know, there are scripts and sets, but with this movie, everybody was like,

for years it's been boiling—and in love—a romance with this material.
—Yes, right.

[(A truly special "Wicked" for everyone.)]
It's not just something, it's special.

And the video of the casting announcement for Cynthia and Ariana has become very famous. [(The moment "Wicked" casting was confirmed)]
casting announcements.

We'd love for you to be our Elphaba. [The moment Cynthia was cast as Elphaba]

[(Reenacting the glorious moment)] That's what she does. And you [When Ariana was cast as Glinda]
Oh my God, thank you.

I love her so much; I'm going to take such good care of her, thank you so much.

I love her so much, I'm going to take such good care of her, thank you! You like this.

That's very good. (Moved) Beautiful! Thank you. [Jonathan, catching onto the musical vibe]
I think we can put this together to create a duet.

[(Jonathan getting hooked on JAEJAE's vibe)] And Jonathan! You were also cast in a very interesting way.

that during the Zoom meeting with director Jon Chu and producer Marc Platt, Cynthia and Ariana just popped up and

[Shiz University]
"Will you come to Shiz? We are all Shiz." Really?

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