Cynthia Erivo is changing Wicked for good, from her performance as Elphaba to the original song she helped write for the second movie. While serving as a guest on the latest episode of Variety‘s Awards Circuit podcast posted Thursday (Dec.

Although Jon Chu’s film adaptation of Wicked largely stuck to the stage version for its first part, Cynthia Erivo has confirmed the sequel will feature two brand new songs.

In a recent interview, Cynthia Erivo revealed that she co-wrote an original song for Elphaba for “Wicked: For Good.” “When we filmed it, the entire crew was in tears” Erivo says.