United Kingdom, Oct. 25 -- Ariana Grande came close to quitting music before filming 2024's Wicked.

The 32-year-old pop star has confessed that she had no desire to make a follow-up to 2020's Positions until playing the role of Glinda in the blockbuster adaptation of the hit musical reignited her "spark" for making music.

Appearing on Shut Up Evan with Evan Ross Katz, she said: "[Playing Glinda] has done so much for Ariana. It has totally rearranged everything about my relationship to creating, you know. I didn't think I was going to make an album ever again when I left for London.

"That was kind of my secret, but I didn't think I was going to, you know."

The Thank U, Next hitmaker says Glinda's strong "self-belief" inspired her retur...