After Being Accused Of Putting On A Transatlantic Accent, Ariana Grande Has Explained Why Her Voice Has Changed

“Another thing that is really real is that I did just spend a long time playing a character every single day and training my voice to do different things,” she said. “The voice is in the body; it’s an instrument, and muscle memory is a real thing. That’s a normal thing for people who, it’s their job to transform.”

Ariana also claimed that male actors do not face the same level of scrutiny for changing themselves for a role that female actors do. 

“You see male actors — sure, people make jokes here and there as well about everybody who experiences something like this — but it’s always after the fact that they’re like, ‘Oh, wow, how dedicated to his craft. What an amazing transformation! He’s a brilliant performer!’” she claimed. “And God forbid I sneeze like Glinda.”

“I had a job to do,” Ariana concluded. “People change and habits happen. It’s a strange thing to be under such a microscope.”