Since her very earliest days in the spotlight, Ariana Grande has faced tons of scrutiny over the sound of her speaking voice. Like, there are literally “Ariana Grande voice evolution” videos on YouTube with over a million views — it’s that serious.
For the past decade or so, she’s been accused of speaking in different pitches and accents, including an apparent “Blaccent” at one point during her peak pop-star era.
However, the scrutiny surrounding Grande’s voice really ramped up a few years ago after she began playing Glinda in the “Wicked” movies, at which point she noticeably began speaking in a higher-pitched voice in videos and interviews.
Her post-“Wicked” speaking voice has been compared to a transatlantic accent, which is a blend of English and American accents previously used by actors in the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Grande — who is still known to typically speak like this today — has previously addressed accusations that she’s been putting on a “fake” accent, explaining that she changes her “vocal placement” to help “preserve” her vocal cords for singing and speaking.
