Cynthia Erivo‘s creative choices in Wicked have surely paid off.

If you didn’t know, Wicked: Part 1 ends with Elphaba singing “Defying Gravity,” a song that ends with an iconic battle-cry note. However, in Cynthia‘s film version, she decided to revamp the signature note with a unique riff.

Recently, 38-year-old singer and actress talked about how making the moment her own impacted fan response to the film.

“It has completely changed my life. One, because people sing it to me randomly in the street when I’m going, when I’m leaving somewhere. If I’m signing or like I’m talking to people, I will often hear it just as I’m leaving. So someone will do it as I walk away. But like, who knew that people would fall in love with that?” Cynthia said while on “SiriusXM’s Sway in the Morning.”

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