With her Best Comedy/Music Actress Golden Globes nomination on Monday, “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo is now a four-time Globes nominee. But as Erivo tells Gold Derby, the recognition feels different this time around because it’s happening with a group of close friends by her side.

“This time I get to do this with the people I love,” Erivo tells Gold Derby in an interview recorded Monday after the Golden Globes nominations. She was a previous film nominee as an actress and songwriter for “Harriet” and then an actress nominee for the television limited series “Genius: Aretha.”

“The last time I felt a little solo and though loads of people put the work in, at those awards ceremonies you’re sat by yourself,” she adds. “You don’t really have a lot of people around you and this time around I think we can go and have a good time together.