Why don't people like Ariana Grande

She can't annunciate. If you don't know the lyrics, and can't get them by context, you're out of luck...

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2016/07/can_you_understand_what_ariana_grande_is_singing_a_quiz.html

I don't dislike Ariana - she's a young person who still has a lot to learn. I had very high hopes for her in Hairspray, but unfortunately she never found the character. She played Penny as Ariana. There were glimpses of what could have been in her performance (especially in her dialogue), but she's supposed to go from a shy, nervous nerd to a carefree powerhouse. That transition was never clear since she sang and mostly spoke as Ariana the entire time.

I agree with Teach's appraisal of the HAIRSPRAY performance, but Miss Grande was surprisingly good when she hosted SNL.

I think if she really was invested in a character (playing it 8 times a week instead of rehearsing for one live performance) as she was in 13, she would have been more convincing.

HAIRSPRAY: LIVE! not only rehearsed for a few months for that 1 "live" performance, the entire telecast was performed countless times in its entirety (from beginning to end) so she had over 10 "performances" as Penny before the "live" broadcast. It's not like they only performed once the entire show - they did it completely for camera blocking, timing, etc.

She can hit note, but how she does it and how it sounds is completely wrong from a training standpoint.

Basically, she's a circus act. Until she learns to properly support, enunciate and form proper vowels, I don't have a lot to say about her.

BrodyFosse123 said: "I think if she really was invested in a character (playing it 8 times a week instead of rehearsing for one live performance) as she was in 13, she would have been more convincing.

HAIRSPRAY: LIVE! not only rehearsed for a few months for that 1 "live" performance, the entire telecast was performed countless times in its entirety (from beginning to end) so she had over 10 "performances" as Penny before the "live" broadcast. It's not like they only performed once the entire show - they did it completely for camera blocking, timing, etc.



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I understand that, but its still no comparison to playing a character to a live audience every single night. Along with the initial rehearsals.

I wasn't a fan until I saw her host SNL. I loved her portrayal of a snotty Maria from SOUND OF MUSIC. I was also impressed with her impersonations of other singers. Especially Celine. Plus my true test of an SNL host is how often it appears that they're reading off cue cards. She seemed to know all her lines which I appreciated. However I still can't understand most, if not all, of her song lyrics. That alone would nix my hopes of ever seeing her on stage in a musical. What theatre lyricist would want her to sing their songs? She wouldn't be moving the plot forward but instead would be bringing it to an abrupt halt. I often wonder if her difficulty in being understood stems from her licking too many donuts.

Miss Jezebel DuPree2 said: "Most people dislike her because of her brother, the tragic Frankie Grande.



Are you sure it's not because of her sister, the Starbucks obsessed Mocha Frappuccino Grande?

I think she's a solid singer. I don't like her music but her voice is good. As everyone else already mentioned, you can't understand a word she says.

Her acting and disgusting personality are other stories. Maybe if she didn't have the world's biggest ego, she'd put some work and thought into her acting. Don't know what can be done to fix that attitude though. Not even close to being talented enough to warrant acting like that...

I don't hate her. I'm just not a fan of her voice.

Also, LOL at her playing Marta in Company.

"ANOHA HUNAD PEPOLA JUS GOT OF THE *whistle tone* TRA-A-A-A--AIN OOOOOH"

She sings like a siren or something of the kind.

I am a fan of her music in general and I do think she has the potential to be great on Broadway. She's been doing community theatre since she was eight and she and Liz Gillies definitely stood out more than Victoria Justice did in Victorious. I will say that her acting in early-Victorious was much better than later seasons/Sam and Cat where it just started to feel like an exaggeration. She barely had any lines in the Scream Queens pilot, but she was hilarious in the episode where she comes back as a ghost and I think anyone can agree she was fantastic on SNL. With Hairspray, I don't necessarily think she did a bad job, but it was very "Ariana" and I was very underwhelmed (but not disappointed) with her acting. She seemed like the perfect fit for the role and I had really high hopes that we would see some of what we saw in the first season of Victorious before she was as famous as she is now (when she would have been even more perfect as Penny).

As for the enunciating thing, it's not that she can't do it, but I feel like it's just how she prefers to sing her pop music. Her words are clearly enunciated in 13 and Hairspray (moreso during the actual broadcast and a little less on the cast recording but she always sounds better live anyway).

I'd be very interested in seeing her continue with acting/musicals/theatre. I feel like she has the potential and just needs to get very invested in her next role. I'm thinking something similar to how invested Beyonce got with Dreamgirls and how great her performance was there in comparison to her past acting roles. With the right training and practice, and if she can finally get out of what we know as that "Ariana Grande image" (which I think she's slowly breaking out of), I'd love to see her play Audrey or Gypsy Rose Lee (her two biggest dream roles).