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Ariana Grande was BRILLIANT in Wicked. Black Nepotism is stupid. | Vlogmas Day One

🕑 Added 2024-12-02 02:00:27 +0000 UTC

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Mai

I missed this upload for some reason and i’m DYING at “step your pussy up” lmaoooooo

Issa Smith

You know what’s crazy Lebron starring in Space Jam 2 and literally forcing his son to continue his legacy

Chris Lacey

the jhud wack made me choke 😭

B.Darling

"You think I give a fuck about some random white woman losing her man? Step your pussy" 🤣😂🤣

B.Darling

I fucking love vlogmas! 😂

Rihab

i saw wicked in dolby and I thought the color looked fine but hearing no one mourns the wicked for the very first time in my life, I could not understand what they were singing like I needed subtitles.

Rihab

We’re sooo back!!

Rainy Feathers

But is there a reason Bronny can't just do his video games? Why does he absolutely definitely life or death (literally🫣), have to play basket ball? I'm trying to figure out it's all for because neither Snr or Jnr are benefiting from the fiasco.

Rainy Feathers

She's right about the nepotism and they stay mad.

Bree Kells

My husband loved your take on the Bronny/Lebron segment! We couldn’t agree more!

Leigh

My biggest issue with Gladiator was the writing. It did too much memorializing of the previous film, and the sudden shift in Lucious attitude towards his mom and the general was jarring. But absolutely, Denzel took lemons and made lemonade

Jasmine F.

OG Kenya

jaleel

I still say hang it up, flatscreen before just to feel something

Jocelyn

Like 🥴🤣

Keith Primas

AG was using those jaw muscles DOWN. I had to gag

Keith Primas

ARIANA GRANDE OSCAR WINNER 2025 CRY ABOUT IT

JT

And then had the never to just keep going 😭meanwhile I cackled so hard I made myself jump

Anastasia

Wicked ATE

Jocelyn

You ate with the J HUD line, I fear.

Jasmine F.

Am I the only one who says "Hello, you guys" along with Kenya at the beginning of every video? 🤭💕

Ray

As someone who measures their years with Kenya Patreon Vlogmas it’s so frightening seeing we’re already here omg… this year has gone by so fast, anyways, so excited for the daily videos for the month I remember it what kept me going in the morning before work last December lol

Blank Page

I saw wicked in IMAX and the color grading looked good! I was pleasantly surprised by how much I loved the movie!! I'm obsessed. Cynthia was amazing and ariana was charming!

Lavender1495

Popular was really THE scene for me in Wicked my god Ariana ate that so bad! The La La’s at the end of the song 😮‍💨

Lavender1495

Ariana praise 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️💕

Lavender1495

WE CHEER, very excited for vlogmas!

Gabriella

Wicked moved me in a way I wasn’t expecting. Like wow Cynthia blew me away and Ariana surprised me she was just incredible. I cried twice 😭 Also I love your sports commentary, like do I know anything you’re talking about, no but I’m seated either way

Dejavu

Damn now i gotta go see Wicked

Manna Steel

THE JHUD DRAGGG???

Mariah L.

Yup! It's fuck Zoe forever for that Nina shit idgaf

Mariah L.

Also VERY true on the singing - I couldn't figure out if I'd just become too reliant watching subtitles for everything but during No One Mourns the Wicked especially I struggled to make out what my girl Ari was saying

Mariah L.

Your Wicked viewing experience was just like my Gladiator II experience. I went to a cheap shitty theater where the screen was dark af and I couldn't even see the scar Denzel was showing. Shoulda learned my lesson from seeing Black Panther 2 at the same place and I couldn't see Namor's people properly at night I saw Wicked at AMC tho and everything looked wayyy better than I thought it would!

Dejavu

HAHAHAHAHA! What we think JHUD sounds like!!! I'm absolutely dead

Dani

And Wicked was AMAZING!!!!! 🤩 Ariana and Cynthia were the perfect team together. They deserve all of the awards for Oscar season next year. And I think that the coloring/audio issue may be from the type of theater. I saw the movie via IMAX and was perfectly fine.

Dani

Idk a lick about sports but the way you broke down “black nepotism” I understood it all. I know so many fools talking about generational wealth and they don’t even have a job.

Jina Jackson

Jennifer Hudson catchin’ a stray!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣

Adeline Lacroix

We have the same name! Not relevant whatsoever but it’s cool to see another Lacroix in the wild

Adeline Lacroix

LMAO im like damn what did J Hud do to catch a stray like this??

Dynasty Andrews

Miley’s Plastic Hearts album deserved so much better than it got, and we shoudve also gotten a tour. 😭😭

De Sol

“Let’s eat!”

Dynasty Andrews

The same people that did Ariana’s shade of blonde hair are also the same people that did the color grading.

Tirzah

Finally someone with a lick of sense giving sports and culture commentary. Too good. Mickey and them should watch their back.

lucky

"she souds like what you think jennifer hudson sounds like" NOW KENYA FKFKFKKFKF

rudi!!!

I'm taking this video as the soft launch of Sports Commentator Kenya and I'm grateful for that bc I truly had no clue why Bronny James was so talked about (besides who his dad is)!!! you broke it down in a way I can understand as a non-sporty girl

rudi!!!

I think it's bc I saw Wicked at 9pm on Thanksgiving in an IMAX and dolby screening, but I don't think the coloring or volume was terrible like ppl have said??? and as someone who doesn't care about musicals and dreaded the 2hr 40 min runtime, I had fun and it felt like it flew by!!! Ariana and Cynthia were perfectly cast and sounded AMAZING, so now I'm looking forward to part 2 next year

pasteleclectic

That quick Jennifer Hudson diss 😭🤣

risa kim

arianators are so fucking spoiled. they have no respect for ariana, always has been, i noticed it with how they talked to her on twitter back in the day like it was supposed to be jokes but … i would never talk to my favs like that. also why she left their cruel asses. and then the constant leaking of her fucking unreleased music, damn near every month?? she should give them the beyonce treatment bc their stomachs are too fucking full and their mouths are too nasty. i can never be apart of them bc the relationship they have with her is not actually fun and it’s incredibly gutterbutt. like i respect beyonce, thats my doll! i enjoy dabbling in beyhive reddit and tumblr, and comparing that to ariheads on reddit or tumblr? lewsers! mean ass twinks i cannot take y’all fr

shandog

Also, they (Cynthia and Ariana) did live vocals in the movie which is crazy!!! Also their own stunts (most?)! Love them

shandog

I saw Wicked twice in IMAX and Dolby Atmos and I have to recommend it. I don't know what it's like outside of that 😭 now I'm scared for when it comes to TV lmao

Gilliane N

My problem with the people who go up for black nepotism is that they have zero class consciousness to a fault. They even have false consciousness deluding themselves that they need to align themselves with the interests of their petit bourgeois faves. Like you said, Black nepotism is going to continue to exist but the least we can do as working class people is not pretend like we gain anything from it 🤮

ceeitrus

i think black ppl only engage with the concept of black nepotism and black capitalism bc it instills the idea that the regular black person can get into those positions when that’s just not the reality, idk what’s in the water these days, but this thing where black ppl are operating through pure delusion and fantasy is getting very concerning

Philia

YAY, VLOGMAS IS HERE 🩷🩷

India Barrow

I forgot about the nina simone thing with Zoe lol she’s my favorite actress and u just unlocked something I buried. That bitch was so ignorant back then

Howlvin

I love this! Year #3

Vanessa Carlos

“Bronny sucks forreal”💀💀💀💀

Jayden Brown

Black nepotism is black capitalism. Useless

Vic

Step your pussy up ????? I- 😭😭😭😭😭

Vic

It's the most wonderful Time of the year!!! 💕💙

T_Maureen_I

I knew it wasn't just me omg!!! I thoughts it was just the theatre I visited but I was wondering why the audio was SO LOW it drove me crazy

Diandra Says

I think a lot of our people don’t understand that most rich people see themselves as rich first, and then Black when it benefits them, or they didn’t get the rich treatment they feel they deserve, so they rally the poor Black people to go war for them. It’s great to have dreams and aspirations, but I will never understand aligning with the rich, if it’s not your lineage.

Delshon Knolton

OMG THE JHUD STRAY? DJDKDKDKKDCK

Kayla Sanders

Omg YESS! I truly believe Mikey Madison is the front runner for best actress but I'm also skeptical because shes 25/26. It seems they love to give legacy Oscars nowadays.

jade smith

The coloring was off. I miss the vibrant colors from The Wizard of Oz. I hated John Chu's preference for realism in the story set in a fantasy realm. That pathetic dry dull yellow grass during the Wizard and I? TERRIBLE. The romance was off, but in Johnathan Bailey and Cynthia Erivo's defense, they're both gay. The chemistry between Ariana and Cynthia? Chef's kiss. Ariana spent her whole life wanting this and I hope she receives the Oscar for Glinda. We need to pass the baton to young actors, and young people in general. We need to bring back the Oscar category for exceptional young actors. Ariana always feeds the fans, so some of us are getting greedy. Wicked was way more important than Eternal Sunshine, and she still gave us stuff. I reread that list of other actresses that auditioned for role, Ariana was the best choice.

momo

HAPPY VLOGMAS EVERYONEEEEE‼️🥹❤️🥹💚🎄

Nadia Nkansah

So excited that vlogmas is back!!🤗

Myles

So many people were expecting the worst when it came to Ariana’s ability to lead a film (partly bc she’s never done it, and partly bc the general cultural approach to art and pop culture has become quite pessimistic) that her performance has come as even more of a shock and is just sparking more convo. I think Part 2 will be Cynthia’s time to shine and potentially snag an Oscar nom.

Shady Tyrell

I’m so happy and excited for vlogmas!

ann

The audio for wicked in the theatre was low the director even complained about it. For bronny im glad you pointed out he wasn’t the best player on his high school team Mikey Williams was the star but he got caught up with those gun charges and that derailed his career.

B Ann

Woooooooo Vlogmas is here 🤗

jade smith

Ariana had me crying in just 2 minutes singing Goodness Knows 😭. I've been listening to it everyday since Monday when I saw it.

Seth Johnson

My vlogmas topic request comes in at #1 😍

De Sol

I’ll be back lunch time tomorrow purr

T_Maureen_I

Sorry, I love Ariana Grande in wicked and thought she did great, but cynthia needs more recognition. I get that she’s the bigger star and everything so it comes with the territory, but cynthia , although her performance is more subtle , still did fantastic. I know in part two/act two she’s gonna have a bigger spotlight on her character, and i know act one is more of the glinda show, but I really would be shocked if she didn’t get at least one nomination too, I mean Idina and Kristen were both nominated for the best actresses at the Tony’s with it going to Indina in the end, so why can’t both of them compete against each other. In my opinion, defying gravity, and the school dance scene that they share together solidified cynthia a nomination I don’t care 🤷🏽‍♀️ yes Ariana was fantastic too, but I think cynthia was such a magnetic performer in this. Worse comes to worse if cynthia doesn’t get anything this time around, They better give her some nominations for part two. I also really like Ariana’s interpretation of Glinda. I know some of the theater snobs are complaining that she wasn’t “Glinda” enough, but I think it works for the screen. I’m glad she didn’t do a flat out impression of kristin and tried to make it similar to the performances of all the other broadway stage actresses that followed

Sara

My biggest problem with Wicked was the audio engineering and mixing!!! What the hell were they doing? Also I think my theater didn’t have the volume up high enough, cuz I felt more impact from the soundtrack at home than at the theater! Ugh. But otherwise, love!

kasai

hereee

mari

ariana and cynthia are such an incredible duo

Ian

I want to watch this immediately but I have so many applications due tonight 😭

Sarah Abraham

did someone say Danielle deadwyler Oscar campaign

TheMisFitP

seated !!!!!!

Isaiah Lawrence

Kenya as an arianator it’s hard in theses trenches I’ve seen wicked 3 times at mama ate EVERY NOTE

Alexandria U

Happy vlogmassssssss!! Happy December everyone :)))

carly gill

Oh no 😥 I disagree with the title. I was disappointed with Ariana Grande’s performance as Glinda. Nowhere near brilliant. Mostly because many of the subtle jokes occur during the singing and Ariana doesn’t enunciate here. I’m so sorry. I also found her a little dull and lacking the pep Glinda needs. I wasn’t expecting Kristin Chenoweth’s giddy portrayal, but “Popular” pissed me off! 🫠🫢 She was my least favourite and I hate that I’m disagreeing with Kenya before I go to sleep. *Dancing Through Life was the best thing on the screen imo.