If there were a pop version of the Avengers, we think Ariana Grande‘s trio of early mentors would all be included.

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are chatting about Ari kicking off the Wicked: For Good press tour by sitting down with Evan Ross Katz on his Shut Up Evan podcast. In the 45-minute-plus conversation, Katz asks what Grande’s relationship is with mentorship — and that’s when she shouts out the impressive triumvirate of pop superstars.

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