For weeks now, we’ve only heard the briefest of snippets, mere seconds in trailers, of the new songs coming to Wicked: For Good . We’ve known since 2022 that Wicked composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz would be penning two original songs for the sequel — he said so in a newsletter . It’s a smart move, considering that the Broadway musical’s second act doesn’t have nearly the bop density of the first (although its musical high points are very high .) Now, we know the songs’ titles — “No Place Like Home” and “The Girl in the Bubble” — and as of the November 6 broadcast of the (bonkers) Wicked: One Wonderful Night television special, we have enough lyrics and clips to put on our little Doctor Dillamond glasses and analyze .

“No Place Like Home,” Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba

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