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Wicked: For Good<\/a><\/em> includes two new songs that were not part of the original Broadway musical. Following the film\u2019s release, composer Stephen Schwartz<\/strong> explained how the new tracks \u2013 \u201cThere\u2019s No Place Like Home\u201d and \u201cThe Girl in the Bubble\u201d \u2014 include a hidden political message.<\/p>\n While speaking to NBC News<\/a><\/em> in November 2025, Schwartz explained he wrote \u201cThere\u2019s No Place Like Home,\u201d which is performed by Cynthia Erivo<\/strong>\u2018s Elphaba, during the Covid-19 pandemic. At the time, he and playwright Winnie Holzman<\/strong> were working to adapt the beloved stage musical into two separate films<\/a>.<\/p>\n Schwartz explained that the new song reflects the complicated feelings he believes many Americans have about the United States in present day.<\/p>\n Demi Engemann Breaks Her Silence on Claims She Tried to \u2018Stage\u2019 an Affair With Dakota Mortensen<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cNo matter where you lie on a political or ideological spectrum, it must be obvious that the America we live in today is quite a different country than 10 years ago,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cAnd so if you feel that something is being lost, the question then becomes, well, what do you do about that?\u201d<\/p>\n Schwartz said that at the end of the day, \u201cNo Place Like Home\u201d is essentially a love song Elphaba, who is wrongly villainized by her peers, sings to a declining place.<\/p>\n \u201cAny of us who live in a place that we don\u2019t necessarily feel great about, or that hasn\u2019t necessarily been great to us, we grapple with that question: Why do we care so much?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n While \u201cThere\u2019s No Place Like Home\u201d has a political message, Schwartz said that the movie\u2019s second new song, \u201cThe Girl in the Bubble,\u201d<\/a> is about Ariana Grande<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s character, Glinda, having a political awakening regarding her decisions as a leader.<\/p>\n He explained that the song is sung during Glinda\u2019s \u201cturning point,\u201d in which she realizes she had been enabling the cruelty and dishonesty of Oz\u2019s leaders.<\/p>\n \u201cAs privileged as she is, she can\u2019t live with herself anymore,\u201d Schwartz said.<\/p>\n\u2018Wicked: For Good\u2019 Makes Political Statement With New Cynthia Erivo Song<\/span><\/h2>\n
New \u2018Wicked\u2019 Song \u2018The Girl in the Bubble\u2019 Also Has Political Undertones<\/span><\/h2>\n