“Done with lots of love,” Grande said of the a cappella performance, filmed while preparing to go on set of the upcoming Wicked movies

Ariana Grande may be playing her first leading role on the big screen, but trust and believe — she’s still a singer.

On Friday, the 29-year-old Grammy winner — who is currently shooting the two-installment film adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical hit, Wicked — shared a video to TikTok responding to critics asking her, “Why aren’t you still a singer?”

“[I’m] literally on set filming two musical movies all day every day,” Grande wrote alongside a handful of tearful emojis, hinting that the comments might have struck an emotional cord with her.

She went on to perform an a cappella cover of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” the Oscar-winning tune from The Wizard of Oz. Of course, the 1939 movie famously inspired author Gregory Maguire to pen the best-selling Wizard of Oz prequel book Wicked, which book writer Winnie Holzman and composer Stephen Schwartz then adapted into the stage musical.

“Wanted to sing you a little something but don’t want to sing anything that is not “Ozian” at the moment,” Grande captioned the video with a smile. “Keeping to my little bubble for now.”

“Done with lots of love,” she added.

Grande also posted the video to her Instagram page. In the clip, she wore her hair pulled back inside a pink hooded chunky sweater, noting that she was “mid getting ready” and was “hiding” the blonde locks she wears in the film for her character, Glinda.

The star was showered with love in the comments for both posts. He Wicked costar Cynthia Erivo even reposted it on her own Instagram, praising Grande in the process.

“She is and always will be a singer, she just happens to be able to do more than that!!!” Erivo, 36, wrote. “Now…as you were…we’re working!!!”

Erivo, who plays Glinda’s friend/foe Elphaba in Wicked, has been bonding with Grande since the November 2021 announcement of their casting in the upcoming Jon M. Chu films.

While at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards red carpet last February, Erivo told E!’s Laverne Cox that she is “very excited” about the project.

“Before I even went to do the audition I knew that music like the back of my hand. I was doing it at drama school and sneaking up to the piano room and just learning it all,” she recalled. “So I think it’s about learning the music, learning the story, finding our sort of way through it.”

She went on to elaborate on their budding friendship. “Ariana and I have been meeting and chatting and talking and building our own relationship because we know that it’s a sisterhood and we want to be ready and prepared to be there for one another,” she said.

“It’s the most delightful thing ever. We sat for like three hours on the floor of my house and just chatted and talked about everything.”