So we’ve looked into the music theory behind its most hummable hit, ‘Defying Gravity’ ‘Defying Gravity’ comes ... And she’s literally singing from a different hymn sheet. She sings crotchet triplets ...

By Rania Aniftos Cynthia Erivo defied the laws of vocal gravity at the end of Wicked, when her character Elphaba lets out a passionate riff to conclude the “Defying Gravity” number.