Why Defying Gravity Is Perfect & How It Works Musically

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0:00 Breaking the Bubble
1:09 Elphaba's Glasses
4:04 Perfect Fifth
7:12 Tritone
8:34 Galinda's Bubble
11:07 The Wizard's Glasses
12:05 Defying Gravity
14:32 The Broom

What makes Defying Gravity so perfect in WICKED? Well, Cynthia Erivo's performance is incredible, and Stephen Schwartz's music and lyrics are on point, but there's another way in which the song is perfect: its use of the perfect fifth. And how is this related to Elphaba's glasses or to Elphaba's iconic riff at the end of the song? Let me explain...

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