No one has had a better press run than singers Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo of “Wicked.” And despite the internet clowning the duo for their close — sometimes too much for comfort — friendship, the pair said it was all organic.

"Wicked" director Jon M. Chu and stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are ready to shine at the Golden Globes.

This month, its stars and director covered Variety and addressed at least two of the promotion cycle’s most persistent rumors: that Grande and Erivo were paid vastly different sums, and Grande’s apparent voice change.