[7] However, Elphaba senses that her sister Nessarose, the Wicked Witch of the East, is in danger, and runs to her aid.
[8][9] He used it in Wicked as the opening theme, and the basis for the only love duet in the musical and, for this reason, he wanted a sensual and passionate score, but also aggressive and "dark".
[6] The song begins with the first notes of "No One Mourns the Wicked", but played on the piano and with some electric bass with a faster rhythm, the same chord progression becomes the basis for a romantic duet.
[14] For the musical's fifteenth anniversary special for NBC, A Very Wicked Halloween, Ledisi and Adam Lambert performed the song.
[15][16] For Playbill's Pride in Times Square event in June 2024, recent Broadway Elphabas Talia Suskauer and Lissa deGuzman sang the song together.