Ariana Grande focuses on the essentials when choosing her name.

The 31-year-old singer and actress decided to replace her stage name with her full name, “Ariana Grande-Butera,” in the credits of her new film Evilaccording to E! News.

Her full name includes both her mother's name, Joan Grande, and her father's name, Ed Butera. Grande's father, a graphic designer, separated from her mother Joan when the pop superstar was 8 years old.

The change comes after the “We Can't Be Friends” singer reconnected with her estranged father in recent years after the two lost touch in 2013.

The following year, Grande described the experience as “one of the most difficult things” she had ever had to deal with.

“It's private… It took me so long to be okay with it,” she explained in a 2014 cover interview with Seventeen Magazine. “A lot of who I am comes from my father, and for so long I didn't like that about myself. I had to accept that it was okay to not get along with someone and still love them.”

She briefly touched on her relationship with her father in her 2018 hit “Thank U, Next,” in which she sang, “One day I'll walk down the aisle/Holding hands with my mom/I'll ​​thank my daddy.” “Because she grew out of the drama.”

Grande has also documented them mending their relationship on social media, sharing a throwback photo with the words “I love you” in 2017. She also posted a black and white picture of herself FaceTiming with him during Christmas 2018.

Never miss a story again — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

The following year, the singer posted a photo on her Instagram Story of her and her father posing backstage at one of her concerts, along with the caption: “Foreva.”

Grande even changed the song's lyrics to “I'm going to thank my dad because he's really great” during the 2020 Grammy Awards, per Elle Magazine.

Her name is now in the Evil Credits aren't the only change for Nickelodeon alum who earlier this year discussed her vocal changes for her role as Glinda in the film, in which she stars alongside singer and actress Cynthia Erivo, her boyfriend Ethan Slater and many other famous faces.

In an interview for the Shut up, Evan On the July 9 podcast with Evan Ross Katz, Ariana said that changing her voice is “a normal thing that people do, especially when you have a long range.”

“I just spent a lot of time every day playing a character,” she explained. “(I've been) training my voice to do different things for a long time before I leave for London and before all this happens; Muscle memory is a real thing.”

Responding to fans who initially teased her about the voice change, the singer also responded, “I often intentionally change my vocal position (high/low) depending on how much I sing 😭.”

Wicked: Part One will be in theaters on November 22, 2024. The sequel, Bad part twois scheduled to be released in November 2025.

Buy PEOPLE's Evil Special edition here.