Frankie J. Grande gets candid about his character - Good Morning America

“That is absolutely a Frankini quote,” he said. “Frankie also agrees with Frankini that, that would be pretty awesome.”

'Shablam'

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“Shablaming is a term in the drag culture when you literally go up on one leg and then do a lay-out, and go straight down to the floor,” Grande explained, describing it as a belly flop on your back. “I literally do actually ‘shablam’ and you can hear the sound I make when I hit the floor. It’s so loud.\"

“I literally don’t even know how it made it into the musical, because it’s so literally just me,” he said.

Oh so gorgeous in glitter

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\"OH! WERK!” Oh my God!\"

“This is very much a Frankie Grande moment,\" he exclaimed.

Grande and Frankini both have glamorous style and rock the extra glitter.

“When I got to sit down with the creative team on Nickelodeon and talk about what Frankini’s look could be like. It was very much inspired like by my personal style.”

“I’m very much inspired by David Bowie and by Prince.”

'I’m having a party and you’re invited.'

“It’s actually a line from one of the earlier Franiki episodes, but like, I’m always having people over,\" he said. \"Frankie is always inviting people to parties. I’m always the hostess with the mostess.”

Behind the scenes selfies: Frankie as Frankini

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“Oh my God! This photo is everything! It’s Frankie as Frankini having fun with his director, which is very much me. I don’t think Frankini would have fun with his director, because Frankini is his own director.”

Humble beginnings

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“Oh! Cute. This is a really special photo to me, because this is from the first episode I got to play Frankini on 'Henry Danger.'”

“This is very much a Frankie Grande moment, basking in his joy for being cast in the show 'Henry Danger,’” he reflected.

Turns out Frankie and Frankini are living their best life full of glitter, glam and fun.

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