She praises the song's message of non-conforming and disregarding what others think. "It's one of those songs that when you hear it, you're ready to turn it up in your car and sing along as loud as you can," says managing editor Kate Ward of Bustle, a start-up women's news site that has written extensively about Frozen. Freeze offering his rendition or one frustrated alto wondering why all Disney songs are written for women with higher voices. The breakout hit has also received its fair share of parodies, whether it's Batman villain Mr. The exhilarating anthem has already garnered more than 115 million combined views on YouTube for its dazzling animated sequence and Demi Lovato-led music video, not including the countless covers by adorable 4-year-olds and all-girl a cappella groups (a few of which have gone viral). Let It Go is the film's undeniable showstopper, which comes about as Elsa (voiced by Broadway actress Idina Menzel) flees to the snow-capped mountains, unable to suppress her frigid powers any longer. "With all the YouTube videos that have come out of people singing Let It Go and (offering) their own take on this great music, it can spread like wildfire." "It's the perfect storm of a lot of circumstances," says Brian Balthazar, a pop culture expert with AOL.com. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 (842,000 downloads), and a Golden Globes win for best animated feature (the category it's also competing in at the Academy Awards), and Frozen has not only whirled up a box-office blizzard but become a musical phenomenon as well.ĭisney is now looking to further the family flick's melodious success, opening a sing-along version in 1,000 theaters nationwide this Friday.
Throw in a hit soundtrack that topped the Billboard album chart for a third week this month (769,000 copies sold to date), an Oscar-nominated song ( Let It Go) that went to No. For the first time in forever, it looks like there's an animated-musical phenomenon.įrozen has kept the box office in deep freeze since hitting theaters in November, icing its way to $800 million worldwide and melting the hearts of viewers of all ages.
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