" Let It Go " is a song from the Disney animated movie 2013 Frozen, whose music and lyrics are composed by Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez Christian husband-wife songwriters. The song is featured in the original version in the film by American actress and singer Idina Menzel in the vocal role as Queen Elsa. Anderson-Lopez and Lopez also compiled a simplified pop version (with shorter lyrics and background choruses) performed by actress and singer Demi Lovato at the beginning of the film's credit closing. Music videos released separately for pop versions.
The song features the ostracized Queen of Elsa, who abandoned his kingdom when his uncontrolled ability to produce ice was discovered by the public. On the mountain, away from the confused city dwellers, Elsa realized that she no longer needed to hide her only ability, and declared herself free from the restrictions she had to bear since childhood. He rejoices in being able to use his power freely, to let his past go. Without this obstacle, he seems to have more control over his power and created a living snowman and a magnificent ice palace for himself. The song also includes removing items, especially the gloves that her parents give to hold her strength, and take the tiara from her head and throw it onto her shoulders, then unpack her braided hairstyle.
"Let It Go" reached the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2014 and Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media in 2015. The Song gets international recognition, became one of Disney's recorded songs globally, with many covers recorded in multiple languages.
According to the International Federation of Phonographic Industries, "Let It Go" sold 10.9 million copies in 2014, becoming the fifth best-selling song of the year.
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Use in Frozen
Background and composition
The Daily Telegraph explains that instead of the villain originally envisaged by the producer, the songwriter sees Elsa as "a girl who is afraid of fighting to control and accept her prize." When interviewed in January 2014 by John August and Aline Brosh McKenna, Frozen's director Jennifer Lee gave her memories of the song concept: "Bobby and Kristen say they are walking in Prospect Park and they have just started talking about what it will feel such as [becoming Elsa], forget the criminals what it feels like, and this concept let who it is [that he was kept for himself for a long time], and he is alone and free, but then the sadness of the fact [ sic ] that the last time was him alone.This is not a perfect thing, but it's very strong. "
"Let It Go" was the first song written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for the movie that made it, because the previously composed songs were finally cut. The outline of the story given is the space provided for "Elsa's Badass Song", which is what they are trying to write. The duo took inspiration from Disney Renaissance songs such as The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast and various artists including Adele, Aimee Mann, Avril Lavigne (whose 2002 debut album titled Let Let Go ), Lady Gaga, and Carole King. The song finally started on a day when the couple walked together from their home in Park Slope to nearby Prospect Park while they were "thinking of where the emo is." Anderson-Lopez explains what happened next: "We went for a walk in Prospect Park and threw a phrase in. What's it like to be a perfect person, but just because you're holding back this secret?" Bobby came up with an 'isolation kingdom,' and it worked. "Lopez was able to improvise the first four lines of the song in place. Back in their home studio, they compose the rest of the song by alternating between improvised melodies on the piano and brainstorming the lyrics on the board, and completing it in one day.
"Let It Go" is the ballad power in the main A-flat key overall, but starts in the relative minor (F minor). The song is in a quadruple meter, and has a fast tempo of about 137 beats per minute ( allegro ). The vocal range of this song extends from F 3 to E ? 5 . Anderson-Lopez and Lopez specifically wrote songs for Idina Menzel, referring to him as "one of the most glorious sounds of Broadway and icons in musical theater." Menzel's vocal range is being considered during music composition.
Recording
For every song they made, including "Let It Go", Anderson-Lopez and Lopez recorded a demo in their studio, then emailed it to the Disney Animation production team in Burbank for a discussion at the next videoconference. After the release of the film, Anderson-Lopez was shown an "explicit" fan version of the song with highly colored lyrics, and in response, he noted that in videoconferencing he himself had used the same language as plainly to describe Elsa's mindset at the time in the plot: After a while, Chris Montan, head of music at Disney, will be like, 'Whoa, the language!' "He also revealed that Disney Animation Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter (who served as executive producer for Frozen ) so taken with "Let It Go" that he played the original demo of the song in his car for months.
Once approved, the piano-vocal score of the song, along with the rest of their work for Frozen , was finally forwarded to Dave Metzger's arranger at his home studio in Salem, Oregon, which arranged their work to be fertile sounding to be recorded by the orchestra full at Eastwood Scoring Stage in Warner Bros. studio lot at Burbank in late July 2013. The song's vocals were recorded separately before the orchestration at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, with a piano of demos played on Menzel's headphones. The piano track, played by Lopez himself, was not re-recorded by the session musicians during the orchestra recording sessions; it is the same piano song that sounded in the final mix of the song.
Rewrites of characters and movie order
Though unintentional, the composition of the song is very important in the characterization of Elsa's film. Although Elsa was originally written as a villain, co-directors Chris Buck and Lee gradually rewrote Elsa to be one of the film's protagonists after "Let It Go" was composed. About that, Lee later explained, "The moment we heard the song for the first time, I knew I had to rewrite the entire movie." Buck further clarified: "Jen must go back and rewrite some pages in the first act to build into that scene..... You have to set it well enough in advance so that when the song comes, the audience is ready for it and there is an emotional reward. "
When it comes to moving the Elsa scene for the song, Lopez and Anderson-Lopez insist on certain details that Elsa should slam the court door at the end of the audience, which they admit is similar to the end of Broadway musicals. > Sweeney Todd . Lopez explains that they want a feeling about how "this character does not need us anymore," because he always likes those feelings "when a character just frivolously looks at you and slams the door in your face," although in the final version, more than a "sly smile". According to Lopez, it was the last line at the end, "the cold never bothered me," it was "our Avril Lavigne line".
On December 6, 2013, Walt Disney Animation Studios released a video of the entire "Let It Go" series as seen in the movie, which has over 610 million views in April 2018 on YouTube. On January 30, 2014, a sing-along version of the sequence was released and has received over 1.5 billion views on YouTube in June 2018, and is the most watched 40th video on the site.
Other languages ​​
In addition to the original English version, Disney Character Voices International has arranged for Frozen to be restored to 47 languages ​​and other dialects around the world. The main challenge is to find a soprano that is able to match the vocal tone and Menzel's warm vocal variety in their native language. Rick Dempsey, senior executive at Disney Character Voices International considers this process "very challenging," explains, "It is a difficult deviant act to get the right intent of the lyrics and also make it fit rhythmically with music and then you have to go back and adjust for lip sync! [This]... takes a lot of patience and precision. "
On January 22, 2014, Disney released a multi-lingual version of the "Let It Go" music series, featuring vocal performances from 25 different voice actresses depicting Elsa in their respective dubbing versions of the film. At the annual meeting of Walt Disney Company shareholders on March 18, 2014 in Portland, Oregon, chairman and chief executive officer Bob Iger praised the team that performed "an extraordinary job that produced fantastic international talent so that Frozen really belongs to the world, "then shows all the multi-lingual" Let It Go "video clips to the assembled shareholders. On March 31, 2014, a multi-lingual video inside the song was released, showing singers from 25 different languages ​​recording their version of "Let It Go". On April 15, 2014, a recording studio of a multi-language version was released via digital download.
In 2015, Hindi versions and Indonesian films aired on Disney Channel. The Indonesian version features a translated pop version of "Let It Go", sung by Indonesian singer Anggun ensemble, Chilla Kiana, Regina Ivanova, Nowela and Cindy Bernadette. The pop version was released as the main single We Love Disney, Indonesia.
On April 15, 2014, Walt Disney Records released a compilation album titled Let It Go: Complete Set , with all 42 foreign language movie versions "Let It Go" and nine final credit versions.
In South Korea, the pop version of the song by Hyolyn reached number six on the Gaon Music Ladder in February, followed by a movie version featured by Hye Na Park charting at number 80 in March. The Japanese version of the song, performed in the movie by Takako Matsu and finally rolling in May J., reached number 2 and 8 respectively on Japan Hot 100 after the release of Japanese film in March 2014. Matsu's version has been certified million for digital download in Japan in May 2014, and platinum version of May J. for 250,000 downloads. May J. recorded a re-arranged version of the song on his album Song Song Hearts Heart , which was released on March 26, 2014.
Since 2013, several local TV stations have been doing movie dubbing in their local language. Namely: Albanian, Arabic, Karachay-Balkar, Persian and Tagalog.
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Reception
Critical reception
"Let It Go" was widely praised by film critics, music critics, and audiences, with some comparing it well to "Defying Gravity" (also performed by Idina Menzel) of Broadway musicals Wicked . The Rochester City Newspaper calls it the best song of the movie soundtrack, writing; "Conducted with a youthful spirits by Idina Menzel, it has every element necessary to become an enduring favorite. (...) Menzel should be credited for giving as much power and passion to this performance as he did in his most famous role." Entertainment Weekly's Marc Snetiker described this song as "a great anthem of liberation" while Joe Dziemianowicz of the New York Daily News called it "a tribute to girl power and the need to 'let go 'fear and shame'.
On the other hand, Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot from the Sound Opinions radio show criticized the song; DeRogatis marks it "schlock", and Kot describes it as "a cliche piece you'll hear on a Broadway soundtrack from perhaps the fifties or sixties".
In the spring of 2014, many journalists observed that after watching Frozen, many young people in the United States became obsessed with film music, and with "Let It Go" in particular. Yvonne Abraham columnist of The Boston Globe calls the "musical crack" that "sends children to altered countries." A similar phenomenon is described in England, where Lorraine Candy, editor-in-chief of Elle UK, writes of "a musical epidemic sweeping the country, endlessly collecting every child... in a cult-like grip".
The passenger, singer-songwriter who rose to fame with hit single 2012 "Let Her Go", admitted in an August 2016 interview on The Project that his single was often confused with "Let It Go." As a result, he "always" received a song request for the latter, even though it was not his song.
In November 2017, Chilean pop singer Jaime Ciero sued Disney, Idina Menzel, and Demi Lovato, claiming that "Let It Go" is very similar to the 2008 "Volar" song.
The perceived equation
Some audiences outside the film industry, including one evangelical pastor and commentator, believe that the film is a promotion for the normalization of homosexuality, while others argue that Elsa's character is a positive LGBT youth representation and the song is a metaphor for exit. However, the LGBT community has mixed reactions to these claims. When co-director Jennifer Lee was asked about the recognized gay tone, she stated that the meaning of the film was open to interpretation "I feel like that we submit the film, it belongs to the world, so I do not like to say what and let the fans speak.I think it's up to them. "Lee added that the meaning of the film also will inevitably be interpreted in a cultural context created in 2013.
Another interpretation for songs and movies is that they promote self-affirmation for people on the autism spectrum. Christian co-writer Andersen-Lopez has stated that his younger brother has autistic traits and that inspires the song as far as the concept of having a "special sibling."
Accolades
"Let It Go" won an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 86th Academy Awards, where a short rendition of the live version was performed directly by Menzel; with the award, Robert Lopez became the 12th, and the fastest (10 years), to win the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.
Single release
Version Demi Lovato
The decision to release a single for "Let It Go" was made after the song was written and presented to Disney. Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez chose American singer and former Disney Channel star Demi Lovato, who also appeared on Disney's Hollywood Records list, to cover the songs on the soundtrack album. It's included in the deluxe edition Demi . The Lovato version is officially covered in nine other languages, eight of which are incorporated into "Let It Go the Complete Set": France, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Chinese Chinese (Chinese version), Spanish (Latin American version) and Russia. Indonesia's pop version was released as the main single of We Love Disney, Indonesia.
Background, release, and composition
Anderson-Lopez said that Lovato was chosen because of the singer's private life; "He has a fairly open past about him that is similar to the way Elsa lets the dark and fearful past behind and move forward with your strength." Lovato does identify himself with the context of the song, stating "It is very connected.Elsa finds his identity, he grows into who he is and he ends up receiving his own magical powers and powers instead of hiding it, as he did throughout his life, he lets it go and embrace it. "
The Lovato cover version was released as a single by Walt Disney Records on October 21, 2013. While the Menzel version was performed in A-flat key lock and tempo of 137 beats per minute, Lovato's version was performed in G major and 140 beats per minute, with its vocal range covers between G 3 and E 5 . In this version, the "Let the thunderstorm" line is ignored from the choir, along with the unusual development of the chord, and the additional "Let go" is replaced in its place.
Music video
The music video was released on November 1, 2013. The film was directed by Declan Whitebloom. The video opened with Lovato sitting on the floor of an abandoned house with marble floors and decorated with furniture covered with white sheets. During the video she wore a black-robe-inspired dress. He was then seen playing a grand piano. The scene inside the mansion is intertwined with images and clips from Frozen . Towards the end of the song, Lovato reappears wearing a cream-colored dress and the room looks new again, with thrown sheets revealing brightly decorated furnishings.
Live show
Lovato brought the song several times. The first Lovato performed the trajectory at the Disney Park Christmas Parade 2013. On 13 November 2014, she performed the song at Royal Variety Performance 2014. The song is also part of Lovato's setlist for The Neon Lights Tour and Demi World Tour. In May 2015, he performed the song for the 2nd Indonesian Choice Award.
Version of Menzel Idina
The Menzel version is a single release, promoted to adult contemporary radio by Walt Disney Records in January 2014. Disney's music division plans to release a version of Lovato's song before Menzel's, as they do not regard Menzel's version as a traditional pop song.
This is the first song from Disney animated music that reached the top 10 of Billboard Hot 100 since 1995, when Vanessa L. Williams's "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas peaked at number four on chart. The song is also Menzel's first single to reach the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the first Tony Award winner to act on the top 10. This song is the ninth best-selling. song 2014 in the United States with 3.37 million copies sold that year. By December 2014, the song has sold 3.5 million copies in the US. It is now the best-selling foreign song from the original soundtrack in South Korea on March 12, 2014.
An EP remix was released digitally by Walt Disney Records on May 19, 2014. The EP has four remixes by Dave Audà ©, Papercha $ er, DJ Escape & amp; Tony Coluccio and Corbin Hayes. Armin van Buuren produced another remix of the song for the remix album, Dconstructed .
Track list
cover version
Many cover versions have been recorded internationally. In February 2014, Alex BoyÃÆ'Â Â © recording a modernized African tribal song, featuring One Voice Children's Choir and Lexi Walker as Elsa.
The cover version of Piano Guys incorporates Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto no. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter) from The Four Seasons to the original. The music video of the two covers was filmed in the ice palace on Midway, Utah.
In March 2014, Brian Hull recorded a cover song while imitating various Disney characters such as Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and Goofy.
Norwegian Norwegian singer Per Fredrik Pellek Asly or "PelleK", covering a lovato version of the metal version of the song on December 16, 2013, garnered over 4 million views.
In February 2014, Parody's parody of Malinda Kathleen Reese used Google Translate to translate lyrics from various languages ​​to English, revealing mistakes of allegedly funny translations, with phrases like "Let us get very angry" and "Surrender, follow, slam the door. "
It has been suggested by some commentators that one of the promotional songs for the 2022 Winter Olympics, "The Snow and Ice Dance," has a suspicious similarity with "Let It Go." A Chinese media cited the technical analysis of the two songs: Both songs used the piano as the main instrument, had a similar preliminary chord and eight-beat introduction, and they walked at almost the same time.
See also
- List of bestselling singles
- List of dance single number 2014 (U.S.)
References
External links
- Disney's Let It Go sequence by Menzel Idina on YouTube (on Walt Disney Animation Studios official channel)
- Disney Sing-Along on YouTube (on Disney Premier's official channel)
- Idina Menzel's lyrics in MetroLyrics
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