When Elsa accidentally exposes her powers in from of everyone in
the castle, she flees towards isolation on top of a snowy mountain and sings
about her sorrows. She despairs because shutting off everyone around her and
bottling up her feelings inside to control her powers now has been for nothing.
However, now that everyone knows about the powers, she doesn’t have to do that
anymore. She can now “let it go” and explore her powers and her emotions. She
becomes excited and happy as there is now nothing holding her back from doing
whatever she wants. She declares that she doesn’t care what people say, she
will do what she wants to. What happened in the movie is mentioned here because
the audience of the song is the viewers of the movie. They all know what Elsa’s
been through and what she’s going through now as she sings. They all connect
with the song because of the character. That is why the audience is very
important for this song; it is literally a part of a movie.
The freedom Elsa was enjoying is expressed through the very style
of the song in Alex Boyé’s version while adding
other aspects. This cover creatively Africanized the original version and most
of the singers were children, refusing to conform to what’s popular. Moreover,
because children were singing, the message changed into a song about growing up.
The audience views them as kids, but as the song goes on, they see their
talents and respect them more. It also contrasts from the original as was sad
in the beginning but this song is constantly upbeat. Rather than despairing in
the first part, it sounds like Alex rejoices that she is no longer the person
she was before when she sings about keeping in her emotions and being isolated.
Also, while Elsa was all alone in the mountain, Alex is surrounded by friends. When
she says the words “here I am and here I’ll stay,” it rings differently from
when Elsa sings them as she sings about how happy she is that she can do all of
the things she wants to with her friends.
All in all, they both bring out their messages by showing what they
went through before and what they will do from now.
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