A girl named Amelia is attracting international attention after singing “Let It Go” from an air raid shelter in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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A Ukrainian girl whose performance of “Let It Go” from her bomb shelter won her international fame also received a shoutout from the singer who made the song famous.
The video of a girl named Amelia has been spreading on social media since March 3. It shows her surrounded by dozens of other people in a kyiv bomb shelter, defiantly singing the moving song “Frozen” in an impromptu performance.
The woman who recorded the video, Marta Smekhova, said Amelia’s dream was sing in front of an audience.
“From the first word… came complete silence,” Smekhova said. “Everyone put their things aside and listened to a song from this girl who just beamed. Even the men couldn’t hold back their tears.
The video has been shared around the world, with CNN’s Anderson Cooper thanking Amelia for her grace.
Menzel, who voiced Elsa and sang the powerful “Let It Go” in the film, also praised the young singer.
“We see you,” Menzel said. “We really, really see you.”
More … than 1.7 million Ukrainians fled the country during the invasion of Russia, the BBC reported, but countless others remained behind. Many people, including Amelia and the group she was with, hide in bomb shelters hoping to wait out attacks.
Russia launched a invasion of ukraine on three fronts early Thursday, February 24, “bombarding towns, villages and villages” as forces advanced towards the capital of kyiv. The Ukrainian forces oppose a “very determined resistance”, in particular in kyiv, under heavy russian attack by artillery and cruise missiles, Reuters reported.
Smekhova called out the Russians while praising Amelia’s singing.
“You let your kids go stew, turning them into cannon meat,” she said. “And our children emit light, and even in a dark, raw basement, it does not flicker, but lights up even brighter!”
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