The Cast of Frozen
Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn & Katie Lopez
Kristen Bell & Idina Menzel
Kristen Bell & Santino Fontana
Idina Menzel
Jonathan Groff
Josh Gad
Kristen Bell & Idina Menzel
Maia Wilson & The Cast of Frozen
Demi Lovato
Christophe Beck & Frode Fjellheim & CANTUS
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Christophe Beck & Frode Fjellheim
Christophe Beck
Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Katie Lopez
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Robert Lopez
Christophe Beck
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Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
“Let It Go” is the 5th song from the 2013 Disney animation Frozen, about the queen of Arendelle, Elsa, with winter powers and her struggles to find her place in a world that fears her and a life she’s afraid of.
The Lopezes (a husband and wife team) and “Let It Go” won the 2013 Academy Award for Be...
[Verse 1]
The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
Not a footprint to be seen
A kingdom of isolation
And it looks like I'm the queen
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
Couldn't keep it in, Heaven knows I tried
[Pre-Chorus]
Don't let them in, don't let them see
Be the good girl you always have to be
Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know
Well, now they know
[Chorus]
Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go
Turn away and slam the door
I don't care what they're going to say
Let the storm rage on
The cold never bothered me anyway
[Verse 2]
It's funny how some distance
Makes everything seem small
And the fears that once controlled me
Can't get to me at all
[Pre-Chorus]
It's time to see what I can do
To test the limits and break through
No right, no wrong, no rules for me
I'm free
[Chorus]
Let it go, let it go
I'm one with the wind and sky
Let it go, let it go
You'll never see me cry
Here I stand and here I'll stay
Let the storm rage on
[Bridge]
My power flurries through the air into the ground
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
I'm never going back, the past is in the past
[Chorus]
Let it go, let it go
And I'll rise like the break of dawn
Let it go, let it go
That perfect girl is gone
Here I stand in the light of day
Let the storm rage on
The cold never bothered me anyway
Let It Go was written by Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez.
Let It Go was produced by Tom MacDougall & Chris Montan & Christophe Beck & Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez.
Idina Menzel released Let It Go on Wed Nov 27 2013.
Elsa is singing this song because she’s frustrated with the way she’s been taught to reject and hide her powers. Throughout the course of this song she decides that she will accept her powers instead of living in fear of them.
In 2018, NPR ranked this as the #182 greatest song by a female or nonbinary artist in the 21st century, saying:
Most girls under the age of 12 (not to mention the obliging adults in their lives) could easily recite every word of ‘Let It Go,’ the immensely popular theme from Disney’s Frozen. But tho...
Co-writer Robert Lopez:
We’re not really pop songwriters. All of our songs are really about the story, and ‘Let It Go’ was inspired by the story of Elsa. We always look for these moments where characters make a decision in the story, where they change, and if you took out that song, you wouldn’t be...