Idina Menzel singing Let it Go at the Oscars.

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[@Dash120z]

2:17 she was PISSED after that high note

[@NairAthul]

The orchestra's under the impression that Idina has a flight to catch right after she lets it go.

[@BrianSmithNow]

Lol

[@rachaelpadgett23]

It’s always award show orchestras that jack it up😔 they did it at the 2004 Tony’s when she preformed defying gravity

[@jesicahutapea8629]

I think it's the tempo. It does sound faster, a lot faster. Idina did her best

[@ajreyes1262]

That's because Idina is singing it in a faster tempo because she's out of breath and the instrumental have to adjust, It's Idina's fault

[@jesicahutapea8629]

Oh really? why would Idina do that? Was she aware of it?

[@ajreyes1262]

@@jesicahutapea8629 i already told you, she's out of breath. She's having problems with her breath support. I know, I'm a vocalist

[@songwaikit8718]

@@ajreyes1262 dont they have a score sheet and a conductor that has to follow the bpm. What type of conductor would suddenly push up the temp midway that would catch the entire orchestra off guard

[@haruyukiarita6472]

@@ajreyes1262 when someone just srew your name.......

[@raissaclairefalgui9019]

Actually not as bad as I remembered. Her timing was off and she strained on the high notes but it started out well, that's probably why the latter part disappointed. Despite straining on high notes and being off track, her attitude at the end was confident and totally in character. Right, let it go!

[@caitlinsimpson7969]

its not her timing- the orchestra was speeding up which she couldn't do anything about

[@claranavarro3635]

The people who are saying that she is a bad singer clearly have no idea who she is. She is a Broadway legend who is known for doing songs like this. The thing is that when someone is performing live mistakes happen and guess what? That is reality and how a voice works. Singing is not a natural thing and is something that takes a lot of time to master without hurting yourself.

[@johannaplockl463]

Ye she is really talented and has a beautiful voice. But I heard that she damaged her vocal chords in wicked with her unhealthy belting. But I am not a prof. so i am not sure

[@celeste2025]

@@johannaplockl463 performing Elphaba 8× a week, its bound to give you some problems. Ive only heard one actress say that playing Elphaba was easy. Some actresses decide to come back after a couple of years and they dont sound the same. But Idina can still sing, evident by more recently into the unknown. All performers have off days, idk why Idina just gets so much more hate

[@afterallthistimealways1783]

Idina 15 years ago? Absolutely, one of the best in the industry. Now? Her voice is just so damaged from Wicked I doubt she could ever sustain a lead role like that on Broadway again. It's kind of a double ended sword because Idina wouldn't have the same recognition if she hadn't originated Elphaba, but also being the guinea pig for the role she didn't know just how much damage 8 shows a week was doing to her and how to do it without hurting herself.

[@lilbigfan3782]

She’s known as queen of broadway.

[@1996jacksparrow]

She was frazzled after John Travolta butchered her name,she was sick, the song was sped up, yet she still killed it

[@evanshiong3557]

And later she got him back. Typical pals behavior; they tease you, you tease them.

[@ellavaderknows]

She did not kill it

[@allksushshebdj1494]

Lacinda Beggs your thoughts

[@jiggilababiggilaguy629]

i wouldnt say she killed it but she still did really well for the circumstances she was in

[@elphbwckd212]

Everytime she messes up there is an absurd amount of people making excuses for her. She wasn't sick here. The song wasn't sped up much at all. Which would actually make hitting these high notes easier. She just doesn't have a very reliable voice. She has admitted this herself. I saw her 3 different times in Wicked and only once was Defying Gravity any good. And even that was a bit flat on the high F. She can sing, but she sings in a very unhealthy way that doesn't allow her to be consistent. Her high notes are more controlled screaming than belting. That doesn't allow any singer to reliably hit a note all the time. You can tell she was nervous here, and that may have been the problem, but her voice is not consistent. There are many bootlegs of wicked with her in it. Look her up singing Defying Gravity live in the show and you will hear how flat she is throughout the whole ending of that song almost every time. This wasn't a fluke. She wasn't sick. She just isn't a healthy singer. Period.

[@gabbyvelasquez3767]

she pulled it off perfectly except for the very last big note its cool, she proved during the other part of the song that she can clearly hit those notes

[@gabrielasantos3745]

For all of you folks who are criticizing her because of THIS ONE PERFORMANCE, I recommend a research on her broadway career She is just awesome, has a powerful voice and knows what she is doing ❤️

[@sakurauchiha03]

No there are many performances that she screw up. Including her defying gravity performance live in the Tony's. Her voice is mediocre

[@sarahcha7119]

@@sakurauchiha03 wicked destroyed her voice. Before that, she had a much better range. However, she did use bad belting techniques which also led to her vocal damage, but wicked is a very strenuous musical for all of the performers. She's not really bad, but still recovering from what wicked and her belting did to her voice. Also, I believe she was very ill that night so belting that high is not always the best thing for your voice lol

[@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices]

Especially in Wicked.

[@juswakun]

Who's here after Oscars Into the Unknown? Only me? okay...

[@kiyana8928]

Jethro Josh Aragon Me❤️

[@CgirlAJGM]

I came here to prove that even Idina can't hit Elsa's notes 😂

[@juswakun]

​ Angie Garcia Actually she can. Look for more from her performances in her concerts (like idina:live). She's just not mastered her song fully in that time (Oscars)

[@demiiterrysmarysi8998]

Me

[@Itsmedatjai]

😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@graysonnolen1653]

I love her raspy "And I'll rise like the break of dawn" mistake or not omg such yes.

[@soyboy101]

What?

[@12345areen]

Lets just say cold did bother her here and move on

[@sanjivanie8221]

Underrated 😂

[@vanessa__maria710]

Areen where did she mess up??

[@gustavoborges1779]

Lol

[@sandhyasukole5430]

She actually got a standing ovation after the performance 😊😊

[@marymacdonell4707]

They sped up the song for time

[@irobbartist6093]

I was wondering why the timing was off

[@seans758]

She was out of breath and speeding up, so the orchestra sped up a little with her. She was also sick and had a cold, and that MAJORLY affects your breathing. I also don’t think she had an ear piece in. She really did her best.

[@burnoutgirlrox90210]

Vindication. That last note always gets me.

[@mqureshi1215]

Adel Dazeem killed it!

[@Dark-ki7lf]

I really loved this.

[@annapg.4626]

She I'd the best singer of all in Frozen all languages!!!

[@michellefeathers9898]

I love her so much I'm singing this with her right now

[@thehorsesnamewasfriday8695]

I feel bad for her, especially on the Oscar stage :(

[@sheelaprasadkaushik1281]

She won the Oscars right?

[@vulcanhumor]

@@sheelaprasadkaushik1281 She didn't win anything. The people wrote the song did.

[@EnzoTonucci]

Ela desafinou muito, principalmente no final 😮

[@estelaramos9478]

She CAN sing this song perfectly for those of you who think otherwise, but there is obviously a lot of pressure when you’re at the Oscars singing an extremely difficult song like this one.

[@coderainbow2581]

The end though 😳 I feel kinda bad for laughing but her face after of “oh FML” killed me

[@logannikolas343]

Ok listen. Idina is obviously a living broadway legend who has had trouble with certain songs in the past (defying gravity, let it go) but as of 2018, her improvement is simply remarkable. We’re allowed to say this is bad because we all know she can do better.

[@natalia199907]

This is actually not that bad, if you keep on mind that it is a really hard song, live without lyp sinc, and all the song was sung perfectly except the final note you would know that was good, sorry for you if you like to hear those crappy voices that are 80% of the time different than the studio version. I rather this live song with some mistakes than a full lyp sinc song with dancers behind to cover it up.

[@dreem1walker]

Oh it was lyp synced alright. Watch it again closely in the second part ... it was still her singing but not live sadly.

[@baddassbeccaonig8188]

Dreem Walker No you’re an idiot. If it was Lip syncing then she wouldn’t have butchered the last note. How dumb are you ?

[@gustavoborges1779]

Just some notes were bad she still killed this performance!

[@silverbowftw5225]

same girl

[@kaylastanshall9152]

I feel so bad people say she had a cold and that last high note really got her

[@silverbowftw5225]

Also an asthma attack

[@adrianacayetano]

Para mí esta es la segunda mejor canción de los oscars de todos los tiempos, la 1era fue la de Titanic y la 3era mejor es la de That thing you do

[@play-fool]

its insane to me anyone would really criticize this performance. the note shes trying to hit is unbelievable, its incredible she could do them in a recording studio - the fact that its really the ONLY slip up in the performance is stunning. people have no appreciation for artists but especially singers i stg

[@uhuhuh1966]

It’s very telling that this performance has never been officially uploaded....

[@snd6045]

I get it now

[@callieshufelt]

It was and then it was taken down.

[@MiriamChacon9806]

Callie Shufelt why?:o

[@chubidelrosario4417]

She did bad and she knew it.. You can see it in her face

[@bg11211]

Idina is awesome and here here I agree look at her resume so many Broadway performances performed so what if she scratched a little at least you knew it was really her and ok let's see her critics do better she's human she had a cold so what idina your beautiful

[@katieaaldersova7090]

Its its beuthyfull💐

[@LeahLaushway]

Still painful to watch, all this many years later (2017). Poor lady.

[@svetlanamakarova1090]

Leah Laushway poor? why?

[@LeahLaushway]

The Oscars' performances are allegedly performed on a soundstage, in a completely different location from where the orchestra is. Menzel is an accomplished *live* performance singer -- she's used to providing and receiving feedback from the conductor and adjusting her performance to suit the orchestral arrangement. Add to that the fact that this is a shortened version of Let It Go and that she overcomes performance anxiety *every* time she sings live and it's not hard to see how this was a recipe for disaster. I have nothing but sympathy for her, here.

[@n2nfan637]

You do know this is a recording of someone's actual TV, right?

[@lizzybeth110]

Formal request: everyone that wrote a comment on how “bad” she was needs to go in front of millions of ppl and sing the same song and then come back and then we will chat. Until then......... boy bye.

[@ellam3659]

STFU bitch she's getting paid big money and she sounds like ass. Bye.

[@alf2410]

Singers/performers do it all the time. It’s call being a professional.

[@elizabethg3145]

@@ellam3659 this comment is old but it’s mean so I’m responding. Yes she is a professional and yes she is getting paid but first of all, she is HUMAN not a robot so she’s not perfect. Second of all she was sick and if you’ve ever tried to belt/mix like that, it’s HARD. And third, the music was sped up and it’s hard to hear yourself, especially if the audio is off, which it could very well be, in that large of a theater. So before you judge, try it yourself, watch another performance, and/or consider the circumstances that she is performing with🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@ellam3659]

@@elizabethg3145 I really don't give a shit what the circumstances were. She is a professional singer getting paid BIG bucks. You wouldn't say "oh he was sick and human, no big deal" if a mechanic hired to work on your brakes fucked up. Look, she's allowed to suck, and I'm allowed to comment. Get over it.

[@annerizal2593]

Professional singers can belt it or perform it better. I just hate this performance. I feel bad for Idina. Wonder why I cant search the original performance here in yt. To perfect it, it should have a practice thats why vocal coach exists. Maybe this is her bad day

[@milandorr60]

if you look closely her hands were shaking although i don't know if it was because of the cold or if she was nervous.

[@ciaransammon]

2.20 man, she looks like she’s about to murder Travolta, the entire orchestra & anyone who looks at her sideways. And rightly so. It must have fucked with her whole flow & that incredibly tough song. She got through it & with the exception of the high note at the end, she did really well. Love Idina.

[@falalala125]

Oh I felt so bad for her. You could tell on her face how disappointed she was. The tempo of the orchestra was way too fast and how could John Travolta not know how to pronounce her name, so unprofessional. She is such an amazing singer, actor, dancer ... so many stellar live performances over decades on Broadway and what a pity this one for the Oscars had a crummy ending. Oh well, just one performance and as others said, the rest was great! Idina is still a legend and a force.

[@JohnDeLeon28]

The instrumental is a bit fast

[@ajreyes1262]

Idina is singing fast so the band have to adjust lol it's Idina's fault

[@iamstarrynights]

@@ajreyes1262 i personally think ur wrong.. it wasnt idina who was wrong, it was the band.. she had to keep up to the band, so thats why she had to rush.. and i saw in other comment ur a "vocal teacher" or some shit..

[@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices]

Idina had a cold? Aww...and during the Oscars? She needs a hug...

[@shesus1986]

JUST WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE She sang great for her condition She strained a few times but this was still a great performance It's not embarassing at all

[@madvidz9819]

Well your all very tough in your critics, damn. I heard/read the lady had an asthma attack before performing this.

[@silverbowftw5225]

Yes

[@coderainbow2581]

I googled I can’t find anything that says she did I love her but when did she say she had an asthma attack

[@izahieatt3648]

ok one note was really bad but hello this is idina menzel i mean, THE Elphaba she is amazing and just because she wasn’t very good singing this doesn’t mean that she is bad again, she is the best Elphaba ever. she defied gravity y’all. that’s what matters 💚

[@silverbowftw5225]

PERIOOOODDDT

[@brittanyehlert3282]

It was live so she changed the notes in the vocal progressions here and there not all singers sound exactly the same live sometimes the vocal cords change I'm so solo she change the chord progressions in the song I think she still sounds beautiful pitchy hinode it or not she's fantastic

[@sambrusasco6131]

'NOW WERE YOU RUSHING OR WERE YOU DRAGGING?'

[@gustavoborges1779]

That last part: Let the storm rage on she should do with falsetto

[@celinedestiny4385]

why are so many celiniacs here skskks

[@gustavoborges1779]

@@celinedestiny4385 i don't know 😂😂

[@vanessa__maria710]

Wait where did she mess up 😂 😂

[@demi860]

At 2:13

Después de ver Into the unknown, creo que el problema no es la orquesta, si no ella, es decir, no tiene mala voz al contrario me gusta mucho su voz, es una gran cantante pero pienso que por alguna razón que desconozco ella se adelanta a la música, y anda descordinada con la orquesta. A demás su voz se escucha forzada, no suena como relajada. Puede ser que sean los nervios nuevamente como ocurrió aquí o le arreglan demasiado la voz en Studio.

[@MsMslujan]

Es que ambas canciones son muy difíciles de cantar,porque son muy exigentes vocalmente,con notas tremendamente altas, por eso creo que son los nervios. Ella actuó por años en wicked,musical muy complejo y dio la talla. Para a mi es la exigencia de la canción, los nervios y por sobretodo la edad ( el prime de las mujeres es a los 30,luego decae la calidad vocal)

[@silverbowftw5225]

@@MsMslujan sí

[@Dash120z]

igual le salio mejor en Into the Unknown

[@princesstaiann653]

To be fair she didn't sound as good as the movie but who could blame her Disney probably could edit a toad and make it sound good so her singing in front live is probably very stressful and I couldn't sing as good as her so I mean so good so far you win some you learn some

[@jeshuarestituyo284]

The song was way to fast for her sing plus she was sick that day too. She wasn't happy with this performance yet still managed to pull it off

[@sheelaprasadkaushik1281]

Let's just talk about the Oscar she won

[@user-sk1eb7cv9g]

I was shocked by ppiksary

[@user-ym7vs3ed1q]

Why was the orchestra going so fast??? Its much faster than the movie version

[@perrybradford5683]

I always wondered, Idina was able to hit the last high note perfectly in the Frozen movie but when it always came to her preforming Let It Go live, she could never really hit the high note perfectly in the original E♭key. I mean the times she messed up the note was here and the New Years Eve performance.

[@zentryii]

Pitch correction probably. She always sing let it go in a lower key. It sounds way better anyway so I don't care.

[@dimitrescu182]

Where's Adele Dazeem?

[@user-ve5lr7tl6n]

첨엔 저거보고 디즈니가 미쳤나 했음....

[@Aiomean]

Why is it when Idina sings, the orchestra is like on a goddamn race with a train

[@izzyfennec]

Onna I see you commenting EVeRYWHERE

[@Aiomean]

everywhErE?!

[@silverbowftw5225]

IKR

[@edwinestrada4437]

Her singing though still good, sounded strained. The high note at the end was almost let go.

[@sarssi23]

After watching her into the unknown performance on this year’s oscars i thought maybe she had issues with her earpiece but now watching this i think she blocks the music herself and just sings at her own tempo which is off beat. I know she’s a broadway star but she really needs to learn how to control her voice and listen to the music.

[@trans_asexual]

EXACTLY THANK YOU

[@ispeakthetruth2706]

She was nervous from start and it's getting worse n worse. 2:11

[@DougFM]

What kind of potato did you use to video this?

[@dennisacac]

This poor performance wouldn't happen if only John Travolta didn't f*cked up her introduction.

[@silverbowftw5225]

Ikr?

[@francoovelar5938]

error higt notes

[@shashwatpandey1988]

It was an off day for her! No worries she is the best !!! I love her !!!

[@cristinediaz1049]

And this is the reason why Miss Lea Salonga is my favorite Disney princess.

[@clydemosquite7451]

I feel sorry for her

[@carlosleon5448]

Can someone teach her how to mix her voice???

[@mitchpleas4740]

My eardrums want their money back

[@DLineman75]

LMAO

[@kristinekhankhan1508]

They should give it to lea salonga,

[@johnreysabillo]

I think Lea already won an oscar for her song A whole new world.

[@kristinekhankhan1508]

Sherlyn Chai yes as i watch its idina... i said they should give it to lea salonga she is from philippines . It seems idina have difficulty singing this one and if you watch other performance but ya its a hard song too. Do u know corona virus?

[@blah7983]

You can tell she’s sick by the way she pronounced bothered as “bathered”. She’s inhaling through her mouth because her nose is stuffy

[@user-vj3ci1ft4h]

어쩌구 저쩌구...결국 남은 단 하나의 사실은 그녀는 노래를 망쳤다

[@janiyablair]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@giagem2110]

This is bad, she always sings faster than the track and the high notes are terrible

[@silverbowftw5225]

that's because the instrumental was sped up

[@diegothewizard]

No excuse for a bad performance. Colds? Its the oscars. You prepare for it.

[@jeshuarestituyo284]

Excuses will be to not perform knowing you have a cold. You can't really prepare for something when you have an asthma attack before the fricking performance and she still went there. She didn't do amazing here but she always kills it in other performances.

[@silverbowftw5225]

I'm getting fucking sick and tired of y'all who are trying to be the unpopular opinion professional ones. First of all, a COLD has symptoms that you cannot avoid as it's a natural response from your body to fight off a disease, which includes focusing blood circulation in other areas other than your throat (yes, I know what I'm talking about as I'm studying about the immune system). It's not something you can "prepare for" as inevitably you won't sound as decent and healthy as you would if you weren't ill. Let's also throw in the fact that she had an asthma attack right before the performance, which if you didn't know is linked to the lungs (aka the whole fucking reason you can sing besides the vocal chords). Therefore, your opinion is no longer acceptable but rather ignorant and demanding to the point where you have this idolized example of "professional singers" that others should follow even though them themselves make mistakes too. You're straight out being mean instead of bringing the necessary constructive criticism. Think about how better the world would be if we all were at least a little bit sensitive.

[@jeshuarestituyo284]

@@silverbowftw5225 PREACHHHHHHHH!! I hate the fact that many people think that singers or dancers are some types of robots that can be perfect and no suffer like normal human beings.

[@hievey1369]

You prepare for it but you can't actually prevent cold from occurring at all. She is good in recordings as she gets many trails but in live, she struggles. However she's a good singer.

[@mitzypinks1338]

Ouch . She really can't sing the high notes at all. That was ... appalling .

[@mohammadfaizankhan4146]

Mitzy Pinks actually she can hit the high note but the thing is that she doesn't uses perfect technique all the time!!

[@missmewinx7604]

BEYOND THE UNIVERSE Yeah she could have hit that last high note if she hadn't focused it around her throat (Idk the proper terminology but yeah)

[@jb7644]

@@camara1194 lol you're blaming the weather? Any professional singer is prepared for climate changes. She's just bad with her technique, she's known for it. not saying she's a horrible singer.

[@silverbowftw5225]

@@camara1194 yes boy, tell him

[@silverbowftw5225]

@@jb7644 "any professional singer" is an overstatement and a double edged statement as professional singers succumb to flawed performances from time to time

[@nobodygotme467]

Tbh, shes bad. The timing, really, its not on point!!!!!

[@mojotinagum3550]

It said that she had an asthma attack prior to that but the fact that she was still able to aing that is courage......

[@glendaxiomaracentenomoncad5495]

Poor girl HAHA, she's a broadway legend you morron, she had a terrible cold.

[@silverbowftw5225]

keep in mind the song was also rushed

[@markus_hn5043]

That was no good at all

[@pjcanta8171]

Don't blame the orchestra for doing a crap lifestyle

[@JK-ru5vo]

This destroyed her cred for me, her technique is not good