Frozen

"Let It Go?" reference in Muppets Most Wanted trailer

Frozen is a 2013 animated feature from The Walt Disney Company, loosely inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of "The Snow Queen." The movie became a high-grossing, popular hit and led to sequels and spin-offs, including Frozen II (2019) and a Broadway musical.

The breakout song was "Let It Go," sung in the film by Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel), which reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2014.

References

• "Let It Go" was referenced in a promo for Muppets Most Wanted, released on March 5, 2014, which quotes "Adele Dazeem" as saying, "Let it go? I say, just go." The name references John Travolta's onstage gaffe at the 86th Academy Awards, which occurred three days prior, where he mistakenly introduced Menzel as "Adele Dazeem."

• In his 2014 appearance on the Mashable web series "Monumental", Kermit the Frog cited "Let It Go" as one of his favorite summer songs of the year, and later lip-synced to part of the original recording.

• Kermit hosted "Kermit's Christmas Countdown" on the UK streaming platform Disney Life in 2017. The list, presented as one movie a day until Christmas Eve, included Frozen at #2 (with The Muppet Christmas Carol as #1).

• On the May 1, 2022 episode of American Idol, Miss Piggy says that she's planning to sing "Let It Go", but host Ryan Seacrest reminds her that she's a guest, and not a contestant.

Connections

• Kristen Anderson co-wrote the songs and co-wrote screenplay and songs for Frozen II
• Christophe Beck scored the film
• Kristen Bell voiced Anna
• Sterling K. Brown voiced Mattias in Frozen II
• Jesse Corti voiced the Spanish dignitary
• Jessica DiCicco provided additional voices in Frozen II
• Santino Fontana voiced Hans
• Josh Gad voiced Olaf
• Maurice LaMarche voiced the King
• Phil LaMarr provided additional voices in Frozen II
• Bobby Lopez co-wrote the songs and co-wrote screenplay and songs for Frozen II
• Demi Lovato sang the end titles version of "Let It Go"
• Katie Lowes provided additional voices
• Suri Marrero was a replacement alternate for Young Elsa in the Broadway musical
• Mona Marshall provided additional voices
• Edie McClurg voiced Gerda
• Idina Menzel voiced Elsa
• Evan Rachel Wood voiced Iduna in Frozen II