Idina Menzel's New Year's Eve performance of Disney's "Frozen" hit song "Let It Go" became the most-talked about moment after critics bashed her for not hitting the high notes at the end of the song. The 43-year-old Broadway star performed at the Times Square for ABC's "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest."
As Idina Menzel sang, she started off strong but her voice started to crack as she struggled through the higher notes of "Let It Go," Entertainment Wise reported. Her struggles resulted to her not hitting the high notes on the iconic line, "Let the storm rage on..." After Menzel's performance, social media users slammed the Tony award-winning singer.
"Too bad we couldn't end 2014 on a high note, right, Idina Menzel?" one user commented. While another added, "Idina menzel u have more voice training than anyone else wtf was that."
Though Menzel's performance has gone viral online and brought haters out, as the Huffington Post reported, several social media users also came up to her defense pointing out that the cold weather and the wintry chill may have affected the singer's vocal chords causing her to fell short in hitting the song's high notes.
And in response to the criticisms, Billboard reported that Menzel shared on social media site, Twitter, a copy of an interview she recently gave to Southwest magazine about defining success.
"This is something I said in an interview a few months ago," she wrote along with a picture that tells about the singer's definition of success.
This is something I said in an interview a few months ago. pic.twitter.com/J63wLZJHnp
— Idina Menzel (@idinamenzel) January 2, 2015
"There are about 3 million notes in a two-and-a-half-hour musical; being a perfectionist, it took me a long time to realize that if I'm hitting 75 percent of them, I'm succeeding," Idina Menzel said during the interview. "Performing isn't only about the acrobatics and the high notes: It's staying in the moment, connecting with the audience in an authentic way, and making yourself real to them through the music."
"I am more than the notes I hit, and that's how I try to approach my life," she continued.
"You can't get it all right all the time, but you can try your best," Idina Menzel concluded. "If you've done that, all that's left is to accept your shortcomings and have the courage to try to overcome them."
In Idina Menzel's defense, E! News reported the frigid temperatures of Times Square on New Year's Eve wasn't exactly the best place to sing a classic. And though she may not have hit the high note, the Tony winner has hit all the emotional notes.
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