‘She really loves singing’: 7-year-old Ukrainian girl who sang ‘Let It Go’ in bomb shelter safe in Poland

The little girl whose performance of “Let It Go” to the crowd huddled in a bomb shelter in Kyiv captured the spirit of persistent hope in Ukraine is now safe in Poland with her grandmother, the BBC reports. 

Amelia, 7, told the British broadcaster through a translator it was “OK” in the bomb shelter. 

“There were other children there,” she said.

The girl’s rendition of the popular song from Disney’s “Frozen” drew attention around the world, including from Idina Menzel, who voiced the character, Elsa, behind the song. 

“We see you,” the actress wrote. “We really, really see you.”

According to the Washington Post, Amelia told onlookers in the bomb shelter that she “dreams of singing on a big stage in front of an audience.”

“She really loves singing,” her grandmother, Vira, told the BBC through a translator. “She really does sing from morning till night.”

Amelia’s parents stayed behind in Ukraine to help fight the Russians, according to the British broadcaster. 

Asked by the BBC what she hopes for her family, Amelia was quick to reply.

“I would be very happy to be with my mother and father,” she said.

Dialynn Dwyer

Dialynn Dwyer is a reporter and editor at Boston.com, covering breaking and local news across Boston and New England.

 

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