A touching performance by a Ukrainian girl of the hit “Freed, Delivered”, recorded while she was hiding in a bomb shelter in Kyiv, has gone viral.
Her name is Amelia, she is Ukrainian and sings despite the bombs. In a video posted on Facebook, a young girl, whose age is unknown, can be seen performing the song “Released, Delivered” in the bunker. The video was posted by Marta Smekhova on Thursday when she came to help decorate the bomb shelter.
In her post, Marta details her meeting with Amelia, which she says she filmed with her parents’ consent. “The girl turned out to be so friendly, so talkative … She told me that in addition to drawing she loves to sing … and whispered to me that she wants to sing on the big stage in front of the public. ..” No sooner said than done. Martha makes a scene in Amelia. She also reports that the little girl was worried because it was her first performance. She then describes how the audience took the young girl’s interpretation. “Everyone put their affairs aside and listened to the song of the girl who was beaming. Even the men could not hold back the tears,” Marta shared in her post.
2.7 million views
The video quickly went viral with over two million views. Thousands of internet users have shared it in support of refugees and civilian victims of the conflict.
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The song was originally recorded for the soundtrack of the Disney animated film Frozen. The song, performed by actress Idina Menzel and written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, won an Oscar for Best Original Song and peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2014, Disney released a collection of 42 foreign language versions of the songs. song, including Ukrainian and Russian translations.