Why did they hire Alessia Cara to sing the leadsong? She also sings it in the movie right (haven't seen it yet). Why don't they just use her also as official leadsinger? Do they think she can't pull it off?
shareAuli'i sings the movie version. Alessia sings the pop version.
It's pretty much disney tradition to do two different versions of the song.
Any reason for that?
shareOne for the movie with the voice actress, one for the radio with a current popular singer. In English anyway, in French, the voice actress does both.
Reason: Advertisment, and to make it more radio-friendly to general audience. It's easier to sell them a song by a relatively well-known singer than by somebody new or a bit underground.
I like 100 times better the version of Auli'i Cravalho, but I get the idea behind the marketing. I like the pop version of "Let It go" in French though (but it's the same singer, so it helps).
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Thanks that's the answer I was hoping for. It's interesting that they'd go with an unknown actress but not with an unknown singer!
shareSame here. Auli'i's version sounds much better.
shareYou think they would have learned their lesson from Frozen. Who even remembers the Demi Lavato version of Let It Go?
Never say "Worst movie ever" to someone who's seen Highlander 2
It's actually nothing new, really. I just watched recently "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame", and same here, they got Bette Midler for "God helps the outcasts" and they got Celine Dion for "Beauty and the Beast". So this a no new trend, maybe we just started paying more attention?
Disney has been doing this for marketing purposes since Beauty and the Beast essentially. You could argue Oliver & Company with Billy Joel.
shareAll I know for sure is that the Alessia version is a hot pile of auto-tuned garbage. Ditto for the other version of "You're Welcome".
shareDon't they always do this?
I mean Demi Lovato sang the pop version to "Let it go".
Elton John sang all the release versions of The Lion King but none in the cinema.