Did China Rip Off 'Let It Go' for the 2022 Olympics? (Sounds Like It)
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China’s just been awarded the 2022 winter Olympics, but the country’s government can’t start celebrating yet. Despite the many reasons that activists have given for the games not to be held in China—there’s no snow and the country’s an oppressive human rights nightmare—the biggest issue might be that one of China’s official songs for the games might have copied “Let It Go.”
Upon a first listen, “The Snow and Ice Dance” doesn’t immediately sound like the Disney song none of America’s children can stop singing, but give it a second, it gets there. If the song is stolen, at least whoever wrote it was smart enough not to blatantly rip off the actual chorus of the piece. Instead, the main similarities can be heard during the song’s verses (sung by a male/female duo) when it almost sounds like they’re doing the “conceal, don’t feel” part of the Disney ballad.
Here, listen for yourself: