Idina Menzel Defends Her New Year's Eve Performance
Idina Menzel Defends Her New Year's Eve Performance: 'I Am More Than the Notes I Hit'
Idina Menzel is discovering the convenient upside to the fact that the title of her biggest song also works as a mantra.
Because no one is ever happy ever, some people complained on social media following Menzel's New Year's Eve televised performance of "Let It Go" on ABC's New Year's Rockin' Eve, a song that, as we all know at this point, has a few range-testing notes that are exceptionally difficult to 100-percent nail live. Watch below.
In response to the remarks, Menzel shared on Twitter a copy of part of an interview she recently gave to Southwest magazine:
"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. 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. You can't get it all right all the time, but you can try your best. If you've done that, all that's left is to accept your shortcomings and have the courage to try to overcome them."
According to Billboard writer Michele Amabile Angermiller, who covered the event, Menzel did hit all the right notes when she rehearsed at soundcheck prior to the performance.
The performance was messy but it's always like this with Idina. History keps repeating itself. She usually does well in any musical theatre show, messes up a televised performance, people attack her online, her fans defend her by coming up with excuses, repeat.
and this response was 
excuses..
