There was never going to truly be another “Let It Go,” which as director Chris Buck rightfully put it in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, was pure “lightning in a bottle.” But “Show Yourself” is arguably “Let It Go”’s spiritual successor: while the soundtrack’s lead single, “Into the Unknown,” was created for the charts and awards shows, “Show Yourself” is Frozen 2’s gay anthem.Īt the very least, that’s how fans heralded the song on Twitter after the soundtrack dropped prior to the film’s release. “Show Yourself,” an emotionally laden Elsa number from Frozen 2, is arguably the answer to both questions. So the fans naturally wondered if Frozen 2 would give them any more reason to hope Elsa would step out of the closet. Interest in queer Elsa was renewed in 2016, when the hashtag campaign #GiveElsaAGirlfriend had a moment in the spotlight. The first film read as queer enough that homophobic bloggers accused Disney of indoctrinating children with the gay agenda in the wake of its release, and queer fans (myself included, although I didn’t know it at the time) latched onto Elsa as the potential first queer Disney princess. Which song from the sequel would be the equivalent to “Let it Go,” the first film’s breakout power ballad? And would Elsa be revealed as a gay character?
Frozen’s sizable queer fandom had two key questions going into Frozen 2.
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