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Frozen 3 is officially underway, and excitement is already snowballing over the franchise’s new music.
The third installment of Disney’s blockbuster franchise was announced Friday (Aug. 14) at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in Anaheim, California, where stars Kristen Bell , Idina Menzel and Josh Gad reunited onstage to tease new music ahead of the animated film’s 2027 theatrical release.
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Bell and Menzel, who voice sisters Anna and Elsa, respectively, took the stage at Honda Center to belt out a rendition of “Frozen Heart,” while Gad performed a new Olaf love song called “Ooooh, Samantha.”
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The trio also offered a sneak peek at the story for Frozen 3 . Bell revealed that Anna will finally marry her “mountain man” Kristoff (voiced by Jonathan Groff), while Menzel teased that “love is in the air for everyone.” Bell then playfully asked, “Everyone? Even Olaf?”
Gad noted that his snowman character’s love story is like “one snowflake in a blizzard of other snowflakes,” while Menzel said that their characters will be “far from Arendelle” and facing a threat “more wild and dangerous than anything else” they’ve encountered so far.
Disney also revealed that Oscar-winning songwriting duo Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez will return to write new music for Frozen 3 . Jennifer Lee and Trent Correy will direct the film, which is set to hit theaters on Nov. 24, 2027.
The first two Frozen films have been major box-office hits. The 2013 original grossed $1.28 billion worldwide, while 2019’s Frozen II topped it with $1.45 billion, according to The Hollywood Reporter .
The original Frozen soundtrack also became a major chart success, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 2014 and spending 13 weeks atop the chart that year.
The film’s signature anthem, “Let It Go,” performed by Menzel as Elsa, spent 33 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 5 for five weeks. The song won the Oscar for best original song and the Grammy for best song written for visual media.
The Frozen II soundtrack likewise reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 2019.
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