Movember, also known as No-Shave November, is well under way, and that means you have probably already seen many men growing out their whiskers in support of cancer awareness. You might even be participating in it yourself.
Whether or not you have participated in Movember before or know someone who has, 30 days is a long time to go without shaving. Or rather, I would imagine so. That means you've got to muster up a lot of motivation to get you through the month. While the thought of raising awareness for cancer is obviously a very strong encouragement, sometimes you need a little extra something something to get you through.
How about a song? Music is an awesome way to get pumped up. That's why so many athletes put on their favorite tunes to warm up before the big game. Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger" is a classic, but it's not really related to facial hair. Something by ZZ Top might be good, but the band's music isn't contemporary enough. Luckily, the Internet has answered our prayers.
YouTube user Richard Annett has uploaded a parody video of the Academy Award-winning song "Let It Go" from the hit Disney movie Frozen that's perfect for Movember. You know, the song you finally got out of your head? Time to put it back in there.
Jesse Hawkins of the indie folk band In The Wilderness croons this little gem, which inspires men everywhere to "Let It Grow" in honor of Movember. And yes, the bearded Hawkins looks exactly like someone who would be in a band called In The Wilderness.
So what happens when you combine two of the biggest Internet memes of the year in one? Well, it doesn't break the space-time continuum or make the world implode or anything like that. Rather, it is just a little ditty about why having a beard is so awesome. The song reminds us that cool dudes like Gandalf the White have beards, "shaving clean is such a chore" and that there really are so many ways to describe a beard.
"Let It Go" lends itself so perfectly to be changed to "Let It Grow," it was almost as if songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez intended it that way. But since Hans and the Duke of Weselton are the only people with any sort of facial hair in Frozen, and they're evil, maybe not.
Image: Richard Annett / YouTube
