Everyone can agree that six-year-olds are adorable. But a cute six-year-old who can also sing Elvis and play the ukulele? It’s enough to make you explode from the sweetness.
Little Claire has her very own YouTube channel full of videos of her singing. But her video from early March of this year is especially impressive. At only six, she not only sings and plays the ukulele but also has a stage presence that you don’t often see even in a child twice her age.
“Hey everyone, it’s Claire here!” she says cheerfully, waving to the camera. “Today I’m gonna sing you a song called ‘I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You’.”
She certainly has some cute attitude as well, throwing one hand up in a dramatic gesture.
It’s enough to make your heart melt. Once Claire gets started on the song, however, she’s even more impressive.
There’s no doubt that the King of Rock-N-Roll would be proud to hear his classic love ballad adapted so sweetly. As Claire sings and plays with incredible concentration it’s obvious she’s undeniably talented. Not many kids can say that they can play an instrument before going into first grade!
Her facial expressions are especially adorable as she pauses to hit a difficult chord during the song’s bridge. She closes both eyes, focusing on hitting those notes just right. She really is too cute to handle.
Claire hits the song’s final chord with feeling, then gives the audience a farewell wave.
“Thanks so much for watching, everyone!” she says. “Bye!”
There’s no doubt that her talent and enjoyment of the music is totally pure. Claire isn’t looking for internet fame — she just loves to play her ukulele and sing for others, even when it means working hard to get those songs just right!
Claire was catapulted into the internet spotlight when she was just three years old after her father shared a video of her singing “Part of Your World” from “The Little Mermaid.”
Like most parents, he just wanted to share a sweet video of his child singing. He never expected her to become an internet celebrity.
“I thought, this is awesome, I’m gonna start a YouTube channel with my daughter,’” Crosby said. “Our first video goes viral. I just posted it on my Facebook wall and we had this crazy experience — she goes on some talk shows and all that stuff and basically our YouTube channel is born. From that, it was just one experience after another.”
Now, Claire’s YouTube channel has more than a million subscribers.
She and her dad even sat down with Ellen DeGeneres for a performance …make that five performances. She was also on “Little Big Shots,” hosted by Steve Harvey. Now, Claire even has a movie deal for a remake of “The Little Mermaid.” She’s already a celebrity and she’s not even seven years old.
But, her first video was far from her biggest hit. After Claire’s celebrity had already begun, her dad uploaded another video, this time of both of them singing “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” from Toy Story. The video went viral, garnering more than 20 million views.
Even though they continue making videos, the family lets Claire take the lead.
“I focus on making good content,” said her father. “I want content that touches people emotionally. If I were trying to make the next viral thing, I would do a better job of riding viral trends, covering songs that people are searching. But that’s not always the stuff that Claire wants to do.”
And it’s a good plan.
Their “Toy Story” video was their top hit, in spite of it not exactly being trendy.
“That song was not relevant at all, but it was just a song that Claire loved, so we did it,” Crosby said. “Creating the content that we enjoy making, that what Claire’s really into … it’s good music that will touch people.”
No matter what she’s singing, there’s no doubt this little girl is talented.
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