Three-year-old Fenn wrote the song, which has been listened to more than half a million times. Photo / Tom Rosenthal
Three-year-old Fenn wrote the song, which has been listened to more than half a million times. Photo / Tom Rosenthal
A UK musician has gone viral after sharing an adorable original song by his 3-year-old daughter that is breaking hearts around the world.
Tom Rosenthal took to Twitter to post the song he recorded with his daughter Fenn, saying she wrote the lyrics while he helped her with the tune.
"Fenn, my nearly 4 year old daughter, recorded her first ever solo song today. She came up with all the words herself and I helped her a little bit with the tune. It's called 'Dinosaurs in Love'."
Fenn, my nearly 4 year old daughter, recorded her first ever solo song today. She came up with all the words herself and I helped her a little bit with the tune. It’s called ‘Dinosaurs in Love’. 🦕❤️🦕 pic.twitter.com/erCgG0sUvP
An epic prehistoric love story with an emotional gut-punch of a closing line, the song has it all, exploring universal themes of love, loss and... eating people.
Rosenthal told CNN that he often composed songs with Fenn and her sister, saying he lets them "go wild with whatever is happening" and animals are a popular theme.
Previous songs include: "Tigers in the forest," "zebras in the zoo" and "elephants have a little nap".
But with climate change threatening our very existence, it was Fenn's pathos-heavy exploration of love's infinite power and life's fleeting span that really resonated.
"WHY IS THIS SO RELATABLE?!?!?!?" wrote one user as thousands of others shared their heartbreak in memes and GIFs.
Rosenthal responded to the outcry with an official Spotify release and music video, which doubles down on the historical inaccuracy of the song's opening line by showing a Stegosaurus greedily slurping up a golfer.
Fenn isn't letting her popularity go to her head, with her dad revealing that given she can just about count to 20 she can't really comprehend how many people have listened to her classic jam.
Rosenthal told CNN: "I told her that her grandma liked it and she wasn't that fussed about that."
