Four decades after Dolly Parton rejected Elvis Presley’s rights to “I Will Always Love You,” a 13-year-old Austrian girl stole the melody and made it her own.

Laura Kamhuber masterfully delivered the “forbidden” song, which Whitney Houston introduced to a new generation in 1992, at The Voice Kids’ blind auditions.

She briefly stunned the judges.

Continue reading to hear more about the young girl’s audition, which has 226 million views on YouTube!

The same year saw the publication of Elvis Presley’s rendition of Dolly Parton’s well-known song “I Will Always Love You.”

If Parton agreed to the requirements, she would have to give up half of the publishing earnings from the country song she composed after breaking her professional partnership with long-time collaborator Porter Wagoner.

Even though Presley was her hero, she could not bring herself to sign.

“My heart tells me, ‘Don’t do that.'” And I simply didn’t do it,” she admitted in an interview with CMT. “However, I’ve always been curious about its sound.” I know he’d kill it. He would’ve killed it. So he didn’t. When Whitney [Houston’s rendition] came out, I had enough money to purchase Graceland.

Whitney Houston recorded a pop ballad of the same song for the 1992 film The Bodyguard, in which she co-starred with Kevin Costner. The song was a global hit, and with over 20 million copies sold, it became the best-selling single ever by a female singer.

Celine Dion holds the distinction of being the only female to achieve a top-10 hit, having sold 18 million copies of “My Heart Will Go On.”

In 2012, when pop queen Whitney Houston died, the “Jolene” singer joined the chorus of mourning artists, stating in a statement, “I will always be thankful and in awe of the great performance she delivered on my song, and I can really say from the bottom of my heart, ‘Whitney, I will always love you.” You’ll be missed.”

The next year, 13-year-old Laura Kamhuber took the stage for a blind audition on The Voice Kids, and after beautifully belting out “I Will Always Love You,” she astounded the judges.

The young Austrian, who competed in the German edition of the famous singing competition, received acclaim from all three judges, who turned their chairs to coach the middle schooler.

After her spine-tingling performance, German pop singer Tim Bendzko informed Kamhuber that she had just performed “The Forbidden Song.” Referring to Houston’s difficult-to-match vocal range, he remarked, “You’re not allowed to sing this song because it’s unsingable.”

Bendzko continues, “You just sang it sensationally.” “It was incredible.”

Despite losing in the show’s knockout rounds, Kamhuber, now 24 years old, has garnered 226 million views for her memorable audition, making it the most-viewed YouTube video by an Austrian musician.

Since then, the woman, who goes by the stage name Laura Lun, has released three albums, the most recent in 2017, featuring pop, country, and ballads.

Listen to Laura Kamhuber’s audition and let us know your thoughts!