{"id":10304,"date":"2026-04-22T13:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/?p=10304"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:00:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:00:38","slug":"10-year-old-shocks-agt-with-explosive-metal-guitar-performance-%f0%9f%8e%b8%f0%9f%94%a5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/?p=10304","title":{"rendered":"10-Year-Old Shocks AGT with Explosive Metal Guitar Performance \ud83c\udfb8\ud83d\udd25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>She\u2019s just 10\u2014but her metal guitar performance left America\u2019s Got Talent in complete shock.<\/p>\n<p>When Maya Neelakantan walked onto the AGT stage in 2024, she didn\u2019t seem like someone about to deliver a jaw-dropping rock performance. The young guitarist from Chennai, India, opened with a traditional Carnatic-style intro, leaving the audience curious about what would come next.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<div id=\"cmfrtzn.com_responsive_2\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23293390090\/cmfrtzn.com\/cmfrtzn.com_responsive_2_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then everything changed. She suddenly launched into \u201cLast Resort\u201d by Papa Roach, transforming the stage into a full-on metal showcase. The shift was striking\u2014moving from soft, classical tones to intense riffs and fearless energy in an instant. The judges were clearly amazed, with Simon Cowell even calling her a \u201crock goddess.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\">\n<div id=\"cmfrtzn.com_responsive_3\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23293390090\/cmfrtzn.com\/cmfrtzn.com_responsive_3_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>What made the moment truly stand out was how effortlessly she handled such a powerful performance at her age. It wasn\u2019t just impressive for a child\u2014it was a display of real skill, confidence, and stage presence that quickly went viral and became one of the season\u2019s most talked-about auditions.<\/p>\n<p>She walked onstage as a quiet, unassuming kid\u2014and left as the young guitarist who stunned both the audience and millions watching online.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Maya Neelakantan &amp; Intro Full Performance | America's Got Talent 2024 Auditions Week 4 S19E04\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vvcs_JKLYWI\" width=\"662\" height=\"372\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-original-w=\"662\" data-original-h=\"372\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She\u2019s just 10\u2014but her metal guitar performance left America\u2019s Got Talent in complete shock. When Maya Neelakantan walked onto the AGT stage in 2024, she didn\u2019t seem like someone about &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10306,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10304\/revisions\/10306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}