@caffeinatedbookdragon my first karaoke experience was when I was 14 and at an English language student exchange camp in Edinburgh.
I remember it being pretty meh (still no fan of karaoke), but for that one Italian girl my age who asked for Zombie.
The DJ tried to suggest something "easier to sing" (and I don't blame him, there's been a lot of very bad attempts that evening), but she was adamant.
She rocked it. Absolutely rocked it. It was a thing to behold and I still remember it decades on.