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This 10-Year-Old Contest-Winning Drummer Is Truly Badass

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Big things come in small packages, and the winner of “Denmark’s Got Talent” is no exception. 

Johanne Astrid Poulsen, a 10-year-old drumming prodigy, won the talent contest on Monday of last week for her stellar performances, in which she rocked out to the likes of Led Zeppelin and Rage Against the Machine. Poulson was just 9 years old when she auditioned. 

After Poulson snagged the win last week, she told Danish television network TV2 that she was in “shock.”

“I promise you, I got a shock. I thought it might be wrong,” she said. 

Poulson won not only the contest, but a quick 250,000 Danish kroner ― or, roughly, $36,000.

Rock on, little one. 

H/T The Daily Dot

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