"Charlie Puth understood that if you want to sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl, you don't just wait to be asked to sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl. Sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands. Puth submitted a demo to Roc Nation earlier this year, eager to sing what he called the "hardest song ever written.""
"Puth seemed, perhaps, to be realizing that this was the hardest song ever written in real time as the camera zoomed in on him and his keyboard out on the field on February 8. Dressed in what were probably very expensive versions of normal-looking clothes (a leather jacket, a collared shirt, a tie, and jeans) and sporting his signature forehead curl, Puth gave the camera a nervous smile and launched into "The Star-Spangled Banner" by way of some jazzy little notes on his keyboard."
Charlie Puth submitted a demo to Roc Nation to sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl and described the piece as the "hardest song ever written." He acknowledged Whitney Houston's vocal greatness on social media while promising a special arrangement in D major and one of his best vocal performances. On February 8 he appeared on the field at a keyboard, dressed in stylish casual clothing and sporting his signature forehead curl. He opened with jazzy keyboard notes and delivered a soulful, gentle rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner." After finishing, he stepped back visibly overwhelmed and looked up at the crowd and sky, having made a notoriously challenging song seem effortless.
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