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- On Sunday, Charlie Puth performed the US national anthem at Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium, accompanying himself on electric piano with a choir and Navy and Air Force jets flyover, sparking mixed reactions online.
- Putting music first, Puth has continued promoting his album 'Whatever's Clever,' due March 27, through TikTok series and TV appearances, emphasizing his songwriting skills.
- Fans split over vocal effects, with online users and commenters claiming autotune use while many fans praising the performance called it powerful; NESN's Keagan Stiefel noted audible effect cues, and others criticized the arrangement as overproduced.
- Observers said the moment was a potential return to form for Charlie Puth amid a star-packed pre-show with Coco Jones, Brandi Carlile, Green Day, and Bad Bunny headlining halftime at Levi's Stadium.
- He auditioned by sending a demo to Roc Nation that Jay‑Z liked and that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell approved his selection, framing it within a longer 'Puth-aissance' including a Taylor Swift shout-out two years ago.
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Charlie Puth’s National Anthem Performance Was a Tribute to Whitney Houston: ‘I Wrote the Arrangement in a Very Specific Way’
Performing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl is a daunting prospect at best. Between nerves about singing the legendarily tricky tune, the intimidation factor of knowing that there are tens of thousands of people in the stadium and more than 100 million others tuning in and trying to live up to Whitney Houston’s unbeatable 1991 version of the Anthem at Super Bowl XXV, it’s a potential fools errand at best. Charlie Puth kept all of that in …
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Charlie Puth set the tone for Super Bowl LX with a piano-led performance of the US National Anthem, and while the moment drew applause inside Levi's Stadium, it also sparked a wave of mixed reactions online as fans weighed in on his...
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